Alex Woodley (1879-1956) and Helen Amelia Woodley, nee Holdaway (1878-1966), arrived in Aokautere in 1925. They leased 200 acres, milking cows and raising ducks, poultry and pigs. The couple had three sons and in 1948 the farm was purchased by the...
Date: circa 1928
Map that shows ownership of farm land, covering the area from approximately Mangaweka to Himatangi Beach in the North Island. The index lists the farms according to the owner's name.
Produced by John Read Agricultural Consultancy Ltd, Palmerston ...
Creator: John Read Agricultural Consultancy Ltd
Place: Manawatu and neighbouring areas
Date: 1994
Maps that show ownership of farm land, covering the area from approximately Mangaweka to Levin in the North Island. The index lists the farms according to the owner's name.
Produced by Centrepoint Theatre
Creator: Centrepoint Theatre
Place: Manawatū and surrounding area
Date: 1979
The street was named for Mr Frederick Bryant, an early butcher and landowner in Palmerston North. He owned the land on which the original Bryant Street was formed. The street was extended in 1925, and <a href="...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 February, 1959. "Chopping steadily through a field of red clover and ryegrass this morning, this multi-crop chopper was demonstrated to an appreciative audience of Ka...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 28, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 July 1961 "Twin lambs are not uncommon, but when twin black lambs appear it is news. On the property of Mr. Michael Brill, of Aokautere, the two lambs shown above wit...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Forest Hill Road, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: July 27, 1961
Maps that show farm ownership of land, covering the area from approximately Mangaweka to Paekaikariki in the North Island. the index lists the farms according to the owner's name.
Produced by Combined Manawatu Lions Clubs and Oroua Young Farmers ...
Creator: Combined Manawatu Lions clubs and Oroua Young Farmers Clubs
Place: Manawatu and surrounding area
Date: 1968
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
Date: 1900 to 1932
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
Date: 1900 to 1932
This photograph shows freshly made butter coming from one of the churns at the Rongotea butter factory. The Rongotea Co-op Dairy Co. was established in 1895 and was amalgamated in 1960 with the Awahuri Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd, to form the Mana...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1944
Workmen with cart and horses on dirt road, believed to be the Longburn-Rongotea Road. The very muddy conditions of the horses indicats something of the condition of the roads in the Manawatu district at the turn of the century. The wagons appear ...
Creator: John Hobbs
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1889
Bunnythorpe is a small rural community, close to Palmerston North. It was established in the 'Manchester Block' in the 1870s. The railway line shown here (Palmerston North to Feilding) opened in 1877. Bunnythorpe School opened in 1883. This photog...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Bunnythorpe, Manawatū
Date: 1898
A.S. Aldrich's property, Kawabata, on the Oroua River, near Apiti. Mr Lingaard was the manager of the farm.
Creator: A S Aldrich
Place: Pohangina Valley
Date: circa 1908