This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank. It depicts people in a bush setting. Other images that may have been taken on the same day include 2023G_2023-25_041754 and 2023G_2023-25_0...
Creator: Berry Family
Date: 1918 to 1922
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry, or his son Frank.
Creator: Berry Family
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1910s
The Upper Manawatu Bridge taken at the Woodville end of the Manawatu Gorge Walk. Taken on 15 July 2017 while the Gorge Road was closed due to a large slip and 1 day after a large southern storm had passed over the country. Gorge Road has now been ...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Manawatu Gorge
Date: July 15, 2017
A view of the crowd who are eagerly watching the racing. The Main Stand can be seen on the right of the photograph.The Manawatu Racing Club opened their Awapuni course in December 1903. By 1927, over £90,000 had been spent on the establishment and...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
One of 5 vertical platinum mine shafts in the Kahuterawa Valley dug by Alexander Menesdorffer, circa 1900. The shafts are approximately 5 metres deep, are partially flooded and overgrown with ferns and moss. Each vertical shaft is fenced off from ...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Kahuterawa Valley, Palmerston North
Date: October 23, 2017
This photograph shows horses and riders on the northern end of the track at the Awapuni Racecourse. The houses visible are a part of the suburb of Awapuni. The decision to begin race meetings in Palmerston North was made at a meeting of sportsmen ...
Creator: L T
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
This photograph shows horses being walked in front of the Ascot Stand the Awapuni Racecourse. The decision to begin race meetings in Palmerston North was made at a meeting of sportsmen in October 1880. D H McArthur was to be President. The first r...
Creator: L T
Place: 67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
Photograph of Wharite Peak from an unnamed point (1015) north of Wharite Peak. The point can be reached via an unmarked tracked north of unnamed point (904). The route continues to Ross Peak.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: February 6, 2020
Kiritaki Hut is a standard six-bunk hut south of the Maharahara and Matanginui high points in the southern Ruahine Ranges. The hut is accessible via steep and advanced difficulty tracks from the Hawke's Bay Region via Kumeti Road, or Opawe Road...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: October 16, 2017
View of Kiritaki Hut looking northeast along the Ruahine Ranges. The hut sits above the Oruaterataki Stream and is directly west of Dannevirke.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Ruahine Ranges
Date: October 14, 2017
View looking downstream of College Creek, Tararua Forest Park. College Creek forms part of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek loop track, with Burn Hut lying on top of the ridgeline at the halfway point along the track..
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
Photograph of Reuben Clark climbing the start of the Wharite Peak Track next to the Wharite Peak trig.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Wharite Peak, Manawatu
Date: September 30, 2017
Construction of the Centennial Drive, along the southern bank of the Hokowhitu Lagoon cost ₤115 and was undertaken by Earthworks Limited. This photograph looks north-east towards Fitzherbert Terrace.
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1941
Burn Hut is a basic six-bunk hut which lies within the middle of the northern end of the Tararua Forest Park as part of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek loop track. The hut lies at 750 meters above sea level and has expansive views from Eke...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Burn hut, Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 22, 2018
A view of the road leading up to Arapete workmen's camp. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being delay...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mangahao Road Shannon
Date: circa 1920
The Manawatu Racing Club conducted its first race meeting in Palmerston North on Boxing Day 1881. A few years later the Club purchased 100 acres of land at Awapuni for four thousand pounds and the Club celebrated its first raceday at the new cours...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: 67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
Photograph of Evan Greensides and dog, Blue, on top of Wharite Peak looking towards Hawke's Bay after climbing the Wharite Peak Track via Coppermine Track. Day of photograph was mixed weather (sunny at lower altitudes, cloudy/rainy at higher al...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Wharite Peak, Manawatū
Date: September 30, 2017
View looking north-east from South Range Road of the Te Rere Hau windfarm and Wharite Peak
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: South Range Road
Date: May 5, 2018
Back row, from left: T Carr, B Heaphy, G Smith, R Belgrave. Front row, from left: P Tarrant, I Franke, W Bellingham.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1945
Jennifer Lyon on the north side of the Mangahao Lower #2 Dam. Across the dam lies another building and the start of the Mangahao #2 Dam to College Creek track, with Burn Hut lying directly to the southeast.
The Mangahao Power Station p...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao Lower No2 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
Shown here is the access road to the Mangahao Power Scheme workings. Near this access road can be seen a narrow track which appears to be used to link workmen from their huts to the access road. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1920
Photograph of the fork in the Otangane Loop Track. This track is accessible via the Sledge Track and lies in the Kahauterawa and Tararua Forest Park area.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Tararua Forest Park
Date: January 15, 2018
View of Makomako and Pahiatua region from the Tararua Ranges. Area accessed via South Range Road and DoC bait track. An abandoned Army munitions depot and bunkers are visible at Makomako.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: South Range Road, Turitea
Date: May 5, 2018
View from Maharahara Peak looking east into the Hawke's Bay region. The sister Matanginui Peak is visible on the left hand side, with the continuation of the Maharahara Peak Track flowing over it, which exits at Kumeti Road. This portion of the...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: October 14, 2017
Panorama photograph from the high point of the Otangane Loop Track, The Nipple, at 650m above sea level. The view takes in the area around Pahiatua to the northeast and Mangahao river. Kopikopiko and Naenae roads lie directly beneath this area....
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Pahiatua
Date: January 15, 2018
View from the top of Wharite Peak, Ruahine Forest Park, looking down to a track which runs to the end of Number 4 Line, Ashhurst.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Wharite Peak
Date: March 13, 2016
View of the Mangahao #1 Reservoir and Dam looking northwest from the College Creek track. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao Upper No1 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
Photograph showing the Manawatu River as shot from the Upper Manawatu Gorge Bridge near Woodville. Taken on 15 July 2017 while the Gorge Road was closed due to a large slip and 1 day after a large southern storm had passed over the country. The Go...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: July 15, 2017
View of the Mangahao Lower #2 Dam and reservoir from Mangahao Road. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. Aft...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Mangahao No2 Reservoir, Shannon
Date: January 22, 2018
View looking into valley above the Turitea Dam which was accessed via South Range Road and DoC bait track.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: South Range Road, Turitea
Date: May 5, 2018