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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Around the beginning of the twentieth century horse drawn transport was common. In Te Marae o Hine/The Square, hitching rails with posts were erected for horses so that their owners could transact business in the central township. The rails were removed in the early 1900s, but a reducing number of hitching posts were used for tethering horses for several more decades. One post now remains (2023), opposite the Fitzherbert corner. It has heritage protection, Category 2 status with Heritage NZ and Category 1 status with Palmerston North City Council.

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Object type
Image
Content type
Born digital
Relation
Manawatū Standard
Date
May 6, 2023
Digitisation ID
2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041081
Format
Born Digital
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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heritage new zealand,
hitching post,
horses,
manawatū standard,
te marae o hine/the square,
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