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Back Issues: A pioneering town planner
- Description
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) town planner and government surveyor. He was responsible for the planning of Manawatū's towns in the 19th century, including the Palmerston North, Feilding, Rongotea and Halcombe town squares.
Born in Scotland, he moved to Foxton in 1864. He learnt to speak te reo Māori fluently and worked closely and respectfully with local iwi. In later years, he moved to Whanganui, where he was elected to the Borough Council.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- November 19, 2022
- Digitisation ID
- 2022Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040285
- Format
- Born Digital