The Burr Farm is now the site of the Radius Peppertree rest home, 107 Roberts Line, Kelvin Grove.

Creator:      Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date:          1937

This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Date:          circa 1910

Frederick James Purcell of Ashhurst is listed as a carrier in the 1922 electoral roll for the Oroua district. The photograph is thought to be located near Chapman's property, Aokautere.

This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photog...

Date:          1920s

Alex Woodley (1879-1956) and Helen Amelia Woodley, nee Holdaway (1878-1966), arrived in Aokautere in 1925. They leased 200 acres, milking cows and raising ducks, poultry and pigs. The couple had three sons and in 1948 the farm was purchased by the...

Date:          circa 1928

Traction engines – wheeled steam engines – were imported into New Zealand from 1880. They mainly ran threshers, but some drove other machines such as chaff cutters, which chopped hay or straw for animal feed.

Date:          circa 1900

The Morris truck is labelled 'D. Stockman, Livestock & General Carrier, Colyton'.

Creator:      Maurice Costello, Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          1970 to 1971

Bunnythorpe is a small rural community, close to Palmerston North. It was established in the 'Manchester Block' in the 1870s. The Bunnythorpe Hotel was built in 1892 by A Fredsberg. It closed in 1973 after the new Bunnythorpe Hotel opened next doo...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Bunnythorpe, Manawatu
Date:          October 30, 1981

Rural view across farmland near Palmerston to what might be the Ruahine Ranges.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

Probably taken from the Aokautere to Ashhurst road, looking to Wharite Peak. Wharite is located the other side of the Manawatū Gorge, and sits behind Woodville. The television transmitter for the region can be seen on the horizon.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

Looking from Summerhill Drive across to the Rugby Institute at Massey University.

The Institute was built as a joint venture between Massey University and the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1999, to be fully equipped for high performance rugby. It i...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

Probably taken from the Aokautere to Ashhurst road, looking to Wharite Peak in the Ruahine Ranges. Wharite is located the other side of the Manawatū Gorge, and sits behind Woodville. The television transmitter for the region can be seen on the hor...

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          Wharite Peak
Date:          August 2000

The homestead near Palmerston North was built by (probably) Henry J Mason. It belonged to Donald Manson. In the 1920s Hugh Gillies, a stock buyer for the Gear Meat Company, lived there with his wife Millie Manson (Donald’s adopted daughter). He wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1898

The Bunnythorpe Bridge undergoing work to widen the bridge

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Bunnythorpe, Manawatu
Date:          December 15, 1974

'Cluny Park' was originally built by the Hobner Brothers for William Manson, near Palmerston North. The Looman family bought the property in 1959. The old barn and stables, built c1897, is set to the rear of the property, with a puncheon floor mad...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rangitikei Line, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

A camp of slab huts with canvas roofs and tents is the bush home of these workmen.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore [?]
Place:          Pohangina East, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

This group of 'bush whackers' was working Pohangina Valley East Road at Komako. The men were employed by Dick Port and Alex Stewart, who had the contract to fell bush. Identified: Wilf Galer (2nd from left, with arms folded); Dick Port (3rd from l...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina East, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1904

Stephen Thomas Hunt operated a butcher's shop in Ashhurst before moving to Palmerston North and setting up a carrier's business. The building was later used as a bakery.

Creator:      P P De Loree, Tourist Photographer
Place:          Winchester Street, Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1895

This early photograph of Ferguson Street was taken between Albert Street and Victoria Street, looking towards Fitzherbert Avenue. Ferguson Street was named after Alexander Ferguson, Mayor of Palmerston North 1885-86, and a Borough Councillor 1878-...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1896

Mr and Mrs George Dunn moved to New Zealand from Australia and farmed at Mangatainoka, Waiwaka, and Whakaronga. This photograph is taken on their farm at Waiwaka. They built their first home in Warrnabol, Australia where they were the first to cul...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

Shown here is the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research – DSIR – Grasslands Division under flood.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Tennent Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

The Ashhurst Bridge spanning the Manawatu River, was officially opened on the 9 June 1909, replacing the original bridge that was swept away in the 1895 flood. Until a new bridge was built a punt was used to ferry people and vehicles across the Ma...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1909

Children stand on the railway sidings at Longburn, south of Palmerston North. The Longburn Freezing Works are in the background.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Longburn, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

Richard Abraham established himself as a stock and station agent, wool broker and auctioneer in Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, with partner Alec Williams of Hawkes Bay. The business built several saleyards were built around the Manawatu Regi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Levin
Date:          1917

Looking down at the Toe Toe stream bridge on a section of the new highway, which by passes the Mangaweka hills. Standing on the Toe Toe stream bridge, the Prime Minister, Mr R.D. Muldoon, officially declared the “Mangaweka highway” open on Januar...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Mangaweka, Rangitikei
Date:          January 25, 1980

A general view of Mangaweka with the Rangitikei River in the foreground. Mangaweka is a township on State Highway One (SH1), in the North Island of New Zealand, with a population of just over 200. It is between Taihape to the north and Hunterville...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Mangaweka, Rangitikei Region
Date:          September 4, 1982

Mr W Egglington’s threshing mill at work on Mr Peter Scheidt’s farm, Dixons Line, Bunnythorpe.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1912

Taikorea School was located 15 miles west of Palmerston North between Foxton and Rongotea. The school was opened in 1890 and closed in 2002. The pupils depicted in this class photograph are unidentified.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1949

This picnic was held on the bank of the Manawatu River near Kemp's Lagoon on the farm of Mr Bill Jackson, who was a member of the school committee. Identified are: Jean Akers (daughter of Hugh Akers) - sitting in foreground in dress with collar. M...

Creator:      George Larsen [?]
Place:          Opiki, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1929

Shown here is Mr Arthur Gloyn with his horse and a cartload of milk cans for processing.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1914

Photograph of a relatively substantial house on a recently cleared site in an unknown locality. The traditional cottage design features a verandah, attic room and a wooden chimney. The site is still being cleared of large trees. The mother, childr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1900