The Pettigrew farm, 'Peep-O-Day' illustrates land that has been burnt off and had grass sown for farming. The original native forest can be clearly seen on hill country in the background.
Creator: Jachim (Jack) Taylor, Bulls
Place: Rangiwahia, Manawatu
Date: circa 1915
A camp of slab huts with canvas roofs and tents is the bush home of these workmen.
Creator: Charles E Wildbore [?]
Place: Pohangina East, Manawatū
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 35.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Forest Hill Road, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1929
Shown here is "Rimunui", the Philpott family whare at Komako, Pohangina Valley c 1900-1910. In 1975, this whare was on the Rutherford farm.
Creator: Edgar Cornwall
Place: Komako, Manawatū
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
The man on the right is Mr. Thomas Harrison, sowing Kentucky Blue Grass seed on his property near Utuwai. The farm is situated on the Pohangina Valley West Road about two miles south of Utuwai School. The man on the left is unidentified. As can be...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Utuwai, Apiti
Date: circa 1904
The men are digging out the bank with shovels and carting the dirt away by horse and cart along the constructed part of the tramline. The tramline was being built at Broadbelt's Mill at Coal Creek, near Apiti. Men identified as Dick Sixtus and Joh...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
Arthur Koehler was born in Palmerston North to a German father and Danish mother. In 1917, he is listed on his military record as living and working in Gisborne. He is shown here stumping with a jack.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Bunnythorpe, Manawatū
Date: 1912
This shows the Wellington (Thorndon) Longburn Line, looking north from Shannon station.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: circa 1886
The photograph was taken on Opawe Road, about one mile from the junction with Pohangina Valley East Road. The photograph is one of a series showing the supply of railway sleepers. The sleepers were cut from Crown Land (part of the Totara Reserve) ...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Pohangina Valley
Date: circa 1904
The exact location within the Pohangina Valley is unknown. Mr Richard A Hart, is far left, Mr Harry Hart, is second from far left and Mr Martin Hart is far right.
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904
The mill may have been situated on the Linklater property or the adjoined Russel property. The bush milled from the Sixtus property and loop were hauled across a gully on wire rope. The Jensen family may have owned the mill at one time. The mill w...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Umotoi
Date: circa 1910 to circa 1920
The traction engine, owned by Mr W Eggleton of Bunnythorpe, is stumping a farm on Stoney Creek Road, near Bunnythorpe. It is possibly the farm of Mr R H James.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Bunnythorpe, Manawatū
Date: 1918
Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 35.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1929
Work began here in 1936, but stopped during the Depression. It was finally completed in 1959.
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
The camp was situated on the property of H J Rutherford of Komako in the 1870s. The tents were home to a gang of 'bush-whackers' employed by Dick Port and Alex Stewart on their bush felling contract. Dick Port is sixth from left in foreground, wit...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904