James Burtton lived for many years in this whare on his property by the Tokomaru Stream. Burtton's Track in the Kahuterawa Reserve is named after him and forms part of the Te Araroa Tail network through New Zealand.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1941
This photograph shows the students at Himatangi Mill School, which opened in September 1903.
Back row from left: Miss Dury (school teacher), Violet Mardon, Cecilia Mardon, Elsie Mardon, girl in front of Elsie and the rest of that row: unknown.
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Creator: Edward W Child
Place: Himatangi, Manawatu
Date: circa 1904
Kiritaki Hut is a standard six-bunk hut south of the Maharahara and Matanginui high points in the southern Ruahine Ranges. The hut is accessible via steep and advanced difficulty tracks from the Hawke's Bay Region via Kumeti Road, or Opawe Road...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: October 16, 2017
View of Kiritaki Hut looking northeast along the Ruahine Ranges. The hut sits above the Oruaterataki Stream and is directly west of Dannevirke.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: October 14, 2017
View looking downstream of College Creek, Tararua Forest Park. College Creek forms part of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek loop track, with Burn Hut lying on top of the ridgeline at the halfway point along the track..
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. It is taken from above the power scheme working appears to show the Mangaore v...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1922
A line of tin huts with chimneys built for the workers on the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1921 to 1922
Burn Hut is a basic six-bunk hut which lies within the middle of the northern end of the Tararua Forest Park as part of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek loop track. The hut lies at 750 meters above sea level and has expansive views from Eke...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Burn hut, Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
Mangahao river camp located on a terrace above the river and associated project workings.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1920 to 1924
John Roots an early settler, is known to have a farm at Upper Kawhatau, ten miles from Rangiwahia in the Ruahine Ranges. It was an isolated area with few services. It is unknown if this is John Roots senior or junior.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1892
James Burtton, right, lived for many years in this whare on his property by the Tokomaru Stream. He is shown on the right with Joe Andersen and his younger brother after deer stalking. Later, when his access bridge collapsed and dropped him into t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1941
A view of the Mangahao river with working men's huts high up on the left and workshops on the level below.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki,...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1924
This school was opened on 18 June, 1928 with a roll of 19 pupils. Mr E Farrant was the teacher. The land on which the school was built was donated by Mr Hugh Akers. The original one room was added to in 1930, 1953 and 1961. The school is still in ...
Creator: Hugh Akers [?]
Place: Opiki, Manawatu
Date: circa 1928
A view of workmen's tents in amongst the bush.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being delayed by WWI, ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mangahao Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1923 to 1924
This view shows the site of power house and the route of the pipe line. The power house was constructed at the foot of the ridge in the centre of the photograph (to the right of the wooden building on stilts). The route along which the pipe line w...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1922
This photograph taken from the top of the construction site shows the Mangahao river to the right, Mangarore Electricity Village in the centre and Shannon in the distance to the top of the photograph. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelect...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1922
A view of Arapete workmens camp from further up the ridge line. The area was later flooded and became Tokomaru No 3 Reservoir. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tokomaru No3 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: 1923
Tim Burrton was a black blocks farmer who built the Tokomaru Valley Road extension. In the early 1900's, Mr Burrton bought 429 acres in the Tararuas, where he camped in a tent until Mr Mullin (who owned the adjoining land) told Mr Burtton was dist...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1920
Panoramic view of the terrain around Burn Hut with "Peak", the largets feature nearby, lying in the middle of the picture. Burn Hut is accessible via the loop track of Mangahao # 2 Dam to College Creek and lies in the middle of the northern end...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Burn hut, Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018