Booklet giving a short history of Caccia Birch House, created by the Manawatu Committee for the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

Booklet written by the Caccia Birch Preservation Society outlining the history of Caccia Birch House and the rationale for preserving the house in its current state.

Booklet entitled, Submission to the Minister of Works & Development, created by Palmerston North City Council, November 1982. Booklet details the history, preservation value and possibles uses of Caccia Birch House in the future.

Photographs of Caccia Birch House prior to a revitalisation project undertaken by PNCC circa 1980.

Caccia Birch was designed for Norwegian settler Jacob Nannestad and his wife Anna. In 1903, Englishman John Henderson Pollock Strang and his wife Mary purchased the property and named it "Woodhey". It became the temporary residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Plunket, after a 1907 fire destroyed Parliament buildings. In 1921, Caccia Birch purchased the property. In the 1930s, a portion of the property, the Hokowhitu Lagoon, was given to the Palmerston North City Council while the rest of the property was given to the government in 1941. The Caccia Birch House was used by the military during the Second World War and subsequently became a convalescent home for servicewomen and nurses. It was used as an educational institution during the period from 1960 to 1976. In 1983, it was given to the city council. The Caccia Birch Trust Board was formed in 1989, and in 1992, it was turned into a conference and function centre.