Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 28th February 2023.  Part 2 of 3. Rural life in Otaki, neighbours, change of interests. Handling horses. Moving onto own farm. Father’s gardening using the moon for planting times, commercial flower gr...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          February 28, 2023

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th February 2025. Part 2 of 3.  It was possible to go to a country dance every week but not now. Ladies preparing supper looked after babies while other mothers danced. Suppers with homemade food wer...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          February 11, 2025

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1900 to 1932

Manuscript of "Awahou School Cententary 1894-1994: A History of the Pohangina Valley" by Lois Hall, published in 1994. it was produced by the Awahou School's Centenary Committee.

The book covers chapters on: Setting the Scene; First Footsteps; Ge...

Creator:      Lois Hall for Awahou School's Centenary Committee
Place:          Pohangina Valley
Date:          1995

Sledging milk from the cowshed, Pohangina.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina Valley
Date:          circa 1910

The school at Pohangina opened in 1887. At one time, it had two teachers and an average roll of 74 pupils. The school closed in 1972.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pohangina Valley
Date:          1975

Photograph shows workers outside the Rangitikei Co-op Dairy Co. Possible identification of figures from back of photograph read: On step Howard, D; J.C. Button; Mylan[?],S ; Dury, S or J.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

This photograph shows three people in a pick-up truck. A young woman is behind the wheel, while two men ride as passengers - one in the front seat and another, with farm dog in tow, sits in the bed of the truck.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1939