This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 October 1960 "Photographed from a moving train, this view looked up-stream in the Manawatu Gorge to the highway bridge, shows the native bush which is quite dense in ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: October 17, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 October 1960 "This view of the main highway bridge at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge was photographed from a railway carriage of the special train excursion to...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: October 17, 1960
This booklet was created by the Manawatu Section of Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society in 1972. It contains relevant information, newspaper clippings and photographs about the rehabilitation project as well as a potted history of the area.
Creator: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, Manawatu Section
Date: 1972
Three young "Bush-whackers" of Tiriraukawa, near Taihape. From left: Bill, Jack and Peter Munro, the three sons of Mr Alex Munro, who was a builder in Palmerston North during the 1880s – 1890s.
The three Munro brothers were the children of Alexan...
Creator: G E Archer, Tiriraukawa
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
Vegetation on and around the duck pond and island, at Victoria Esplanade.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawaroa Street, West End, Palmerston North
Date: 199X
James Burtton built this bridge over the Tokomaru Stream to improve his farm access. It later collapsed and dropped him into the stream resulting in his death 15 March 1941.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Kahuterawa, Manawatu
Date: 1941
This photograph shows the access road into the Kahuterawa Valley where bush felling in preparation for farming was taking place in the 1890s. Built in 1890, the original Kahuterawa Valley Road was a six foot track only useful for sledges and went ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Kahuterawa Valley, Manawatu
Date: circa 1896
Photograph of Wharite Peak from an unnamed point (1015) north of Wharite Peak. The point can be reached via an unmarked tracked north of unnamed point (904). The route continues to Ross Peak.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: February 6, 2020
Kiritaki Hut is a standard six-bunk hut south of the Maharahara and Matanginui high points in the southern Ruahine Ranges. The hut is accessible via steep and advanced difficulty tracks from the Hawke's Bay Region via Kumeti Road, or Opawe Road...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: October 16, 2017
Members of the Ruahine Tramping Club are pictured outside the Copper Mines Hut. The people are undentified.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Hawkes Bay
Date: September 9, 1941
The Palmerston North Sash Door and Timber Co. Ltd operated a sawmill and joinery factory in Albert St, midway between Broad and Grey Streets. The Company was formed in 1892 and took over the sawmill originally owned by Richter Nannestad and Co Ltd...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
This was the first Anglican Church in Palmerston North, built in 1875, on the site of the present All Saints Church. Previously worshippers held fortnightly meetings in the courthouse. The foundation stone of the church was laid by Mrs G M Snelson...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1875 to 1882
Shown here are mature tree ferns surrounded by secondary forest growth in the gardens at Victoria Esplanade
Creator: G F Framjee
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
Photograph taken (on Samsung 8 mobile phone) whilst walking through one of The Esplanade's walkways on a lovely Summer's day.
Creator: Christina Winitana
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: February 17, 2018
Photograph of Reuben Clark climbing the start of the Wharite Peak Track next to the Wharite Peak trig.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Wharite Peak, Manawatu
Date: September 30, 2017
On either side of the Manawatu River in the Gorge run the road line on the right, built in 1871-1872 at a cost of £5000, and the railway lineon the left, opened in 1891.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1900
The caption on the original postcard reads “Among the ferns, Esplanade, Palmerston North N.Z.”.
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1914 to circa 1915
The postcard is addressed to Mr Ernest Low, Holly Lodge Paiti, Wanganui and sent by SE Collingwood. The domed structure in the middle of the photograph is the original band rotunda that once sat in The Square. It was moved to the Victoria Esplanad...
Creator: G H Bennett and Co.
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
On either side of the Manawatu River running through the Gorge, can be seen the railway line on the right, opened in 1891 and the road on the left, built 1871-1872.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1900
The photograph was also published in the booklet 'From Bush to Borough: a Short History of the Growth and Development of Levin', and captioned ‘Dick and Frank Russell’s bullock team, November 1, 1901’.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: November 1, 1901
Ernest and Leslie Davis, were the sons of James and Harriet Davis, who farmed in the Tiritea/Fitzherbert area c1897-1910, after which they moved into Palmerston North. Both boys were 'outdoors men', interested in hunting and fishing. Ernest later ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1918
This photograph shows a bullock team hauling logs in the Shannon district. The four men are unidentified.
Creator: James Hallam, Shannon
Place: Shannon, Manawatu
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1909
This view looks westwards from the top of the scutching shed. The stripping shed is in the middle distance. The train going by in the distance is on the main railway line between Shannon - Linton.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1907
The road from Woodville enters the Gorge just after the Ballance Bridge over the Manawatu River, shown on the left. The steam train departs a tunnel on the railway track through to Napier, opened in 1891.
Creator: Frederick Radcliffe
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1905
This postcard's original title reads, "A pretty fern patch in the Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North, New Zealand. F117".
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1913
"Whiskers Bush" on the road between Awahuri and Feilding, now called Kitchener Park.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1890
Looking across the Manawatu River from the road to the railway line and tunnel that runs through the Manawatu Gorge. The railway line was opened in 1891 linking Palmerston North to Napier.
Creator: JV
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1895
The view is taken from the top of the Band Rotunda in the Esplanade. This sportsground was first owned by the Manawatu Sporting Association. It was later bought by the Borough Council.
Creator: Ernest Denton
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1909
This panorama is thought to be an early view of the first "Bulls Bridge" spanning the Rangitikei River.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rangitikei River
Date: 1890s
This bush homestead is thought to have been located in the Pohangina Valley. The identity of the woman is unknown.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1892