A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows two carved palisade posts in old pa, in bush at Wairarapa. Entitled "Figure in old Pa Wairarapa 1862". The drawing is in pencil and water colour. ...
Creator: J T Stewart
Place: Wairarapa
Date: 1862
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The growth of teaching cultural activities and the arts in schools has a controversial history. From its earliest days, Palmerston North Teachers' College staff were recruited...
Creator: Russell Poole
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 3, 2024
This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...
Creator: John Tiffin Stewart
Date: circa 1860 to circa 1885
This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 October 1985 about an extended visit made by Highbury residents to the Kauwhata Marae (Feilding). The families spent the week at the marae for an educational pro...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Te Arakura Road, Feilding
Date: October 1985
This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 October 1985 about an extended visit made by Highbury residents to the Kauwhata Marae (Feilding). The families spent the week at the marae for an educational pro...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Te Arakura Road, Feilding
Date: October 1985
This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 October 1985 about an extended visit made by Highbury residents to the Kauwhata Marae (Feilding). The families spent the week at the marae for an educational pro...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Te Arakura Road, Feilding
Date: October 1985
This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 October 1985 about an extended visit made by Highbury residents to the Kauwhata Marae (Feilding). The families spent the week at the marae for an educational pro...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Te Arakura Road, Feilding
Date: October 1985
This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 October 1985 about an extended visit made by Highbury residents to the Kauwhata Marae (Feilding). The families spent the week at the marae for an educational pro...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Te Arakura Road, Feilding
Date: October 1985
The opening day event at Te Pātikitiki Library.
The carvings that decorate the main desk would be revealed later that day.
Place: Te Pātikitiki Library
Date: 2008
The carvings in the desk at Te Pātikitiki Library are revealed during the opening day.
This carving depicts a taniwha named Whangai Mokopuna.
Place: Te Pātikitiki
Date: 2008
The carvings in the desk at Te Pātikitiki Library were revealed during the opening day.
This carving depicts Haunui, a great tohunga who named many places during his travels, including the Manawatū River.
Place: Te Pātikitiki Library
Date: 2008
Ko te kaiārahi kaiwhakakairo ko Mātahi Avauli Whakataka-Brightwell e tautokona ana e te runanga o te marae of Pahiatua. I tīmata te mahi i te tau 1979. I te tau 1981 i neke atu te waka ki tētahi Kura Whakakairo ki Porirua kia oti ai. I te tau 1985...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Pahiatua
Date: August 5, 1981
Drawings of two Māori carvings. There are also some faint pencil markings that may indicate that this drawing was not completed. The drawings are in pencil, ink and water colour. Drawn on paper measuring 20.5 x 13 cm. While the artist is unknown, ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1850s
These carvings, created by John Bevan Ford and Warren Warbrick were constructed in 1990 to honour the significance of the Māori name for The Square, Te Marae o Hine, The Courtyard of the Daughter of Peace. John Bevan Ford, a member of Ngāti Raukaw...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1993
I tikina ngā rakau totara ki Pahiatua mai i te ngahere o Whirinaki i te marama o Hakihea i te tau 1979. Ko te kaiwhakakairo i roto i te whakaahua ko Fred Clamp. Ko te kaiārahi ko Mātahi Avauli Whakataka-Brightwell. I neke atu te waka ki Porirua ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Pahiatua
Date: June 10, 1980
Titiro ki nga raina hiko kia mōhio ai i ngā wā i whakaahuatia.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Otaki
Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
He mahi toi mō ngā tīpuna e mātakitaki ana i ngā mahi whakairo o te waka Hawaiki-nui kei Pahiatua. Ancestor paintings on the Pahiatua shed’s structural posts, where the waka Hawaiki-nui was being carved.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Pahiatua
Date: July 3, 1980
I hangaia ai te whakamaru waka ki te totara me te kahikatea. Nā te ope Tūtāngata o Te Papaiōea ngā whakairo. I puta te waka i te one o Santoft i te tau 1965. E noho ana te waka i te Ngahere o Santoft. A canoe shelter, made of totara and kahikatea,...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Santoft, Rangitikei
Date: July 26, 1982
I tukua ngā karakia e te kaumātua hei whakapainga. The Minister of Lands & Forests viewing a shelter built to house a 150 year old canoe that was washed up on Santoft Beach in 1965.Two Photographs. To access these images, please contact us.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Santoft, Rangitikei
Date: July 2, 1982
Ko te Kaiwhakiro akonga ko Mark Russell e mahi ana i runga i te pare. Student Mark Russell is working on the pare, the carving traditionally placed above the doorway of the Meeting House, which was due to open in 1980. Behind him, is Art Lecture...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date: November 28, 1979
Ko te Kaiwhakakairo i roto i te whakaahua ko Fred Clamp. ko te kaiarahi kaiwhakakairo ko Matahi Avauli Whakataka-Brightwell e tautokona ana e te runanga o te marae o Pahiatua. I timata te mahi i te tau 1979. I te tau 1981 i neke atu te waka ki tet...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Pahiatua
Date: June 10, 1980
Pou whenua being removed from Te Marae o Hine side of Palmerston North City Council building for renewal and refurbishment by Detlef Klein. Installed in 1990, the 3 carvings resemble Rangitāne and his grandmothers, Reretua and Hinerau. The pou wer...
Creator: Tina Hodges - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: October 9, 2017
Pou whenua being removed from Te Marae o Hine side of Palmerston North City Council building for renewal and refurbishment by Detlef Klein. Installed in 1990, the 3 carvings resemble Rangitāne and his grandmothers, Reretua and Hinerau. The pou wer...
Creator: Tina Hodges - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: October 9, 2017
Part of the karakia process of blessing the pou whenua being removed from the Te Marae o Hine side of Palmerston North City Council building for renewal and refurbishment by Detlef Klein. Installed in 1990, the 3 carvings resemble Rangitāne and hi...
Creator: Tina Hodges - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: October 9, 2017
The English text on the invitation reads, "His Worship the Mayor and Councillors of the Palmerston North City Council are pleased to join with Rangitāne Tanenuiarangi Te Awe Awe to extend an invitation to Mr and Mrs I Matheson. We welcome you to a...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Date: March 3, 1990