Te Peeti Te Awe Awe, rangatira o te iwi o Rangitāne, c.1820-1884. Peeti Te Awe Awe (c 1820 - 1884) was a chief of Rangitāne and was instrumental in the pakeha settlement of Manawatu.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1870

Assistant District Surveyor, 1868.

Creator:      W H Clarke, Wellington
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1870

The first Fitzherbert Bridge across the Manawatu River was built in 1877, with the approaching roads formed in early 1878. The view is from the Fitzherbert side, looking across to Fitzherbert Avenue, still lined with thick, native bush.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1878

A very early view of The Square, looking towards Rangitikei Street.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1878

The Gorge road opened in 1872, and in 1875 the Government established a tollhouse at the Woodville end when the bridge was built, around which a small settlement grew. The bridge measured 428 feet in length, and the main span was 162 feet with fiv...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          State Highway 3, Woodville
Date:          circa 1870 to circa 1879