This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd December 1965 "For these three children, the school holidays provide ample opportunity to indulge in their favourite pastime -- fishing. They had not been at he Cen...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          December 21, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 January 1961: "Making the most of their school holidays are two small boys seen cockabullie hunting in the Hokowhitu Lagoon."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          January 19, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 January, 1964. "These boys certainly believe in training for a competition--especially if it is fishing. A fishing competition in the lagoon for youngsters is one of ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1964-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 January, 1964. "White capped surf dwarfed this man and son as their patiently dragged a net through the shallows at Waitarere Beach. Up and down they paced, each inte...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Waitarere
Date:          1964-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 April 1961 "Billy Sutton, doing a spot of quiet fishing for eels, reflects on the effects of the splashes of a canoeist on his chances. He was fishing from the bridge...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial lagoon, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          April 1, 1961

Leonard Amey of Rongotea with his children Karen and Perry after a fishing trip to Turangi.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1960

Bert Anderson, Ernest Davis, Thomas Davis, Pat Anderson and Neal Anderson 'catching tuna' in the Tiritea/Fitzherbert area. Ernest and Thomas were the sons of James and Harriet Davis, who farmed in the area c1897-1910.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Turitea, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The junior angling competition attracted about 280 young anglers to the lagoon. More than 70 fish were caught, including trout, perch, and eels. Contest organisers, The Manawatu-Oroua branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, released a ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          February 27, 1982

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