Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 6th September 2022. Part 1 of 3. Came to NZ in 1965. Work and study in England beforehand. Attracted to NZ due to trout fishing. Teaching at Queen Elizabeth College and the Polytech, then full time at...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: September 6, 2022
Pictured is the former Awanui building (left), student centre and cafe (centre) and library (right) at the Hokowhitu Campus. These buildings are unique examples of modernist brutalism in the city.
The buildings will be torn down an...
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: December 2021
Pictured is the former Biology Court building (left) and Awanui building (right) at the Hokowhitu Campus. These buildings are unique examples of modernist brutalism in the city.
The buildings will be torn down and replaced by a hou...
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: December 2021
Pictured is the Mataamua building at the former Hokowhitu Campus. This was the first building constructed in the campus. It has since been earthquake strengthened (metal frame around the exterior).
This face of the building overlooks the...
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: December 2021
Pictured is the former and Awanui building at the Hokowhitu Campus. The building is a unique example of modernism in the city.
This building was formerly used by the CED and the MUSAC. Signs and footpath of the new housing developm...
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: December 2021