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44 Selwyn Street, Pohara, 7183, New Zealand \| 40°50'03.15"S 172°52'17.56"E
Featured Image By Tobias \| Image Date 021207		Google Maps \| Satellite Imagery Date 010313
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Additional Images		Notes, History & Resources
The featured image, displayed courtesy of Tobias, accompanies a 021207 post on the blog "The New Zealand Story" [Swedish \| Google translation to English here]. I have not been able to locate any other photos of this Futuro; if you know of amy please let me know - thanks.		At the time of writing the Futuro in Pohara is a "new" one for want of a better word. Of course we know there are no "new" Futuros, manufacture ceased decades ago, so this could be more accurately described as a "newly rediscovered" Futuro. Once again I have Achim Breiling to thank for yet another "discovery". The story of how Achim came upon this Futuro is interesting and demonstrates how the internet and its search capabilities can turn up information in the most convoluted of ways. The "discovery" was actually a result of trying to find the location of the Aland Islands Futuro. Pouring over Google Maps eventually revealed the location of the Aland Islands Futuro; it was located on an small island called Storbroskär. With the island's name in hand a Google search on that term produced a photoblog on the website fotodagboken.nu that included a short comment along with photos of the Aland Islands Futuro. The comment described the Futuro as a "tefatshuset" which Google translates to "saucer house". A second Google search, this time on the term "tefatshuset" turned up a post on the blog "The New Zealand Story" [Swedish \| Google translation to English here]. One of the pictures that accompanied the blog post was a photo of a Futuro; a photo that showed a Futuro in an unrecognized location. The text of the post included the following [translated from the original Swedish by Google]: "The last picture depicts a Space Age-house we found in Pohara." It was then just a matter of starting up Google Maps one more time and this time searching the small beach town of Pohara; that search revealed a "new" Futuro at 44 Selwyn Street, Pohara, 7183, New Zealand. Google Earth satellite imagery places the Futuro in Pohara as late as 010711 and as early as 081003. The New Zealand real estate website zoodle.co.nz includes the great aerial shot shown below but this imagery is undated. At this time I have no idea how long the Futuro was at this location prior to 081003 or where it might have been previously; as always we could speculate but I have no documented evidence to work with at this time. If you do happen to know anything of the history of this Futuro or have any additional images I would love to hear from you. Sources & Reference: Achim Breiling fotodagboken.nu The New Zealand Story Got new, updated or corrected information or an image I could use? I am always looking for additional information, history, details, images, videos; just about anything Futuro I guess - if you would like to contribute please use the Futuro Contact Form at the bottom of the main article or email me. As far as images go I am particularly interested in those that are either significantly better than the ones already on this page or show a different aspect or detail. If you own an image meeting one or both of those criteria I would love to be able to use it on this page but I will simply provide a link if that is your preference. Where permission is granted to use an image on the page appropriate attribution will be provided by means of a link to the original image, a link to a website of your choosing or both.

44 Selwyn Street, Pohara, 7183, New Zealand \| 40°50'03.15"S 172°52'17.56"E
Featured Image By Tobias \| Image Date 021207		Google Maps \| Satellite Imagery Date 010313
		View Larger Map
Additional Images		Notes, History & Resources
The featured image, displayed courtesy of Tobias, accompanies a 021207 post on the blog "The New Zealand Story" [Swedish \| Google translation to English here]. I have not been able to locate any other photos of this Futuro; if you know of amy please let me know - thanks.		At the time of writing the Futuro in Pohara is a "new" one for want of a better word. Of course we know there are no "new" Futuros, manufacture ceased decades ago, so this could be more accurately described as a "newly rediscovered" Futuro. Once again I have Achim Breiling to thank for yet another "discovery". The story of how Achim came upon this Futuro is interesting and demonstrates how the internet and its search capabilities can turn up information in the most convoluted of ways. The "discovery" was actually a result of trying to find the location of the Aland Islands Futuro. Pouring over Google Maps eventually revealed the location of the Aland Islands Futuro; it was located on an small island called Storbroskär. With the island's name in hand a Google search on that term produced a photoblog on the website fotodagboken.nu that included a short comment along with photos of the Aland Islands Futuro. The comment described the Futuro as a "tefatshuset" which Google translates to "saucer house". A second Google search, this time on the term "tefatshuset" turned up a post on the blog "The New Zealand Story" [Swedish \| Google translation to English here]. One of the pictures that accompanied the blog post was a photo of a Futuro; a photo that showed a Futuro in an unrecognized location. The text of the post included the following [translated from the original Swedish by Google]: "The last picture depicts a Space Age-house we found in Pohara." It was then just a matter of starting up Google Maps one more time and this time searching the small beach town of Pohara; that search revealed a "new" Futuro at 44 Selwyn Street, Pohara, 7183, New Zealand. Google Earth satellite imagery places the Futuro in Pohara as late as 010711 and as early as 081003. The New Zealand real estate website zoodle.co.nz includes the great aerial shot shown below but this imagery is undated. At this time I have no idea how long the Futuro was at this location prior to 081003 or where it might have been previously; as always we could speculate but I have no documented evidence to work with at this time. If you do happen to know anything of the history of this Futuro or have any additional images I would love to hear from you. Sources & Reference: Achim Breiling fotodagboken.nu The New Zealand Story Got new, updated or corrected information or an image I could use? I am always looking for additional information, history, details, images, videos; just about anything Futuro I guess - if you would like to contribute please use the Futuro Contact Form at the bottom of the main article or email me. As far as images go I am particularly interested in those that are either significantly better than the ones already on this page or show a different aspect or detail. If you own an image meeting one or both of those criteria I would love to be able to use it on this page but I will simply provide a link if that is your preference. Where permission is granted to use an image on the page appropriate attribution will be provided by means of a link to the original image, a link to a website of your choosing or both.