This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 October 1956: "Mrs. C.V. Ciolietto and her daughter, Mrs. J.C. Newhook, take time off from shopping at the Jaycee market to enjoy a cup of tea, Mrs Newhook's one-year...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 26, 1956

The mill is thought to have been Miranui at Shannon, because the mill had a wooden floor on their yard. The Poplar mill in Moutoa also had a wooden yard. These bundles of flax have been trammed into the mill yard, where they were stored on end for...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This photograph possibly taken at the Arapete camp shows three workmen and the...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Tokomaru No 3 Reservoir, Shannon
Date:          circa 1923

The staff of the water works are shown taking a break from connecting the water main to the new bridge. Left to right: Tom Sexton, Jon McLaughlin, Roy Kersel, Malcolm Groom (an employee of Taylor and Andrew's Engineering), Harry Mills, Ray Leslie,...

Creator:      Stuart Couchman
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Doug Millar (actor), John Hampton (Stage Crew), Claire Hampton, Miralie Thomas Vincent (Box Office and Publicity) take a break during the run of Little Shop of Horrors.

Creator:      John McDonald
Date:          1990

The name of this mill is though to have been Tasma Mill at Takapau, owned by Alfred Seifert and then his brother Walter. This photograph is taken in the yard of the mill,where the bundles of lax are stored for 2-3 days before being stripped.

Creator:      W Golder Photo, Waipawa
Date:          circa 1904

Charles Forbes, Bernie O'Donnell, Doug Mawson, Lynette Russell, Rhys Doherty and Peter Doherty take a break during set construction for the Little Shop of Horrors.

Creator:      John McDonald
Date:          1990

This image comes from a collection of unidentified negatives taken by H M Griffiths in the early 1900s, probably 1910-1920. Many of these negatives are labelled as having been taken in Tokomaru, but many have no information with them. They were do...

Creator:      H M Griffiths
Date:          1910 to 1920

Some of the Manawatu Theatre Society Stage Crew relax after a day of set construction. Front left: Doug Mawson, Charles Forbes, unidentified, Rhys Doherty, Lynette Russell and Bernie O'Donnell

Creator:      John McDonald
Date:          1990