Clive Akers is an Ōpiki farmer, local historian, author and long time supporter of rugby. He has published seven books since he started in 1981 and has edited the New Zealand Rugby Almanack since 1994. Most of his work has been about rugby, but he...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          March 18, 2021

Letter from Alexander Wyclif "Clif" Reed to George Conrad Petersen regarding his manuscript, 'Forest Homes'. Clif Reed was the Managing Director of A H and A W Reed, Publishers, and George Petersen was a lawyer, consul, local politician and histor...

Creator:      Clif Reed, for A H & A W Reed
Date:          July 4, 1955

Shaw, the writer, toured New Zealand in 1934. He is pictured here standing in front of All Saints Anglican Church, Church Street, Palmerston North. A note on the original paper reads ‘presented by H B Reid’. Photograph of note written by George Be...

Creator:      W Reid
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 4, 1934

Letter from George Petersen to the Hon. Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand, regarding the proposed new National Library. He argues for the Alexander Turnbull Library to be a distinct but integral part of a National Library. George ...

Creator:      George Petersen
Date:          July 17, 1965