Menu of the Christmas Day meal served to the Wellington Mounted Rifles troops serving in Egypt during World War One. From the archive of 'A F Batchelar'.

Creator:      Wellington Mounted Rifles
Date:          December 1914

A school float leaving Railway Lands down Church Street towards The Square.

Creator:      
Date:          December 4, 2016

This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in th...

Creator:      Frank Cammock
Date:          April 13, 1917

A Christmas card sent to Evilyn and Trevor Shannon from 'Uncle Pat'. From the archives of the 'Shannon Family'.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

This photograph album depicts member of the Monrad family and their friends, in Denmark and New Zealand. It is undated but many originate from the 1860s onwards.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century Denma...

Date:          1860/19XX

'Kaingahou' in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...

Place:          642 Pioneer Highway
Date:          1910s

Oscar Monrad with Viggo and Jan, his only great-grandchildren. Taken not long before his death and may be the last photo taken of him.

Frank, Thekla, Ditlev, Peter, Kamma, Viggo and 2nd wife Johanna (formerly Garde).

Viggo Monrad was the son of Bishop Ditlev Monrad. He married Olga Berg (1843-1884) born in Denmark, married in Denmark in 1865. They came to New Zealand in 1867 and...

Mrs Elizabeth Kendall (1853-1930) pictured at Kaingahou.

'Kaingahou' in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Be...

Place:          642 Pioneer Highway

Ditlev Monrad wrote this letter to his Aunt in December 1884.

Date:          1884

A certificate issued in 1896, verifying the marriage of Viggo Monrad to Olga Berg in Denmark 1865.

A translation reads:

"Certificate of Marriage

Batchelor, Lieutenant of the Reserve, Viggo Monrad from Hummeltofte and Miss Olga Maria Berg were, ...

Date:          1896

Captioned: 'Potato planting at Karere. O. Monrad, C. Cartwright, S. Ronberg, P. Dalgaard.'

The Monrad farm at Karere was established by Bishop Ditlev Monrad, former Premier of Denmark. He lived there with his family 1866-1869. The farm was contin...

Place:          Longburn
Date:          1896

Viggo Monrad wrote this letter to Marie and Johannes Monrad in the United States of America in April 1885.

An English translation by Bodil Petersen can be read in files _004 and _005.

Date:          1885

Letter written by Olga Monrad (nee Berg) wife of Ditlev Monrad.

Written in Danish on the back of a set of photographs, the letter describes life on the farm at Karere between c.1860s and 1870s.

Reproduced here are the photographs, the handwrittin...

Place:          Karere, Longburn
Date:          1860 to 1880

Captioned 'From Maria Monrad to Ditlev, July 1896 - Pine tree planted at Karere farm 1866 by Bishop Monrad's wife.'

The Monrad farm at Karere was established by Bishop Ditlev Monrad, former Premier of Denmark. He lived there with his family 1866-...

Place:          Longburn
Date:          1896

Diary written by Olga Monrad (nee Berg) wife of Ditlev Monrad.

Written in Danish, the diary talks about everyday life on the farm at Karere between 1869 and 1871.

A translation to English by Bodil Petersen can be read from file _019.

Ditlev Goth...

Date:          1869 to 1871

Ditlev and Kamma Monrad - married 1890. The original photo was taken by James Bragge, Manners Street, Wellington between 1890 and 1899. This image was digitised from a copy made by Tom Law in 1985.

Date:          1890

Johannes Monrad (1849), Louise Bache (1845), Otto Bache (1845), Viggo Monrad (1842), Karen Fredericksen (1858) and Ada Fredericksen (1841).

Bishop Ditlev Gothard Monrad, his wife, sons Viggo and Johannes and families came to the Palmerston North ...

Place:          Someren, Netherlands
Date:          1904

Ditlev Monrad wrote this letter to his father from Karere Farm in November 1897.

An English translation by Bodil Petersen can be read in files _004 and _005.

Date:          1897

Ditlev Monrad wrote this letter to his father from Karere Farm in July 1896.

An English translation by Bodil Petersen can be read in file _004.

Date:          1896

Viggo Monrad wrote this letter to Marie and Johannes Monrad in the United States of America. Although undated, it is believed to date to 1884.

An English translation by Bodil Petersen can be read in files _004 and _005.

Date:          1884

Ditlev Monrad wrote this letter to his Aunt Marie in January 1885.

An English translation by Bodil Petersen can be read in file _004.

Date:          1885

Ditlev Monrad wrote this letter to his father from Karere Farm between March and June of 1896.

An English translation by Bodil Petersen can be read in files _012, _013, _014 and _015.

Date:          1896

This photograph album depicts wide range of images of the Monrad family and ‘Kaingahou’, and includes photos of the Kendall family who owned ‘Kaingahou’ at one time.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century D...

Date:          1866/197X

This photograph album depicts member of the Monrad family and their friends, in Denmark and New Zealand. It is undated but many originate from the 1860s onwards.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century Denma...

Date:          1866 to 1993

This photograph album belonged to Olga Elegie Monrad (1891-1919), daughter of Ditlev and Kamma Monrad. Photographs are from New Zealand and Denmark. There are no captions or dates but some identification has been made of Monrad family members.

Di...

Date:          1860/19XX

This photograph album depicts member of the Monrad family and their friends, in Denmark and New Zealand. It is undated but many originate from the 1860s onwards.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century Denma...

Date:          1860/19XX

This aerial is believed to depict streets surrounding the Palmerton North Hospital complex (at left). Ross Intermediate can be seen in the upper left, with Papaioea Park on the opposite diagonal, and Featherston Street running between them. Also v...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 1965

This aerial is believed to depict streets in Palmerston North surrounding College Street Normal. bisecting the image through the lower centre is College street. Marne Street and Union Street run up towards the top right corner. Running towards the...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 1967

This aerial is believed to depict a section of Church Street, Palmerston North. The two smaller buildings at the top of the image are, at left, the 'Abbey Theatre' building which was until 1982 the Central Baptist Church. At right is the First Chu...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1971