Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region All images & media From page 1 – Overview Manawatū and Horowhenua View of Manawatū View from Mt Stewart View of Horowhenua From page 2 – Features of the landscape Landforms of Manawatū and Horowhenua Manawatū Gorge entrance Loess and ash From page 3 – Human impact on the environment Manawatū and Horowhenua vegetation Lake Papaitonga, around 1863 Cutting flax Moutoa floodgates Tararua wind farm From page 4 – Early Māori history Early Māori pathways Māori settlement From page 5 – Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870 Early Pākehā settlement Te Whatanui Early European settlement The beach highway Foxton in the 1870s From page 6 – Rapid change: 1870–1880 Land blocks, 1860s The last spike Trondhjem sawmill From page 7 – Unsettled times: 1880–1910 Farewell to W. H. Levin Flax workers Rangiwāhia An early dairy factory From page 8 – Heyday: 1910s to 1960s Feilding saleyards Promoting Union Airways Manawatu Co-operative Society, Palmerston North Whirokino Bridge Oxford Street, Levin From page 9 – Challenges: 1960s to 2000s Longburn freezing works ‘Each must decide’ Horticultural research centre, Palmerston North Foxton Fizz From page 10 – Population Manawatū and Horowhenua population, 1881–2001 Manawatū and Horowhenua social profile, 2001 Manawatū and Horowhenua town populations, 1881–2001 From page 11 – Government Establishment of counties and boroughs, 1876–1917 1935 election results Cooking class for girls (1st of 2) Cooking class for boys (2nd of 2) Palmerston North hospital From page 12 – Leisure Hōkio Beach Rugby players The Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute Foxton racing club Manfeild racing circuit From page 13 – Culture and heritage to 1940 The story of the Manawatū River Skandia, 1875 Feilding Brass Band From page 14 – Culture and heritage since 1940 A Feilding childhood Te Manawa Carvings in the Square Palmerston North City Library
