Tiakitahuna School opened in 1877 and closed on 30 June 1944.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Date: 1938
Tiakitahuna School opened in 1877 and closed on 30 June 1944.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Date: circa 1930
Haldane Napier McEwen (1895-1972) was the son of Andrew Henderson McEwen, brother of David McEwen. Andrew and Haldane farmed at Tiakitahuna. He married Helena McCauley (1899-1983) in 1927 and they had three daughters.
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Date: 191X
Andrew Henderson McEwen (1848-1929) was the son of James McEwen (brother of David McEwen, farmer of Karere) and Mary Ann (née Couper). He was born in the Hutt Valley and later farmed at Tiakitahuna, Manawatū. He married Sarah Henrietta Relf (1850-...
Date: 189X
Walter Valentine McEwen (1891-1947) was the son of John and Annie McEwen and the grandson of David McEwen, settler, of Karere. He was born in Karere and attended Tiakitahuna and Longburn schools. He worked on the family farm and the only time he i...
Date: 194X
Mary Chisholm Neish Pedersen (1886-1970) was the daughter of John and Annie McEwen. She was born at Karere and attended Tiakitahuna School. She married Carl Wilhelm Pedersen and they had six children.
This image is derived from a copy negative, ma...
Date: 194X
Walter Valentine McEwen (1891-1947) was the son of John and Annie McEwen and the grandson of David McEwen, settler, of Karere. He was born in Karere and attended Tiakitahuna and Longburn schools. He worked on the family farm and the only time he i...
Creator: Bunting Studios, Palmerston North
Date: 192X
Agnes Maggy Mary Neish Benson (1882-1968) was the daughter of John and Annie McEwen of Karere. She was educated at Tiakitahuna School, married William James Benson, and had nine children.
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Date: 194X
John James McEwen (1889-1957) was the son of John and Annie McEwen and the grandson of David McEwen. He was born at Karere and attended Longburn and Tiakitahuna Schools and Palmerston North Boys High School. He farmed at Kairanga from 1913 and mar...
Date: 195X
David Frisken Cameron McEwen (1884-1946) was the eldest son of John and Annie McEwen. He was born in Karere and attended Longburn and Tiakitahuna Schools. He married Ada Eagle in 1907 and they had four children.
This image is derived from a copy n...
Date: 194X
Oakley Street is named in honour of Mrs Sarah Oakley (1854-1938), nee Hanlon, one of the town's earliest residents and land owners.
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Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson.
0:00 - 0:18: Chrysanthemum Festival at the Izadium
0:18 - 2:20: Opiki Bridge
2:20 - 2:25: Tiakitahuna Rocket
2:25 to 2:47: Railway stations
2:47 - 3:04: Family shots
3:05 - end: The Student Pri...
Creator: Rod Matheson
Place: Manawatū
Date: 1964
Located on the corner of Jackeytown Rd and State Highway 56, this rocket was constructed to commemorate the settlement's centennary.
Creator: Maurice Thompson
Place: corner of Jackeytown Rd and State Highway 56
Date: April 29, 1963
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The new cheese factory at Tiakitāhuna, officially the Empire Cheese Factory, was declared open on August 31 1909. It was marked with a banquet in the cooling room. The advisor...
Creator: Russell Poole
Place: Manawatū
Date: December 4, 2021
This baptismal register was for the Foxton Presbyterian Church. The register also includes Communion Rolls of Foxton 1907-15, Oroua Bridge 1909-15, Glen Oroua 1909-15, Tiakitahuna 1909-13, and Session Minutes 1909-1928.
Place: Foxton
Date: 1907 to 1932
Karere Lagoon is one of the many ox-bow lakes along the banks of the Manawatū River. The original photograph is captioned “Mr Monrad’s. A lagoon at Karere with maori canoe”. The children are probably those of Olga and Viggo Monrad, who farmed besi...
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Tiakitahuna Manawatu
Date: circa 1880 to circa 1889
Karere is situated at Tiakitahuna, between the Manawatu River and State Highway 56. It is one of the many ox-bow lakes along the banks of the Manawatu River.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tiakitahuna, Manawatu
Date: 1910 to 1920
A church group gathers outside for a picnic in Tiakitahuna. William Rowland (b.1891) may be standing on the far left,
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tiakitahuna, Manawatu
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1910
A church group gathers outside for a picnic in Tiakitahuna.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tiakitahuna, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890
David Rowland (d.1914) emigrated to New Zealand from England. He bought land at Tiakitahuna (also known as Jackey Town), in the newly opened up Manawatu area, in 1867. There he married Marara Koroneira, a daughter of the chief of the Tukorehei tri...
Creator: Rowland family members
Place: Tiakitahuna, Manawatū
Date: 1964
Mangawhata dairy factory was owned by a co-operative. Later owned by Kenneth McDonald (who also owned factory at Rangiotu and Tiakitahuna). Managers were Liggins, Colin McKenzie and Steve Corvett. Around 1936-1937, this factory was burnt down f...
Creator: B Murgatroyd
Date: circa 1912
Alfred Tanner died in September 1902, aged 67. He was a stone mason and brick layer who worked on the construction of the Carroll building, the first Gasworks, The Opera House and the Public Hospitial. According to family history Alfred once lived...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1880 to circa 1889