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Description: Information with photograph: Apiti Lake June 1947. This lake situated on Makoura Road was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rain. The landslide took out about 14 chains of road plus the lake and about 8 acres of Gillies property. It occured between the saddle of Makoura Saddle and to a point just above the lake. That night five people from Apiti were on their way from Utuwai and were on the slip when it started to move. These folk were Bill and Stacey Peate, Mabel Mc Nicol Millita Cawood and Ngaire Hogan. No one was hurt. The women had to lift and push the car over the slip on the road while Mr Peate was steering the car.