Ashburton is located in the Canterbury district of New Zealand’s South Island which is where this John McDonald sourced photograph was taken in 1959. Much like the UK at that time, many pre-war vehicles had survived and continued in service, as did this converted 1932 Morris Minor saloon, now operating as a ‘Ute’. The Bank of New Zealand building provides a regal contrast to the two run-down vehicles parked up outside its pillared facade.
