The drive is named in honour of Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna (c. 1808-1883). Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna was ariki (hereditary high chief) of the hapū (kinship group) Ngāti Mutuahi, Te Rangiaranaki and Ngāti...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
Mina McKenzie was the first director of the Manawatū Museum and the first Māori museum director in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article focuses on her outstanding contribution to the Manawatū Museum. It was originally published in issue 18 of the *M...
Creator: Margaret Tennant
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2022
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Foxton's former courthouse building, corner of Main Street and Avenue Road. In 1863 Ihākara Tukumaru, chief of Ngāti Raukawa's Ngāti Ngarongo hapu, gifted the site ...
Creator: Val Burr
Place: Foxton
Date: July 1, 2023