Eight years after the closure of the Manawatū Gorge Road, a blessing ceremony and ribbon cutting for 
Te Ahu a Turanga - Manawatū Tararua Highway (SH3) was held on 7 June 2025 and opened to motorists on 11 June 2025.

The p...

Creator:      PDG
Place:          Te Āpiti Manawatū Gorge
Date:          June 11, 2026

 Kerry Griffiths riding a replica 1969, Honda RC174.

Twenty-second Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2023. 

 Photo taken at start of parade, Winchester Street. Parade went up Winchester Street and into Petes Way, turning...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 2, 2023

 Kerry Griffiths (Postman Pat), riding a 1956 BSA Bantam, 150cc model D3 Major.

Twenty-third Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2024. 

 Photo taken outside Ashhurst School. Parade went up Winchester Street and into Petes ...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths.
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 7, 2024

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1964, 50cc, Piaggio Vespa 50s.

Twenty-fourth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2025. 

 Photo taken outside Ashhurst School. Parade went up Winchester Street and into Petes Way, turning left into...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 6, 2025

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1941, 98cc Rudge Autocycle. Dressed as Postman Pat...

Nineteenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2020. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue outside Boutique Bash, in the old Drapery building. Par...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 5, 2020

 Kerry Griffiths (Austin Powers), riding a 2005, 36 Volt, Nanjing High Tech Co, Ltd, electric model "Continental Dove".

 Twenty-first Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2022. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue at Oxfo...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths.
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 3, 2022

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1953 38cc Vicky II, Victoria Autocycle.

Twentieth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2021. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue outside Rex Brosnan's Ashhurst Mower Centre. At the very last moment, ...

Creator:      Rex Brosnan
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 4, 2021

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1997 Suzuki GSF600S Bandit.

Fifteenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2016. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue outside RSA. Parade went up Winchester Street and into Petes Way, turning left int...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst.
Date:          December 3, 2016

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1972 Honda CB350 Four.

Fourteenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2015. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue outside Saint Mary Magdalene Anglican Church. Parade went up Winchester Street and int...

Creator:      unknown
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 5, 2015

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1997 Suzuki DOHC FXR 150.

Sixteenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2017. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue, Village Valley Centre and Topline Plastics in the background. Parade went up Winche...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 2, 2017

 Kerry Griffiths and Pillion son Shaun Griffiths, riding a 2006, 636cc Kawasaki ZX-6R.

Seventeenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2018. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue outside RSA. Parade went up Winchester Street a...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 8, 2018

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1938, 150cc Excelsior "Pioneer".

Eighteenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2019. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue outside Saint Mary Magdalene Anglican Church. Parade went up Winchester Stre...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 7, 2019

Advertisement for an Ashhurst history morning talk by Kerry Griffiths on September 28th, 2019.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          September 28, 2019

The army helped Santa out at the Ashhurst Christmas parade 2019.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          82 Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst
Date:          December 14, 2019

Motorcycle racing programme for the meeting at the Ashhurst racecourse, 22nd January, 1926.

Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          January 22, 1926

A stuffed bunny in the window of the Ashhurst library to help with the teddy bear hunt to entertain people on their walks in their neighbourhood during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Creator:      Ashhurst library
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          March 24, 2020

During the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 many of the community put teddy bears and other soft toys in their windows. The idea was that families with small children could walk around their local area and look out for bears. Exercising in your local ...

Creator:      Facebook post by Laura Clifford (with a shared image)
Place:          Corner of Cambridge and Bamfield Streets, Ashhurst
Date:          March 25, 2020

Advertisement for an Ashhurst history morning talk by Kerry Griffiths on July 6th, 2019.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          July 6, 2019

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 9th June 2020. Tom and Colleen Romley, Part 2 of 5.  Leisure activities. Soccer. Learning to swim in the river. Diving off the bridge. Dentists. Sunday School. Pocket money as a boarder. Cinema. Scouts...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          June 9, 2020

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 23rd June 2020. Tom Romley, Part 4 of 5.  Working on the Upper Yarra Dam, living in a camp. Sleeping bags, dead snake inside. Shift work. 2 “lives” and you were out. How got to Australia. Workers from ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          June 23, 2020

Ashhurst library float for the 2013 Ashhurst Christmas parade parked in front of the library.

Creator:      Ashhurst library
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 2013

Ashhurst Library was closed during Level 4 and 3 during COVID-19. Just because we were closed didn't mean people couldn't reserve books and this piles shows that people were very busy!

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Ashhurst Library
Date:          May 19, 2020

Hot soup and fresh home made bread rolls were on offer for Matariki celebrations at the Ashhurst library for 2019.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Ashhurst Library
Date:          June 28, 2019

The Ashhurst Library hosted a morning tea talk and invited people to come along and share their experiences during this time or just to hear the stories.

Creator:      Ashhurst library
Place:          Ashhurst library
Date:          April 30, 2020

During 2019 the Ashhurst Library ran a competition for local artists to submit their designs to go on the vacant billboard space on Cambridge Ave.  The community was invited to vote on the design they wanted to see.  The winning desig...

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst
Date:          2019

The Village Valley Centre in Ashhurst was filled to capacity for the Ashhurst School fundraiser Comedy Night.  The comedians on the night were Paul Ego and Ben Hurly.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          21 Guildford St, Ashhurst
Date:          June 29, 2019

This is the form the Ashhurst library created to find a mural for the vacant billboard on Cambridge Avenue.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst
Date:          2019

The participants of the 2019/20 Summer Reading Programme for the Ashhurst Library at the finale in the Esplanade.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          January 23, 2020

Proving empty pizza boxes can be educational by seeing how high the tower could get. Maths is Fun is a programme run during the school holidays and run by a registered teacher. Tim Jones was the teacher running it in 2019 for the Ashhurst Library.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          Ashhurst Library
Date:          October 3, 2019

Ashhurst School hosted a comedy night in 2019 and were lucky to have the very funny Paul Ego and Ben Hurly take part. It was held in the Village Valley Centre.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          21 Guildford St, Ashhurst
Date:          2019