The railway line that runs through the Manawatū Gorge opened in 1891. Visible on the opposite side of the gorge is the road that was constructed between 1871 and 1872.

This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loan...

Date:          circa 1960

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The original Upper Gorge Bridge was built in 1875. Designed for both road and railway traffic, it was narrow. The gorge road was widened in the 1920s and the bridge was repair...

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          June 21, 2025

This copy of John Tiffin Stewart's handwritten manuscript was typed in 1967 by Ian Matheson, who has annotated each paragraph with the page numbers of T. Lindsay Buick's Old Manawatu (1903) containing information derived from Stewart's manuscript.

Date:          1902 to 1967

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows construction of the road through the Manawatu Gorge. Entitled "Manawatu Gorge. Commencement of Road - looking up Gorge from westward", and is sign...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          May 1871

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Sketch shows the construction of the Upper Gorge Bridge (at Woodville end) over the Manawatu River. Entitled "Road Bridge Manawatu Gorge building 1874" and sign...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu/Wairarapa
Date:          1874

A drawing by J T Stewart who was the District Engineer of the Public Works Department. Drawing shows the gorge road, looking westward towards Ashhurst. Entitled "Gorge Road Manawatu 1874". The drawing is in pencil and water colour. Drawn on paper...

Creator:      J T Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1874

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Parahaki Island. Approximately 10 hectares, it is located at the confluence of the Pohangina and Manawatū rivers. It is a significant site for mana whenua. It was h...

Creator:      Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 20, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) town planner and government surveyor. He was responsible for the planning of Manawatū's towns in the 19th century, including the ...

Creator:      Tim Upperton
Place:          Manawatu-Whanganui
Date:          November 19, 2022

This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the con...

Date:          circa 1900

This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the con...

Date:          circa 1900

This handwritten manuscript was written by J. T. Stewart in 1902 at the request of T. Lindsay Buick, who published substantial portions of it in his book Old Manawatu (1903). Mr John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earlies...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1902

This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1874 to 1875

Mr John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne).

He w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1896

J T Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne) and the route for ...

Creator:      F L Denton, Wanganui
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 18, 1907

This series of images were taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 September, 1978. The article details a mid-river collision in the Manawatū Gorge during the Manawatū River stage of the 1978 CItizen Watch Jet Boat Marath...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Date:          1978-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

The last look of freedom before level 4 started in just a couple of hours. On the Manawatū Gorge track, the Tawa loop.

Creator:      Jocelyn Woodward-Candy
Place:          Manawatu Gorge track
Date:          March 27, 2020

An informational pamphlet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) promoting the region for visiting and as a convention centre.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          1970s

A train crossing a bridge in the Manawatū Gorge.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Manawatū Gorge
Date:          1983

A stream train exits a tunnel next to the Ballance Bridge in the Manawatū Gorge.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Manawatū Gorge
Date:          1994

A scrapbook from consulting engineers and land surveyors, Jickell and Gilmour. Most cuttings relate to work with the Makerua Drainage Board, the Foxton Harbour Board, the Palmerston North River Board and the Manawatū Gorge Board of Control.

Creator:      Samuel Jickell and William Gilmour
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          1919 to 1928

Correspodence between the National Archives and a member of the public regarding the tendering for contracts to construct railway lines through the Manawatū Gorge during 1886.

Creator:      National Archives
Place:          Manawatū Gorge
Date:          1966-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

A slip in the Manawatū Gorge that blocked the railway line.

Place:          Manawatū Gorge
Date:          1930s