He hui mō te whakamaumaharatanga o te taenga mai o ngā tauiwi i te tau 1871. I tū te hui i muri i te whakaritenga karakia ki YMCA Stadium. Ko Meihana Durie ko te kaumātua o te iwi Rangitāne me Ngāti Kauwhata. Ko ia hoki e whaikōrero ana. I noh...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 20 to 27 November. This included a Historical Māori Pageant held at the Showgrounds on Thursday 25 November 1937.

Creator:      Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date:          circa 1937

He rangatira a Tukumaru no Ngāti Raukawa. Ihakara Tukumaru was a Ngāti Raukawa chief. To access image please contact us.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1870

I muri i te tangi tuatahi o nga pere i runga i te karaka i te Whare Poutaopeta i haere nga tangata ki to te W.T. Wood whare. Ko Kerei Te Panau e noho ana ki te taha maui tuarima. He korowai, he potae ona. Ko tona hoa ranatira, ko Ereni Te Awe A...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Cook and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe, rangatira o te iwi o Rangitāne, c.1820-1884. Peeti Te Awe Awe (c 1820 - 1884) was a chief of Rangitāne and was instrumental in the pakeha settlement of Manawatu.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1870

Ko te kaiārahi kaiwhakakairo ko Mātahi Avauli Whakataka-Brightwell e tautokona ana e te runanga o te marae of Pahiatua. I tīmata te mahi i te tau 1979. I te tau 1981 i neke atu te waka ki tētahi Kura Whakakairo ki Porirua kia oti ai. I te tau 1985...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pahiatua
Date:          August 5, 1981

Ko ngā tangata i te Tapawhā o Te Papaiōea i te wā nui mō te Kōti ture whenua. Kei te whakaatu tēnei whakaahua i ngā peke kai. People gathered in The Square at the time of the ‘Native Land Court’.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1881

Kerei Te Panau was the namesake of the chimes in the clock of the Post Office. Seated, from left: Mrs and Mr Tricklebank; Kerei Te Panau; George Snelson (first Mayor of Palmerston North); Mrs Louisa Snelson; Unknown. Image available on request - p...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1901

Kei Rangiotu ia ki te taha o te haki ‘Tane-nui-a-rangi’. E pupuri ana ia i te mere o Tane-nui-a-rangi. Wiremu Kingi Te Awe Awe is standing next to the Tane-nui-a-rangi flag at Rangiotu Marae. He is holding a mere, also named Tane-nui-a-rangi. To ...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Date:          November 26, 1970

I noho a Putiki i te taha o te awa o Whanganui, e tata ana ki te tāone, ko Petre. Kua ngaro te mea mahi toi a Gilfillan. Ko tētahi atu whakaahua o tēnei mahi toi ki roto i te whare taonga, ko Alexander Turnbull Library, nama C-029-001. On the W...

Creator:      William James Harding
Place:          Whanganui
Date:          1850

Ko ngā tangata i te Tapawhā, ko te Marae o Hine ki Te Papaiōea i te wā nui mō te Kōti ture whenua. Kei te whakaatu tēnei whakaahua i ngā peke kai mō ngā rā roa. People gathered in The Square at the time of the sittings of the ‘Native Land Court’.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1881

He ope whakangahau i te wā o te whakahirahira o ngā tau tekau mā rima o te whakatūranga o te tāone ko Te Papaiōea. Nō te marae a Kai Iwi tēnei ope, nō Ngāti Kauwhata me Rangitāne hoki. E ai kī ngā nupepa ko Matene Maketa te kaiārahi. I tū te ope i...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          March 2, 1927 to March 4, 1927

Mātene Te Whiwhi(c1791-1881), rangatira o te iwi o Ngati Raukawa. Mātene Te Whiwhi was a Chief of Ngati Raukawa.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1850 to circa 1859

Ko Sidney Tutete Otene Kereama (Graham) ratou ko tana tama ko Toi Graham, ko tana wahine ko Erana/Erena (Teieti) Kereama. No te iwi o Ngati Kauwhata ki Awahuri. He kaiwhakairo a Sidney mo to te Marae Kai Iwi, ko Kauwhata. Ko te matua o Sidney ko O...

Creator:      George W Anderson
Date:          circa 1920

Ko Joseph Beale ko te kaipāmu rongonui ki te rohe o Manawatu i nga tau 1880s rāua 1890s pea. He pāmu āna kei Fitzherbert West me Longburn. Joseph Beale (1836-1906) farmed land at Fitzherbert West and Longburn during the 1880s and 1890s. From left....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Longburn
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1895

I tikina ngā rakau totara ki Pahiatua mai i te ngahere o Whirinaki i te marama o Hakihea i te tau 1979. Ko te kaiwhakakairo i roto i te whakaahua ko Fred Clamp. Ko te kaiārahi ko Mātahi Avauli Whakataka-Brightwell. I neke atu te waka ki Porirua ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pahiatua
Date:          June 10, 1980

Ko ngā tangata i te Tapawhā, ko te Marae o Hine ki Papaiōea i te wā nui mō te Kōti ture whenua. Kei te whakaatu tēnei whakaahua i ngā peke kai mō ngā rā roa. People gathered in The Square at the time of the sittings of the ‘Native Land Court’.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1881

He rangatira ia nō Ngāti Raukawa. Kereopa Tukumaru was a Chief of Ngati Raukawa. To access this image, please contact us.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1882

He hoa rangatira ia a T.U. Cook, ki Foxton. An individual portrait. To access this image, please contact us.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1855

Ko Mortlock & Co he karāti motukā ki Hawera i te tiriti o Princes. The garage pictured in the background is listed in the New Zealand Post Office directories as being in Princes Street, Hawera.To access image please contact us.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Hawera, Taranaki
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Titiro ki nga raina hiko kia mōhio ai i ngā wā i whakaahuatia.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Otaki
Date:          circa 1950 to circa 1959

I te taha o te tiriti o Pioneer Highway i hangaia tētahi tāone iti me tētahi marae ko Kikiwhenua te ingoa. I hangaia ai te marae i te tau 1883. Ko tēnei whakaahua e whakaatu ana i tēnei marae? I kōrero a Ian Matheson ki te whānau o Te Awe Awe...

Creator:      Albert Rickard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

He kapa haka hei pōwhiri e pā ana ki te maumaharatanga o te taenga mai mā runga waka o ngā tāngata ko Mrs George Snelson rāua ko Matilda Montgomery i te tau 1871. Ko Manawatu te awa. A kapa haka performed by children during the re-enactment of the...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Manawatu River at Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

The welcoming party during the re-enactment of the 1871 river landing of Mrs George Snelson and her 16 year-old ward Matilda Montgomery. The women travelled to Te Papaiōea (Palmerston North) by Māori waka on the Manawatu River. The re-enactment to...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

He mahi toi mō ngā tīpuna e mātakitaki ana i ngā mahi whakairo o te waka Hawaiki-nui kei Pahiatua. Ancestor paintings on the Pahiatua shed’s structural posts, where the waka Hawaiki-nui was being carved.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pahiatua
Date:          July 3, 1980

I hangaia ai te whakamaru waka ki te totara me te kahikatea. Nā te ope Tūtāngata o Te Papaiōea ngā whakairo. I puta te waka i te one o Santoft i te tau 1965. E noho ana te waka i te Ngahere o Santoft. A canoe shelter, made of totara and kahikatea,...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Santoft, Rangitikei
Date:          July 26, 1982

I tukua ngā karakia e te kaumātua hei whakapainga. The Minister of Lands & Forests viewing a shelter built to house a 150 year old canoe that was washed up on Santoft Beach in 1965.Two Photographs. To access these images, please contact us.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Santoft, Rangitikei
Date:          July 2, 1982

Ko te Kaiwhakiro akonga ko Mark Russell e mahi ana i runga i te pare. Student Mark Russell is working on the pare, the carving traditionally placed above the doorway of the Meeting House, which was due to open in 1980. Behind him, is Art Lecture...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          November 28, 1979

Ko te Kaiwhakakairo i roto i te whakaahua ko Fred Clamp. ko te kaiarahi kaiwhakakairo ko Matahi Avauli Whakataka-Brightwell e tautokona ana e te runanga o te marae o Pahiatua. I timata te mahi i te tau 1979. I te tau 1981 i neke atu te waka ki tet...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pahiatua
Date:          June 10, 1980

Ko te marae tuatahi ki te tū i runga i tētahi wāhi akonga. Ko te tūwheratanga o te marae ‘Te Kupenga o Te Mātauranga’ i te rā e ono o te marama o Māhuru i te tau 1980. I tae mai te tāngata tokorua ngā rau. The first Marae to be built on a campus...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial Drive, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          September 6, 1980