This school was opened on 18 June, 1928 with a roll of 19 pupils. Mr E Farrant was the teacher. The land on which the school was built was donated by Mr Hugh Akers. The original one room was added to in 1930, 1953 and 1961. The school is still in ...

Creator:      V Claridge
Place:          Opiki, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1940

Cadet units were present in most secondary schools, to train male pupils in military type exercises. The army supplied the training, along with uniforms, rifles and equipment, for a period from 1902, and then training was largely taken over by ret...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1910 to 1920

The second All Saints Church was built in 1882, to replace the first church on the site built in 1875. It was in turn replaced by a larger brick building in 1914, and moved further back on the section to serve as a Church Hall. The building was b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1910

The house at 7 Heatley Avenue was built c1870s, and originally stood in Ihaka Street. In the 1970s it was owned by Mr and Mrs A F Fontein.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          7 Heatley Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          September 6, 1975

Chainsaw Services had a newly built retail outlet in Cuba Street.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 27, 1974

This postcard comes from a series depicting various holds from the art of ju-jitsu. This card is labelled, "'Ju-jitsu' arm-lock".

Creator:      C Armstrong, Arcade Studios, Dunedin
Place:          Dunedin
Date:          circa 1902 to circa 1908

Standing, from left: David (d. 5/04/1910 at age 35); Frederick; John (?); Isaac; Unknown. Sitting, from left: Barbara (Mrs Cowan of Apiti, later Mrs Anderston); John Sr; Matilda; Elizabeth (Mrs W Mills). Front row, from left to right: Jesse (Mrs L...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

The frame of Alexander Radford’s home built aeroplane, inpsired by the American Lincoln Sports 1921, in his back garden at 5 Marne Street, Palmerston North. Radford obtained the details of the aeroplane’s construction from a 3 page article publish...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1935

Two men standing in front of a partially excavated tunnel. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being del...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          March 1923