Name: Cuba

Suburb, Palmerston North Central

The origin is unknown. It is assumed to be named after Cuba Street in Wellington, which was named after the ship, "Cuba."

The image is a derivative of this <a href="https://manawatuheritage....

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date:          2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Injuries and fatalities caused by boys and men using well sharpened axes were common in the late 19th century, with many workers involved with bush clearing. Bush felling and ...

Creator:      Simon Johnson
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          October 28, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In January 1997, members of the 'Save the Avenue' protest group, led by Mark Bell-Booth, occupied the green tunnel of large plane trees which lined Fitzherbert Avenue. The act...

Creator:      Elizabeth Ward
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 15, 2022

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 July, 1963. "Ministry of Works men (top picture) are seen clearing away this tree which fell half-way across the Palmerston North-Shannon highway opposite Massey Coll...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 July, 1963. "With the aid of modern machinery, many trees were yesterday cleared from the site in a few hours, where the new members' stand at the Awapuni racecourse ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transportation problems in 1997.

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Creator:      Christine McAlpine
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

The mill was situated about a quarter of a mile north of Nannestead Road, and one and half miles north of Bunnythorpe.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Nannestead Road, Bunnythorpe
Date:          1878

The Palmerston North Sash Door and Timber Co. Ltd operated a sawmill and joinery factory in Albert St, midway between Broad and Grey Streets. The Company was formed in 1892 and took over the sawmill originally owned by Richter Nannestad and Co Ltd...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transportation problems in 1997.

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Creator:      Christine McAlpine
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transportation problems in 1997.

Creator:      Christine McAlpine
Place:          Avenue Action
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

Photograph of a relatively substantial house on a recently cleared site in an unknown locality. The traditional cottage design features a verandah, attic room and a wooden chimney. The site is still being cleared of large trees. The mother, childr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1900

Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transportation problems in 1997.

Creator:      Christine McAlpine
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

The P.W.D. [thought to be Public Works Department] sawmill in the Arapete area of the Power project. This photo shows logs ready for further processing. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shann...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1920

Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transportation problems in 1997.

Creator:      Christine McAlpine
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transportation problems in 1997.

Creator:      Christine McAlpine
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

This photograph shows a bullock team hauling logs in the Shannon district. The four men are unidentified.

Creator:      James Hallam, Shannon
Place:          Shannon, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1909

This factory stood on Section 37 on the western corner of Main Street East and Victoria Avenue. The union factory was on this site from about 1910 until about 1917. Mr A E Bennett was the manager of the company and Mr A N Gibbons was secretary. Th...

Creator:      George W Shailer [?]
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1912

The name "George Bartholomew" and the date "1904" are stamped on the back of the print. The business adopted the name "Feilding Sash and Door Co. Ltd." in 1909.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding, Manawatu
Date:          1904

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 6 page 703, says: "PROUSE BROTHERS, LIMITED, Timber Merchants, Levin. Established by the present proprietor in the "seventies," this industry has steadily increased from year to year. The mill and yards are si...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Levin
Date:          circa 1900

These men are involved in bush felling across the river from the small settlement at Komako.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Pohangina Valley
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

E G Child was an engine driver at flaxmills in the vicinity of Oroua Bridge. Albert Adsett's mill was situated alongside the main road from Palmerston North to Foxton. It stood on the south side of the road, a few yards on the Palmerston North sid...

Creator:      E G Child
Place:          Rangiotu, Manawatu
Date:          June 8, 1907

The name "George Bartholomew" is stamped on the back of the print. The name "Feilding Sash and Door Co. Ltd." was not adopted until 1909, so this photograph was probably taken after that date, despite the label on the photograph itself.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1910