Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 22nd September 2020. Part 1 of 5.  Born in Richmond, Nelson. Great-great-grandparents arrived there in 1842. Moved to Karamea, whitebait, eeling, 1930s. Hokitika and West Coast. Independent childhood, ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 22, 2020

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio,  14 September 2021. Part 3 of 4. As child on a sheep farm, participating in docking. Enjoying open spaces, dipping sheep with a plunge dip. Using guns (air rifle, .22). Duck shooting, filling a lagoon ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          September 14, 2021

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 September 1960 "High winds last Saturday at Ashhurst did not deter members of the local rifle club from holding a shoot. In fact, the conditions increased the enthusi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          September 5, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18th March, 1963. "Ten members of the Manawatu Deerstalkers' Association are seen before setting off on a two week shooting expedition for red deer in South Westland. Th...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 16, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 May 1958, page 8: "To whet the appetites of sportsmen for the coming shooting season, and in case many have forgotten since last year what they should aim at, here ar...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 May, 1963. "With more than 100 contestents at the small-bore rifle tournament held at the R.S.A. range on Satuday, competition was keen. Making sure that all rifles w...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard

Date:          May 13, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on May 31 1958, page 10: "This weekend smallbore rifle clubs have gathered at Palmerston North for the North vs. South Island championship shoot. This photograph shows som...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 31, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 October 1958: "All ready to have their shoot are these four boys who competed in a Palmerston North secondary school rifle shooting competition for the N.Sandllands m...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          October 11, 1958

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1940s

These men are posed next to the Challenge Shield, which has been presented to the Manawatu Rifle Association by S. Greer. This prize is the premier award for teams and is won by a district.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s