John Richter was an early Palmerston North settler. The book explores the life of the Richters in Norway and 'Down Under' from 1868.

Creator:      Brian Cameron
Place:          Manawatu; Norway
Date:          2014

'Dania' was the home of Charles Dahl (1856-1929), a manufacturer of Palmerston North. Dahl was a Danish immigrant who came to Palmerston North in 1885 and set up a canvas and tent making business. previously hea had set up the first store in Rongo...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1925

Johannes, the second son and fourth child of the celebrated Bishop D. G. Monrad, was born in Denmark August 1849 when his father was a Minister in the Danish Cabinet, shortly before he was made Bishop in the Luthran Church. Johannes became a Naval...

Creator:      T Hammerom, Copenhagen
Place:          Denmark
Date:          1865

Alex and Oscar Oden, outside the tent they lived in with their parents, while their house ‘Valhalla’ was being built in Stoney Creek Road, Whakarongo, near Palmerston North.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1896

Arthur Koehler was born in Palmerston North to a German father and Danish mother. In 1917, he is listed on his military record as living and working in Gisborne. He is shown here stumping with a jack.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Bunnythorpe, Manawatū
Date:          1912

Nils (Neils) Anderson was a farmer at Hastwells, close to Mauriceville North in Wairarapa.

Creator:      Uknown
Place:          Wairarapa
Date:          1890s