Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th January 2026.
Glenn and Carol moved from Lower Hutt to Ashhurst for a rural lifestyle.
 They bought two and a bit acres of bare paddock land around 2007.
 The move followed a chanc...

Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          January 20, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17th February 2026.
Part 2 of 2. John Dermer describes his long involvement in farm forestry
 Farm forestry began in the 1950s and spread nationwide
 He planted mainly radiata pine on h...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 17, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 10th February 2026.
Part 1 of 2. John Dermer grew up on a farm and began farming work in 1963.
 He spent two years at Homewood Station in the Wairarapa.
 He later studied for a sheep fa...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 10, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 3rd February 2026.
Mike Lawrence recalls hearing about the Tangiwai disaster as a 13-year-old in Napier.
 The news came on Christmas morning in 1953 from his mother.
 He places the disa...

Place:          Feilding
Date:          February 3, 2026

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The article “Jimmy’s a Ch...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

These images were taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but were not published. They depict former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn touring the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere. ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting Highden Park - Herrick and Judy Perry's thoroughbred stud farm ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden Park, Awahuri
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

These images were taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but were not published. They depict former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn touring the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere. ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn visiting the hobby-farm of Richard and Barbara Walton at Aokautere.

The...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Aokautere
Date:          February 11, 1984