Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. At least seven ferry services operated on the Manawatū River between 1841 and 1909. A "ferry" was a designated crossing point, while the floating conveyance, attached to a wir...

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          August 19, 2023

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 December 1960 "Parks and reserves employees are pictured engaged in clearing willows from the city side of the Hokowhitu Lagoon. To enable the work to be carries out ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1, 1960

The Ashhurst Bridge over the Manawatu River, was officially opened 9 June 1909. Shown here are workmen (possibly) dismantling the old punt which used to ferry people across the river from 1895 - 1909, after the first bridge was washed away in a f...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1909

A punt operated from from 1871 to 1886 when the first wooden bridge across the river was built.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1897