The Lower Turitea Dam was originally completed in 1907 but was raised to 50 feet in 1912. It was officially opened February 17, 1913. This enlarged dam remained in use until 1957 when a 100 ft high dam was constructed.
The correct spelling of the...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1937 to 1945
Booklet written to commemorate the golden jubilee of Tiritea School, now Turitea School. Included is the beginning of European settlement, the establishment of the Fitzherbert Road Board and a description of early farming activity. The economic de...
Creator: V.A. Christensen
Place: Turitea
Date: 1945
This is a view of the Upper Turitea dam, completed in 1957.
Creator: Argosy Studios
Place: Turitea, Palmerston North
Palmerston North experienced a period of severe water shortage in the summer of 1943-1944, when the level of the lake a Turitea fell 3.5m below the bywash of the dam. This photograph shows five year's accumulation of leaf mould.
Date: February 1944
Palmerston North experienced a period of severe water shortage in the summer of 1943-1944, when the level of the lake a Turitea fell 3.5m below the bywash of the dam. This photograph is similiar to an image published in the Manawatu Times on 29 Fe...
Date: February 1944
Palmerston North experienced a period of severe water shortage in the summer of 1943-1944, when the level of the lake a Turitea fell 3.5m below the bywash of the dam. The city's diminishing water supply was reported in the Manawatu Times, 29 Febru...
Date: February 1944
The correct spelling of the stream's name is Turitea (turi = water, tea = bright or clear). However, during the 1880s the Palmerston North Borough Council misspelled the name and the incorrect version (Tititea) passed into common useage. In 1991, ...
Date: circa 1909
1925 school pupils - photo take from Centennial booklet. Back row: Unidentified; Margaret Smith; Ivy Fitt; Kathleen Tait; Doris Smith; Freda Greatorex; Phyllis Doherty; Margaret Radcliffe; Miss Tarrant. Third row; Mr Hostick; Lois Milner; Gladys D...
Creator: D. Hopcroft
Date: 1925
Plan of the Turitea Bridge near Hart's Road which is the 2nd crossing of the Turitea Stream. Plan shows the elevation, plan of lower and upper booms and cross-section. Plan is Kairanga County Council Contract # 32 and drawn by J Stanley Bruce, eng...
Creator: J Stanley Bruce
Place: Turitea Road, Fitzherbert, Palmerston North
Date: 1885
Plan showing proposed alterations to a bridge over the Turitea Stream (2nd Bridge) for the Fitzherbert Road Board. Plan shows an elevation and cross-section of the bridge created by Robert Horn as overseer of the project and dated October 1901.
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Creator: Robert Horn
Place: Turitea Road, Palmerston North
Date: October 1, 1901
Mrs Richard Slingsby Abraham (1858-1943) was formerly Miss Martha Frances Philson of Auckland. She married Richard Abraham (1851-1942) on 27 October 1880, and raised seven children. They lived in Palmerston North until 1903 when their large resid...
Creator: R H Bartlett, Auckland
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1884
From 1871, Sir James Prendergast owned a large holding directly across the Manawatū River from Palmerston North. The lane is named for the three paddocks, that comprised the homestead block of this ...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
Sir James Prendergast (1826-1921) was a Judge and Administrator, Attorney General and Chief of Justice of New Zealand (1875-1899). From 1871, he farmed in the Manawatū region, owning the extensive Tiritea Estate at Fitzherbert and also land at Bun...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1880
Plan of Sir James Prendergast's Fitzherbert property, comprising 3743 acres of land in close proximity to the Borough of Palmerston North, to be sold by public auction by Abraham and Williams 31 January 1900. Prendergast owned a large holding dire...
Creator: G L R Scott
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 1900
An illustrated booklet providing a history of the Turitea water supply facility, written and researched by Jonathan Berkahn and Margaret Beames. It covers the history of this key piece of local infrastructure from the 1880s until the 1990s.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place:
Date: circa 1994
Souvenir Folder sent by Mrs Batchelar, Melford Road, Palmerston North. Views include Manawatu Gorge (front and back cover), The Square, Post Office, Lakelet, All Saints Church, Teh Fountain, Girls high School, Boys High School, The Esplanade, Tiritea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1932
These men are thought to be Councillors and Council employees at a Council picnic at Turitea, photographed around 1910.
Date: circa 1910
Flooding in the Turitea Valley as seen from the top of Harts Road looking across Turitea Road.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Harts Road, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
Flooding of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research land, close to the Manawatu River, opposite Massey University. The small bridge to the left of the car is over the Tiritea Stream.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tennent Drive, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
Turitea Stream in flood outside the entrance to Massey University on the left of the road and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (D.S.I.R)on the right.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tennent Drive, Palmerston North
Date: 1965
The Tiritea Stream in flood in the vicinity of Riverbank Road, now Tennant Drive, and State Highway.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tennent Drive, Palmerston North
Date: 1941
Bledisloe Park,administered by the Palmerston North City Council, is adjacent to Massey University. It was originally part of the 'Tiritea' estate, part of which was gifted by the Council to Massey Agricultural College.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Bledisloe Park, Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: 1965
A mayoral picnic held at Tiritea Valley during J A Nash’s term as Mayor of Palmerston North (1908-1923). Nash is standing second row from front, with box under right arm and hand on left knee. His wife, Elizabeth Nash (nee Grater) is second from r...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: Turitea, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The driveway leads up to the large 'Main Building' at centre, to the right of which can be seen the swimming pool in the trees. Behind the Main Building is the former 'Tiritea' homestead, the Principal's residence. Behind and to the left, can be s...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1945 to circa 1955
The Main Building was constructed 1929-1931, as the academic block for Massey Agricultural Building. The photograph shows the top storey of the Main Building, built into the roof in later years. The 'Old Main Building' is now home to Arts facultie...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: April 24, 1981
This photograph was taken from the bluff on the north bank of the Tiritea Stream, looking across to Richard Slingsby Abraham’s two-storied residence “Tiritea', constructed in 1903. In the 1920s the McHardy Estate, as it later became, was acquired ...
Creator: Monro Family
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1909
The spillway of the enlarged Turitea dam, built in 1912.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Turitea, Palmerston North
The bridge over the Turitea stream at Bledisloe Park, adjacent to Massey University.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Bledisloe Park, Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940
Pupils with teacher, Miss Walton, at Tiritea School. Photograph may contain children of James and Harriet Davis, who farmed in the area until c1897-1910.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Turitea School Old West Road, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
Tiritea School, located near to Palmerston North, was opened in 1895. In 1915 the school was enlarged and this bigger room partitioned into two classrooms.
Creator: Central Photo Stores
Place: Turitea School Old West Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1925