Story: Whanganui region All images & media From page 1 – Overview Whanganui region The Whanganui River Flood waters, Whanganui, 1904 (1st of 2) Flood waters, Waitōtara, 2004 (2nd of 2) Victoria Avenue, 1910s (1st of 2) Ships and riverside wharves, around 1900 (2nd of 2) Royal Wanganui Opera House Whanganui or Wanganui? From page 2 – Landscapes and climate Whanganui region landforms Hill country from the Ruahine Range River valley and hill country Coastline north-west of Whanganui Ventifacts From page 3 – Vegetation and human impact Whanganui vegetation Planting marram grass Railway workers in the bush Sawmill, Ōhakune Native forest, Whanganui National Park From page 4 – Māori tradition Canoes, tribes and sub-tribes of the Whanganui region Carving of Turi Tamatea’s cave Te Horotaraipi meeting house Pūtiki pā, about 1850 From page 5 – European settlement, 1840–1860 Pūtiki church and Mete Kīngi’s house Whanganui settlement and its stockades, 1847 John Gilfillan (1st of 2) The Gilfillan massacre (2nd of 2) Buying the Rangitīkei block Whanganui town, 1850s (1st of 2) Building roads, 1850s (2nd of 2) From page 6 – A troubled decade – the 1860s Conflict around Whanganui, 1864–69 Māori prisoners under guard, 1866 Meeting at Pūtiki, May 1864 (1st of 3) Whanganui Māori and the Moutoa flag (2nd of 3) Moutoa battle memorial, 1860s (3rd of 3) Letter from Tītokowaru Marton drill hall From page 7 – Forging a region, 1870s–1920s Victoria Avenue, Whanganui, 1920s Expanding European settlement, 1850s to 1900s Whanganui town bridge, around 1904 (1st of 2) Town bridge closing certificate (2nd of 2) Turakina cemetery Ōhakune, around 1910 From page 8 – Hard times, easier times, 1920s–1960s Whanganui, New Plymouth and Palmerston North populations, 1926–2006 Maria Place, 1930s (1st of 2) New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. building, 1930s (2nd of 2) Abandoned farm Store closure at Hīhītahi, 1964 Coastal shipping From page 9 – Fighting stagnation, 1970s and beyond Wanganui Trawlers Tūroa ski field Eastown railway workshops Pacific Helmets The Waimarie (1st of 2) The no. 12 tram (2nd of 2) From page 10 – Māori and Pākehā Māori and non-Māori population, 1874–2006 Publicising the Rātana movement The Whanganui River Māori Trust Board Signing the Pākaitore settlement, 2007 From page 11 – Government Taranaki–Wellington province boundary The mayor and the gangs John Ballance Tariana Turia Wanganui Girls' College prefects, 1931 UCOL graduates From page 12 – Outdoor recreation and leisure Kiwi the racehorse Butcher them! William Webb Peter Snell Canoes on the Whanganui River Roadside Stories: A world record at Cooks Gardens From page 13 – Buildings and heritage Te Mata o Hoturoa Te Matapihi Blowing glass St John’s churches, Pōrewa From page 14 – Cultural life Edith Collier, ‘Grazing sheep’ Wanganui Collegiate, 1912 T. W. Downes on the Whanganui River Jerusalem sonnets Douglas Lilburn's childhood home
