Stephen Charles Hartley was one of the early settlers on the banks of the Manawatu River, who came to the district around 1846. Mr Hartley went into business as a trader and rope-maker at Pohuetangi, on the south bank of the river about a mile dow...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1890

Mr Hartley was an early trader and ropemaker in the Manawatu District, settling at Pohuetangi (near the present town of Shannon) about 1845. He is traditionally credited with being the first European to see the Papaiōea clearing, in which the sett...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1890