These images were taken for the December 3rd, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published with the caption: “The winner's flag is up, and circuit promoter Rob Lester (back to camera) moves up to congratulate Nevi...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Manfield Race Track, Feilding
Date:          December 3, 1978

This image was published in the October 1st, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper with the caption: “Neville Hiscock leads this bunch of Suzuki 1000s at Manfield last weekend – but his brother Dave is already out of the picture and on his...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Manfield Racing Track, Feilding
Date:          October 1, 1978

This image was published in the October 1st, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper with the caption: “Geoff Mitchell of Feilding ‘has a go’ pursued by a family station wagon on the Manfeild circuit.”

The short article read: “The first big...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Manfield Racing Track, Feilding
Date:          October 1, 1978

These images were taken for the October 1st, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper but were not published.

The short article read: “The first big motorcycle meeting of the season was held at Manfeild last weekend and four wins went to Lowe...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Manfield Racing Track, Feilding
Date:          October 1, 1978

The 'Log Cabin' was built in 1923 by Les Arnott. It was built in the Californian bungalow style but modelled on a Canadian log cabin. The 'logs' are actually bricks covered with concrete. It also has a dendromorphic (tree form) fence, made of conc...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney, Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          170 Russell Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 5, 2011