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Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1870

This team of bullocks is stumping Mr C N Rowe's farm on Rowe's Line, Rongotea. The people in the photograph are, from left: Amey Rowe (daughter of William Rowe), Charlie Rowe (son of William Rowe), Charles Morrell Rowe (son of Thomas Rowe), Willia...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          1900

The Wellington Manawatu Railway Company Limited constructed the rail line between Wellington and Palmerston, opened in 1886, and ran it until they sold it to the Government in 1908.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

Rasmus P Hansen was a farmer in the Mauriceville area, after 1902 he shifted to Linton but by 1920 had disappeared from the region. This photograph shows a group of people, presumably family members; arranged outdoors for a portrait.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Mauriceville, Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1910

Christian Petersen was an early Mauriceville wood-carrier, and is shown here transporting timber for the new homes of the settlement.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Mauriceville, Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1889

The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Otaki Forks, where it is joined by the Waiotauru River. After continuing throu...

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Otaki River, Horowhenua
Date:          circa 1900

Members of survey party and dog on the Otaki River. The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Otaki Forks, where it is j...

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Otaki River, Horowhenua
Date:          circa 1900

Member of survey party with canoe. The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Otaki Forks, where it is joined by the Waio...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Otaki River, Horowhenua
Date:          circa 1900

A survey party of four men hauling a canoe up the Otaki River. The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Otaki Forks, wh...

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Otaki River, Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1900

Otaki Forks is 19 km inland from Otaki township. It is the main western entrance to the Tararua Forest Park, and where two tributaries, the Waiotauru River and Waitatapia Stream, meet the Otaki River.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Otaki River, Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1900

Three members of a survey party enjoy a view of the 'Pots' on Otaki River. The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Ota...

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Otaki River, Horowhenua
Date:          circa 1900

Walkley's Commercial Hotel can be seen on the left of the photograph. It stood on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. The people are waiting on the train platform at the Railway Station. The Post Office and Telegraph stands next to th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1885 to circa 1889

Johannes, the second son and fourth child of the celebrated Bishop D. G. Monrad, was born in Denmark August 1849 when his father was a Minister in the Danish Cabinet, shortly before he was made Bishop in the Luthran Church. Johannes became a Naval...

Creator:      T Hammerom, Copenhagen
Place:          Denmark
Date:          1865

This image is part of a collection of four images depicting the Weslyan Church in Mauriceville.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Above North Road, Mauriceville North, Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1920

The Norwegians in Mauriceville were organised by the Methodist minister Edward Nielson, and opened the first church in the Forty Mile Bush on July 9 1881. It cost the community £149 17s. 0d, could hold 120 people it was modeled on Norwegian archit...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Above North Road, Mauriceville North, Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1920

Minister Edward Nielsen opened the Scandinavian Wesleyan Church in Mauriceville 9 July 1881. The tiny church was modeled on those from Norway especially with a tapering steeple. Once the population started to move away from Mauriceville the chur...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Morrisville, Wairarapa
Date:          circa 1920

Jens was the youngest son of Arthur Petersen, son of a Norwegian Prime Minister. Jens helped to found the Mauriceville Dairy Company in 1889. Sometime between 1910 – 1920 the family moved to Palmerston North, where Jen’s son George Conrad became...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1889

An aerial view, looking north, of the Palmerston North Public Hospital. The unfinished building on the left is the laundry extensions being undertaken at the time.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1977

Petersen was a carrier and transported most of the timber for the early Scandinavian settlements around Manawatu. This photograph was taken by Charles Mariboe, a travelling photograph from the late 19th century.

Creator:      Charles Mariboe
Place:          Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1894

Workers and dog outside their 'home', a tent, in the bush.

Creator:      George W Anderson
Place:          Manawatu [?]
Date:          1914

This photograph depicts the stop at Paekakariki complete with three engines and various railway staff members. The Wellington Manawatu Railway Company Limited constructed the rail line between Wellington and Palmerston, opened in 1886, and ran it...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kapiti District
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

This photograph shows the original Palmerston North Town Hall, prior to destruction by fire in 1885. It stood on the corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. One of the windows reads, "Manawatu Highways Office". Note the closeness of the bush ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1882

A light coach passing through Bakerstown, a locality about a mile out of Woodville.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1880

This family is thought to be the Scandinavian family of Daniel Johansen, listed in the Post Office Directories for 1885-6 and 1901-2. Far right, with a horse is Bernt Johansen.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

The Wellington Manawatu Railway Company Limited constructed the rail line between Wellington and Palmerston, opened in 1886, and ran it until they sold it to the Government in 1908.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kapiti District
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

A family wedding at "Atawhai" (meaning warm welcome), the family home of the Keiller family. Back Row, from left: Janie Emereld Potts (formerly married to a Mr Waitt); Geoffrey Potts; H. H. Webb (Groom); Albert Keiller; Daisy Howley (bride); D. L....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 17, 1911

Clydesdales put to work ploughing-up grassland apparently at an exhibition or rural fair.

Creator:      R W Orr, Hastings
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Old Coach Raod goes through part of Makura Swamp which was known for its flax production.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1900

Ole Mortensen was one of the original party of Danes who emigrated to New Zealand in 1872-5. He won a 49 acre property in a ballot for land. His name appears in the New Zealand Post Office directory until almost the turn of the century. A Mrs Ka...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

Richard and Joseph Poulter Leary were prominent businessmen in Palmerston North. They were born in Australia. Joseph came to New Zealand in 1863 and was Palmerston North’s first printer and newspaper proprietor, starting 'The Manawatu Times' in 18...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1881