100 Years Ago: a slideshow

Where the rivers meet: Cromwell, showing the junction of the Kawarau (left) and Clutha Rivers — a...
Where the rivers meet: Cromwell, showing the junction of the Kawarau (left) and Clutha Rivers — a scene now partly inundated by the Clyde Dam filling Lake Dunstan in 1993. Otago Witness, Issue 3767, May 25, 1926, Page 40
The nurses' home at Dunedin Hospital: the new wing on the left had just opened in May 1926. After...
The nurses' home at Dunedin Hospital: the new wing on the left had just opened in May 1926. After decades of housing nurses, in 1989 the buildings became part of the University of Otago, named Cumberland College. Otago Witness, issue 3767, May 25, 1926...
To mark National Hospital Day in 1926 (Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12), Dunedin...
To mark National Hospital Day in 1926 (Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12), Dunedin Hospital nursing staff pose with visiting high school girls and Girl Guides on May 16, 1926. — Otago Witness, issue 3767, May 25, 1926, page 47
A stately avenue: The entrance to the town of Lawrence along poplar-lined Whitehaven St. — Otago...
A stately avenue: The entrance to the town of Lawrence along poplar-lined Whitehaven St. — Otago Witness, issue 3767, May 25, 1926, Page 40

Pictures from around the region from the Otago Witness, May 25, 1926.