Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The significance of the Kowhai tree and the history of Feilding. Before World War 1, Feilding botanist and plant man Lewis Thomas Brown was passionate about adopting kōwhai as...

Creator:      Marilyn Wightman
Place:          Feilding
Date:          October 25, 2025

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 5 'Whose river is it anyway? Recreation on the Manawatū.' / Jill White

p. 15 'The story of a schoolbag: going to school in the First World War.' / Kerry Bethell & Cushla Scrivens

p. 23 'A new lease o...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2017

The playground at Kowhai Park in Whanganui.

Creator:      Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place:          Whanganui
Date:          January 10, 1968