Tokomaru is situated on Highway 57, 11.3km north of Shannon and 19.3km south of Palmerston North. Horseshoe Bend Reserve is a popular swimming spot on the Manawatū River.
Creator: Manawatū Guardian
Date: January 22, 1975
This map has been created by collaging together cadastral maps of various boroughs and counties in the vicinity of Palmerston North, including the areas around Shannon, Foxton and Tokomaru.
Date: 1957
These plans for a substantial extension to a residence called Ashlea were designed by L. G. West & Son for Joseph Liggins. This included the addition of a large dining room, three further bedrooms and a verandah. There is also a plan for an outbui...
Creator: L G West
Date: 1913
These plans for a flax mill were designed by L. G. West and Son for Temukanui Limited. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 1912 he formed a partnersh...
Creator: L G West
Date: 1914
This plan for a four-room cottage was designed by L. G. West & Son for Mrs and Miss Tuely. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 1912 he formed a partn...
Creator: L G West
Date: 1913
Land sale map for the township of Tokomaru and the surrounding area. The land was owned by the Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company.
Creator: Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 1887
Land sale map showing the sections for sale between the Tokomaru and Shannon areas. The land had been allocated to the Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company.
Creator: Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company
Place: Horowhenua
Date: 1887
This plan depicts a proposed four room addition to the front of a residence in Tokomaru. It was designed by L. G. West for Thomas Boyd. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston ...
Creator: L G West
Date: 1896
The house in this photograph was located next to the Tokomaru Public Hall. It served as the town's first Post Office and first school house. Tom Morgan lived in this house from 1925 to 1935. The house was demolished in 1992 and the land used for c...
Creator: H M Griffiths
Date: 1910 to 1920
The house in this photograph was located next to the Tokomaru Public Hall. It served as the town's first Post Office and first school house. Tom Morgan lived in this house from 1925 t o1935. The house was demolished in 1992 and the land used for c...
Creator: H M Griffiths
Date: 1910 to 1920
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
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Three handwritten letters, written by Tokomaru farmer Edward Griffiths to friends in England, have been donated to the Ian Matheson city archives. The letters describe ...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: June 5, 2021
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 November 1958: "Winner of the senior care and rearing prize at the Tokomaru School calf judging yesterday, Heather Watson receives her prize from Mr. W.B. Tennant, M....
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 5 Tokomaru E Rd, Tokomaru
Date: November 22, 1958
An advertisement for the auction of Makerua Estate Company's land between Shannon, Tokomaru and Linton.
Creator: MacDonald, Wilson & Co.
Place: Shannon
Date: circa 1903
The Tokomaru River rail bridge which passed through the Liggins flax mill.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
Concrete foundations of the former Liggins flax mill in Tokomaru.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
Concrete foundations of the former Liggins flax mill in Tokomaru.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
Concrete foundations of the former Liggins flax mill in Tokomaru.
Creator: Russell Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 2010
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
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 1910 to 1920
People waiting at the Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum.
Creator: Norman Liggins
Place: Tokomaru
Date: 1970s
This map details the major driving routes in and around the Manawatu District as in the 1970s. The reverse gives a potted history of Palmerston North and lists some of of the regions most popular features, including parks, beaches and other amenit...
Creator: Automobile Association
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1976
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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