Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Whakarongo settlement carries the name of a nineteenth century Rangitanē woman of courage and resilence. Whakarongo was raised as a whāngai at Te Kuripaka pa by her uncle, Te ...

Creator:      Karla Karaitiana
Place:          Whakarongo, Palmerston North
Date:          September 21, 2024

Whakarongo ‘Bridge to Nowhere”. The last remnant of the Whakarongo Deviation, the unused railway bridge/ culvert, behind 29 Kelvin Grove Road… As at April 1999 and after some debate, it is fated to be preserved as a lawn ornament. ‘A Time of T...

The pupils of Kelvin Grove School pose in front of the former Stoney Creek classroom, that was relocated to Kelvin Grove in 1898. The head teacher, seated to the left with dog, is Mr Alex Matheson.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

A community get-together in the Whakarongo Hall in the 1920s, thought to be a 'Bachelors’ Ball'.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

The huge flood of late January 1953 covering the Te Matai Road area, as photographed by Mark Dawson from high ground in the vicinity of James Line. This photograph was taken near James line, looking down from the terrace across the Te Matai Road a...

Creator:      Mark Dawson
Place:          Te Matai Road, Whakarongo
Date:          January 28, 1953

Article on the history of Kelvin Grove and Roslyn areas of Palmerston North.

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1991

An Army truck ploughs through the raging flood waters covering Napier Road, at the James Line intersection, during the January 1953 flood.

See ‘A Time of Transition’ by Val Burr, page 86.

See Also: Ian Matheson City Archive Research File ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Whakarongo
Date:          1953