Fitzherbert East School, Aokautere, was established in 1889. In July 1966, tenders were called for the construction of a new school building. The new building was completed in April 1967 and officially opened by the Minister of Education, Mr A. E....
Date: April 3, 1967
Back row: two of the men are Colin Whitten and George Blinkeron.
Second row: Arthur Brill; Jack Gosling; Jessie Field (Bryant?); Topsy Field; Irened Anderson (Kinninmont); Muriel Gosling (Anderson); unknown: Norman Hopcroft; unknown.
Front row: un...
Date: 1989
Back row: unknown: Olive Durden (Connor); Brian Pinfold; John Chowen; Leslie Roberston; Michael Brill; unknown.
Fifth row: Les Craven (teacher); unknown; Vernon Peterson; unknown; ? Atkinson; Bill Tate; Jocelyn MacFarlane (Bennett); unknown; unkno...
Date: 1989
Teachers: Marilyn Whyte and Arthur Roache.
Back row: Kirsty Stewart; David Flyger; Daniel Blenkiron; Noni Spencer; Tom Firth; Debbie Hill; Fleur Cleaver; Nicole Brumby; Becky Hill; Michael Flyger; Andrew Stewart; Mark Ballantyne.
Second row: Sean ...
Date: 1989
Standing: Anna Malcolm; Michael Brill; Dulcie Brill. Seated: Philippa Harrison; Lyndsay Cocks; Brian Pinfold; Beryl Chower.
Date: 1989
Participants at the centenary celebrations pose for a group photograph, including the current students.
Date: 1989
Fitzherbert East School, Aokautere, was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968 and celebrated its centenary between 24 and 26 March 1989.
Date: 1989
Back row: Jason Hutchinson; Stephen Spencer; David Reeves; Brent Dickins; Scott Miers; Katherine Spencer; Nick Wong; Martin Reeves.
Second back row: Gordon Smith (teacher); Alison Smith?; Anna Irvine; Chris Jones; Andrea Leong; Seam Robins; Stuart...
Date: 1989
Fitzherbert East School, Aokautere, was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968 and celebrated its centenary between 24 and 26 March 1989.
Date: 1989
Standing: Lynette Spencer; Peter Beale. Seated: Sonia Hollway; Lyn Beale. Absent: Roger Reeves; Liz McIntyre. The committe were responsible for producing the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and District 1889-1989 (1989).
Date: 1989
This picnic was held in the "cabbage tree paddock" on Staces Road, between Fitzherbert East School and the Manawatū River.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: 1896
Tom Lancaster; R. M. Bryant; Stephen R. Lancaster; Jens Christensen; H. Andrewartha; S. Standen (chairman); J. F. Thurston (teacher); W. S. Gawith.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: 1896
The front porch had been removed by 1952.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: 1941 to 1951
Back row, from left: Alex 'Ween' Lancaster; Hugh Wallis; unidentified; Jens Petersen; unidentified; unidentified. Front row, from left: Etty Anderson (née Lancaster); Bella Boswell (née Bryant); Ethel Field (née Bryant); Emilie Cutler (née Christe...
Date: 1964
The children include: Stephen Hopcroft; David Bennett; Gerald Joe; June Joe; Audrey Joe and Matthew Hutchinson.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: circa 1965
The children in the background are from left: Roger Swan; Helen or Alice Judd; Bruce Hutchinson (back to camera) and David Swan.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: 1950
From left: Zeta (born 1925); Queenie (born 1927); Joan (born 1929); Logan (born 1932) and Poppy (born 1937) on their horse Bess. Photo taken at the bottom of thier drive, Pahiatua Track.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives do...
Date: circa 1938
The two children are shown on horseback outside the Anderson farmhouse, on their way to Fitzherbert East School. The photograph documents Alex's first day at school.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the origin...
Date: 1936
Alfred Richard Stace (died 1909), arrived in Aokautere about 1875. He married Emily Robert, daughter of C. W. and Annie Robert of Stoney Creek. Alfred purchaesd land at the end of what is now Staces Road, where he ran a dairy farm. Staces Road was...
Date: 1890s
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: 1970s
In the foreground: Gillian Pinfold and Kristine Burns.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.
Date: 1965
The Red Cross High Commissioner making presentations to senior children at Fitzherbert East School. From left: Joan Anderson, June Mitchell and Sally Dickins.
This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original pho...
Date: 1957
Jenny Robertson (née Milner) was an assistant teacher at Fitzherbert East School from 1962 until May 1963. The school was established in 1889 and renamed Aokautere School in 1968.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokaute...
Date: 1962
Fitzherbert East School was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and District 1889-1989 (1989). Reproductions of the photos in this publication ...
Date: 1941
Fitzherbert East School was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968. Work on construction an adventure playground at the school commenced in April 1979.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: Sc...
Date: 1982
Fitzherbert East School was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and District 1889-1989 (1989). Reproductions of the photos in this publication ...
Date: 1968
Fitzherbert East School was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and District 1889-1989 (1989). Reproductions of the photos in this publication ...
Date: 1925
Fitzherbert East School, Aokautere, was established in 1889. It was renamed Aokautere School in 1968 and celebrated its centenary between 24 and 26 March 1989.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and Dist...
Date: March 1989
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Date: circa 1975
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The family story of Robert (Bob) and Lorna Voss, their long marriage and memories of the Tiritea Valley, where they lived for most of their lives.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 23, 2010