In 1912 four moa footprints were found close to the Fitzroy Street section of the river. Their discovery was one of the first of its kind in New Zealand.

They were found by Henry Cole after a flood had washed away the bank exposing the footprint...

Creator:      E R Whalley
Place:          Manawatū riverbank
Date:          1912

In 1912 four moa footprints were found close to the Fitzroy Street section of the river. Their discovery was one of the first of its kind in New Zealand.

They were found by Henry Cole (believed to be seated at left) after a flood had washed away ...

Creator:      Gilbert Tremaine
Place:          Manawatū riverbank
Date:          1912

This colouring competition entry was given to Paul Fairless from a child called Jimmy H. at Guy House, Kimberley Centre Levin, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities. Paul visited the centre to judge the competition.

Paul Fairless b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū, Whanganui, Horowhenua
Date:          November 19, 1976

This album comes from Annie Mabel Watson nee Lumley, born in 1900, died in 1999.

Her parents Charles and Sarah Jane Lumley ran a general store in Ashhurst. When Charles died in 1912 the family moved to Palmerston North. Jane ran a small boarding ...

Creator:      Mabel Lumley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1913 to circa 1925