Square Circular - April 2003
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This...
Letter home from Egypt during WWI
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces t...
Memory Lane - "Letters home form Chunuk Bair"
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Two World War 1 soldiers from Bunnythorpe, Len and Pat Argyle, wrote letters home...
Timber crash at Drum Point, Kahuterawa
Drum Point was a pickup point for goods going to Linton station. Other goods were also reportedly spread all over the hillside.
Rebuilding Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
The original Black Bridge, built in 1927, was destroyed in a flash flood in 1964. Here, builders are bringing in new girders for the construction of the new Bla...
Kahuterawa Stream
This piece of 4 inch, cast iron pipe was found lying in the kahuterawa Stream. The Fitzherbert West Water Race Scheme was built in 1917 to supply farms in the a...
Cast iron pipe, Kahuterawa Stream
A piece of 4 inch cast iron pipe lying in the Kahuterawa Stream, part of the Fitzherbert West Water Race Scheme which was built in 1917 to supply farms with wat...
Water intake, Fitzherbert Water Race Scheme
A water intake for the old Fitzherbert West Water Race Scheme, which was built in 1917 to supply farms with water in the Fitzherbert West area. Pipes were inst...
Rebuilding Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
Trucks tranport the second girder into place in the construction of the new Black Bridge. The original Black Bridge, built 1927, was damaged in a flash flood in...
Horses on Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
The original Black Bridge was built by Poole and Klein in 1927. Mat Wolfsbauer is shown here leading his horses home from Top Farm. It is now owned by the Palme...
Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
The original Black Bridge was built by Poole and Klein in 1927, due to the tragic drowning of William F Brown, who tried to cross the river in flood after possu...
Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
Black Bridge was damaged by a flash flood 8 January 1964. Black Bridge was built in July 1926, due to the drowning of William Brown.
Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
A flash flood damaged Black Bridge in 1964. Lyall Pickering (Kairanga County Council engineer), Albert Lyall (Kairanga County council foreman) and Mr & Mr Stewa...
Black Bridge, Kahuterawa
Matt Wolfsbauer standing on top of Black Bridge Arch on his way home from Top Farm. Top Farm was sold to the Palmerston North City Council and renamed Woodpecke...
Burtton's swing bridge, Kahuterawa
James Burtton built this bridge over the Tokomaru Stream to improve his farm access. It later collapsed and dropped him into the stream resulting in his death 1...
Picnicking by Kahuterawa Stream
The Brown, Shaw, Milner, Shere and Wolfsbauer families picnicking over the river from the Brown House property, opposite Arnold Chamoves property.
'Who was the Ugliest' competition, McGregor Mill picnic
The men vying for the 'ugliest' were employees of the McGregor Bros Mill. The picnic was held at the Motorimu Hall, which was a popular local venue for concerts...
Kahuterawa Church
The Kahuterawa Church was originally built by the Schaw, Milner, Shere and Wolfsbauer families, on Kahuterawa Valley Road.
Section of the Sledge Track, Kahuterawa
The Sledge Track is located at the end of Kahuterawa Road, 17 km from the Palmerston North. It was opened in 2003. Ian Argyle proposed the development of the tr...
Henry Dittmer in horse and cart, fording the stream at Black Bridge
Henry Dittmer transports a kitchen table in his cart, to his new house in Kahuterawa. Henry and sons, Herman, John, Henry and William, farmed cattle and sheep o...
Rock blast, Kahuterawa
Rock blast, set off by Dittmer Bros when constructing Scotts Road from the top of Kahuterawa Road to the top of Scotts Road. A Government grant enabled the road...
Letter from Trentham during WWI
Letter from Len Argyle, who served in World War One, to his young brother Leslie. At this time he was in training at Trentham Military Camp, near Wellington. L...
Letter home from training, during WWI
Pat (Percival) Argyle (1890-1915) was the son of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. This letter is from Pat to his younger brother, Hector, from the Trentha...
Leslie Argyle's Certificate of Proficiency
Certificate that certifies that Leslie Argyle fulfilled the requirements of a Certificate of Proficiency in October 1922. He was then 14 and half years old and...
Making of Scotts Road, Kahuterawa
Construction of Scotts Road, from the top of Kahuterawa Road and Scotts Road was carried out by the Dittmer brothers. Here they are fitting markers, to indicate...
Gordon Kear Forest, Kahuterawa
This photograph was taken when the this area of land (now Gordon Kear Forest) was bought from the Argyle family. It was a sheep farm before trees were planted. ...
Spreading rock, Kahuterawa
Here the Dittmer brothers are loading rock which was being taken to be spread on Scotts Road, to improve the qualiity of the road. Henry Dittmer farmed cattle a...
Fence line along the Sledge Track, Kahuterawa
The Sledge Track is located at the end of Kahuterawa Road, 17 km from the Palmerston North. It was opened in 2003. Ian Argyle proposed the development of the tr...
10 Argyle Avenue
This house is located at 10 Argyle Avenue, Palmerston North.
Repairing water race at Kahuterawa Stream
Shown here is the Fitzherbert Water Race Committee repairing the 4 inch pipe after the big storm in 1921. The Fitzherbert Water Race was built in 1918, to suppl...