This plan for a three bedroom villa with front verandah was designed by L. G. West and Son for J. J. Hume. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 1912 h...

Creator:      L G West & Son
Date:          1919

The Pascal brothers, Claud and John, emigrated to New Zealand from France. They were involved in the flax industry c. 1890 - 1906. 'Brooklands' was the home of John Pascal, at Awahuri, Manawatu. The photo was copied from a McLennan/Pascal album. A...

Creator:      Roy McLennan
Place:          Awahuri, Manawatu
Date:          1888

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The teaching and learning of te reo and te ao Māori in schools from late 19th century to early 20th century.

Creator:      Dorothy Pilkington
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          June 23, 2023

This plan for modifications to a single-storey residence was designed by L. G. West and Son for J. M. Bennett. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 19...

Creator:      L G West
Date:          1914

'Highden' was designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere and built in 1898 for the Honourable Walter Woods Johnston. In 1903 a wing, designed by C T Natusch, was added. Highden was bought by the Society of Mary in 1923 and occupied by the Marist Brothe...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Awahuri
Date:          circa September 2, 1967

'Highden' was designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere and built in 1898 for the Honourable Walter Woods Johnston. In 1903 a wing, designed by C T Natusch, was added. Highden was bought by the Society of Mary in 1923 and occupied by the Marist Brothe...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Awahuri
Date:          June 26, 1976

A flock of sheep are shown on the Feilding-Awahuri Road, by Whisker's Bush, near Kitchener Park. The man standing is F H Galvin, a slaughterman and drover.

Creator:      E Pegler
Place:          Awahuri Feilding Road
Date:          1904

This map details the major driving routes in and around the Manawatu District as in the 1970s. The reverse gives a potted history of Palmerston North and lists some of of the regions most popular features, including parks, beaches and other amenit...

Creator:      Automobile Association
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1976

"Whiskers Bush" on the road between Awahuri and Feilding, now called Kitchener Park.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1890

A handwritten caption on the original print reads as follows: “Erected for the visit of the Maori King Tawhia (sic) in the latter seventies…” The statement about the purpose of the construction appears to be correct, but the date of the visit was ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Awahuri
Date:          circa 1882 to circa March 1883

There is some dispute as to which bridge this in this photograph, but the similarity in appearance and situation makes it likely that this is the Oroua Bridge. See 2007N_Awah1_BRW_0551 to compare.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Awahuri
Date:          circa 1890

In 1888 the Honorable Walter Woods Johnston, a Member of Parliament for the Manawatu for 13 years, bought 1000 acres of land in Manawatu. The estate was named after the Sussex estate of Johnston’s wife's father, Sir Charles Forster Goring, 7th Bar...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Awahuri
Date:          November 3, 2011