Misty morning sunrise over the Manawatu River

Creator:      Roger Harris
Place:          Manawatu River
Date:          June 19, 2019

Taken at the bottom of Vaucluse heights on a misty morning

Creator:      Roger Harris
Place:          
Date:          June 19, 2019

People are walking or running along the riverside path along the Manawatu River, near Fitzherbert Bridge. Autumn colouring is appearing on the leaves of the trees. 

Creator:      Margaret Riordan
Place:          Manawatu River, near Fitzherbert Bridge
Date:          April 11, 2021

During the Covid lockdowns signage was erected in many places to help keep people safe. These signs were near the walking path by the Manawatu River, near Fitzherbert Bridge. One sign says dogs should be on a leash, and the other says to keep...

Creator:      Margaret Riordan
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge
Date:          May 2, 2020

People are standing on a shingle bank in the Manawatu River, near Okatia Steps. Their dogs are in the river, which is quite shallow at the time. Fitzherbert Bridge is in the background. 

Creator:      Margaret Riordan
Place:          Manawatu River near Okatia Steps
Date:          April 9, 2023

Photo of the Horizons "Teachers College" Manawatū river monitoring tower, off Centennial Drive, Palmerston North. Taken at the peak of the February 2004 Flood. Shows river level.

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Manawatu River, Palmerston North
Date:          February 2004

Flooding Near He Ara Kotahi Bridge, Palmerston North in Feb 2023 during Cyclone Gabrielle. Taken from He Ara Kotahi, looking towards Awapuni.

Creator:      
Place:          He Ara Kotahi Palmerston North
Date:          February 14, 2023

This plan is titled, "Plan of Rural Sections 356, 357, 360, 375 to 379 & Pt 358, 359 & 366, Town of Palmerston North & Accretions. Block XIV Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Foxton Line, Waldegraves Road.

Creator:      C. T. Salmon [Surveyor]
Place:          Foxton Line; Waldegraves Road;
Date:          July 1926

Shows parcels of land along the Manawatu River down from the original Fitzherbert Bridge.

Visible roads include Fitzherbert Street, Main Road.

Creator:      O.J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Fitzherbert Street; Main Road;
Date:          September 1919

This plan is titled, "Plan of SUBDIVISIONS OF LOT: 262 D.P. 666 HOKOWHITU Nos 5,6 &7"

Visible roads include Scandia Street [Albert Street], Jickell Street.

Creator:      G.L. R. Scott [Surveyor]
Place:          Scandia Street [Albert Street]; Jickell Street;
Date:          May 1902

This plan is titled, "Plan of Accretion from Manawatu River adjacent to Section 366 Township of Palmerston North Block XlV Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include .

Creator:      H. R. Farquhar [Surveyor]
Place:          Karina Terrace; Vogel Street; Main Street; Napier Road;
Date:          November 1926

This plan is titled, "LAND TO BE TAKEN FOR ROAD PURPOSES UNDER LAND ACT. 1928.

Plan of Part Section 205, Block XV, Kairanga S.D. Township of Fitzherbert."

Visible roads include Riverbank Road, Fitzherbert Avenue, Cliff Road, Clifton Road, No 60 M...

Creator:      O. J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Riverbank Road; Fitzherbert Avenue; Cliff Road; Clifton Road; No 60 Main Highway; Manawatu Bridge Road;
Date:          April 1934

The race took place on the Manawatū River from Tematai Road to Fitzherbert Bridge.

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970 to 1980

Women in traditional Māori dress perform for the Governor General, Sir Arthur Porritt and Lady Porritt, at the re-enactment of the arrival of settlers at the Manawatu River. Large crowds line the river bank to watch the event.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Manawatu River, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

He mea wero e Mac Whakamoe e pa ana ki te powhiri maumaharatanga o te taenga mai ma runga waka o nga tangata ko Mrs George Snelson raua ko Matilda Montgomery i te tau 1871. Ko Manawatu te awa. Ki to te Ian Matheson whakaaro no Tuhoe a Mac Whakamoe...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Manawatu River, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

A Daimler car carrying the Governor General, Sir Arthur Porritt and Lady Porritt drive past the crowds of people at the enactment of the settler's landing as part of the Palmerston North Centenary events, down by the banks of the Manawatu River.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Manawatu River, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

In 1912 four moa footprints were found close to the Fitzroy Street section of the river. Their discovery was one of the first of its kind in New Zealand.

They were found by Henry Cole after a flood had washed away the bank exposing the footprint...

Creator:      E R Whalley
Place:          Manawatū riverbank
Date:          1912

In 1912 four moa footprints were found close to the Fitzroy Street section of the river. Their discovery was one of the first of its kind in New Zealand.

They were found by Henry Cole (believed to be seated at left) after a flood had washed away ...

Creator:      Gilbert Tremaine
Place:          Manawatū riverbank
Date:          1912

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          196X

This image is believed to depict land east of Ruahine Street associated with the Palmerston North Golf Club.

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 ...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          196X

This image is believed to depict land associated with the Manawatu Golf Club.

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner fr...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          196X

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Ruahine Reserve was the site of Ruahine Kāinga (village) before 1864, a community of 150 to 200 people. It is recalled by Rangitāne as being where the old College of Educ...

Creator:      Karla Karaitiana
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 1, 2024

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Gorge, Manawatū
Date:          June 1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Gorge, Manawatū
Date:          June 1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Gorge, Manawatū
Date:          June 1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Gorge, Manawatū
Date:          June 1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Gorge, Manawatū
Date:          June 1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Gorge, Manawatū
Date:          June 1960

Looking from the river walk in the Esplanade gardens, to the Fitzherbert Bridge across the Manawatu River, built 1877. The original donated cards are postmarked 1906, with one sent to Miss Kathleen Thompson, Kaueka, Castlemain, Victoria [Australia...

Creator:      A J Stockman
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Manawatū Gorge has been a vital east -west access way since people first came to the region. For Māori, the river was the highway through the gorge they called Te Āpiti. R...

Creator:      Dorothy Pilkington
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          August 27, 2022