This image was published in an article in the Manawatū Daily Times on 18 September, 1962. "Mr. [L.L] McMillan, prepares a small hole in the gravel riverbed of the Kahuterawa River in the Tararua Ranges behind Linton. The liberation is for the 1964...

Creator:      Manawatū Daily Times
Place:          Linton
Date:          1962-09-17T00:00:00+00:00

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. A small trout hatchery, run by a branch of the Acclimatization Society, was established at the gardens in its early days. The si...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

This postcard is addressed to the Blarambergs from A W Koehlev and dated 12/2/1914. The photograph must have been taken before this date because the Lakelet is missing - it was added in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. The three-storeyed building ...

Creator:      Wilson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907

A.R. Bob Mills posing with fish and fishing rod on an unidentified riverbank. This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1966

Members of the Palmerston North Acclimatisation Society are seen here in front of the small trout hatchery on the site of the present Peter Black Conservatory in the Esplanade. This hatchery reared trout fingerlings for the Manawatu River. The Pal...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1902

The waterfall and fish pond in the conservatory.

Creator:      Marilyn Power
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          September 16, 2018