The 200 acre, Awahuri Artificial Breeding Centre opened in 1961, for the purposes of herd improvement. It was built to service the Taranaki, Wellington, Hawkes Bay and South Island areas.

These images were in a collection held by architect, Acton...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Awahuri, Manawatū
Date:          1960s

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 January 1961: "The president of the Horowhenua A. and P. Show (Mr. C.E.C. Webb) presents the D.R. Buchanan trophy for the winner of the best pair of heifers in the Mi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Levin
Date:          1961-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 May 1958, page 10: "Veterinarians attending a conference at Massey College yesterday found time in a heavy programme of lectures to inspect the College experimental f...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Massey University, Palmerston North
Date:          May 29, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 October 1958: "The stud and dairy bull sale at the Showgrounds today attracted a full attendance of buyers. The bidding was keen and the standard was high. This anima...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 9, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 June 1958, page 6: "Pedigree Jersey cows were sold at auction at the Showgrounds today before a good bench of buyers. One of the entrants is seen here being paraded i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 3, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 January 1961: "Rising before 5.30 a.m. every day is not every girl's ideal way of starting the day, but for Miss Kathy Haig, of Ihakara, it is common practice and she...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Date:          January 28, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29th January 1966 "The Jersey Oakes winner at the Levin Show, Gymdale Maise, exhibited by Mr. J.G. Horn, junr., of Levin."

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Horowhenua
Date:          January 29, 1966

[Image of a milk cow with owner, taken at the Feilding Show.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Feilding
Date:          January 27, 1966

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd January 1966 "One of the busiest women at the Feilding Show was Mrs. A. J. E. Haycock, of Bulls, who was caring for her husband's Friesian cattle. Mrs. Haycock, who...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Feilding
Date:          January 22, 1966

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd January 1966 "Mr. D.J. Arnott, of the Seddonville stud, Rongotea, took the major honours in all classes of the Jersey section at the Feilding Show yesterday with hi...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Feilding
Date:          January 22, 1966

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30th November 1965 "Weaner and two-year-old store cattle - all that's left after the sale draft - are drafted through the cattle yards at "Highden", the Marist Brothers'...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Highden, Manawatu
Date:          November 27, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 November 1960 "Forty Standard IV pupils from the College Street School visited Aokautere yesterday for the Fitzhertbert East School annual calf club day. The picture ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert East Road, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

The left image shows a small herd of short horn Ayrshire cross dairy cows on Scholes' farm at Awahou in the Pohangina Valley. The image on the right is not captioned, but is presumably Mr and Mrs Schole.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Date:          1900 to 1910

A unidentified woman feeding a cow. This image appeared in New Zealand Free Lance magazine in either the 20 October or 12 November, 1930 issue.

Creator:      New Zealand Free Lance
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 1930 to November 1930

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Place:          unknown
Date:          1900 to 1932

View of cows and paddocks on Massey University farmland. Beyond the cows can be seen the beginning of Summerhill Drive.

Poutoa was an ancestor of Rangitāne. His descendants include Paewai, Te Awe Awe, Te Rangiotu and other families.

The land was...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Te Motu o Poutoa, Palmerston North
Date:          November 9, 2020

This team of bullocks is stumping Mr C N Rowe's farm on Rowe's Line, Rongotea. The people in the photograph are, from left: Amey Rowe (daughter of William Rowe), Charlie Rowe (son of William Rowe), Charles Morrell Rowe (son of Thomas Rowe), Willia...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          1900

A herd of cows, possibly in the area of Old West Road.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Old West Road, Turitea, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

Massey Agricultural College was opened in 1928.

Creator:      National Publicity Studios
Place:          Massey College, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Richard Abraham established himself as a stock and station agent, wool broker and auctioneer in Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, with partner Alec Williams of Hawkes Bay. The business built several saleyards were built around the Manawatu Regi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Levin
Date:          1917

This photograph looks south across the river to the Fitzherbert Terraces and shows some of the cows and horses owned by the Slack family at "Waitoitoi".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

The Rongotea Saleyards were owned by the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited. Sales of farm animals were held fortnightly from this location.

Creator:      J E Hunt
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1918

A team of twelve bullocks at work on the site of 'Miranui' flaxmill near Shannon. This team was probably used for stumping and ploughing the land, which was then used for fibre drying.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1906

This photograph shows two champion Hereford cows on E Short's Parorangi Stud, Feilding.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1908

Cattle grazing in the hills on land that later became the McKenzie Property.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          1895 to 1905

The photograph was captioned “Bullocks ploughing new land on the banks of the Manawatu River”. It is thought to have been in the vicinity of Linton, where there were extensive areas of swamp forming part of the huge Makerua Swamp.

Creator:      T H Whetton
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1913

The curious residents (dairy cows) in a paddock at the Massey / Turitea walkway.

Creator:      Sonya Holm
Date:          June 2018

South Island visitor to the Feilding Sale yards, viewing the penned cows. Interesting earthy animal smells and great to see the country in the centre of town. Tours of the facility are available.

Creator:      Bill Green
Place:          Manchester Street, Feilding
Date:          April 18, 2018

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

Lorna Parker was the youngest child of John and Sarah Parker who had a dairy farm on Banks Line, Rongotea. Lorna went nursing and later married Jack McLennan.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea, Manawatū
Date:          1930s