Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Overview

Manawatū and Horowhenua

Manawatū and Horowhenua

View of Manawatū

View of Manawatū

View from Mt Stewart

View from Mt Stewart

View of Horowhenua

View of Horowhenua

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Features of the landscape

Landforms of Manawatū and Horowhenua

Landforms of Manawatū and Horowhenua

Manawatū Gorge entrance

Manawatū Gorge entrance

Loess and ash

Loess and ash

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Human impact on the environment

Manawatū and Horowhenua vegetation

Manawatū and Horowhenua vegetation

Lake Papaitonga, around 1863

Lake Papaitonga, around 1863

Cutting flax

Cutting flax

Moutoa floodgates

Moutoa floodgates

Tararua wind farm

Tararua wind farm

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Early Māori history

Early Māori pathways

Early Māori pathways

Māori settlement

Māori settlement

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870

Early Pākehā settlement

Early Pākehā settlement

Te Whatanui

Te Whatanui

Early European settlement

Early European settlement

The beach highway

The beach highway

Foxton in the 1870s

Foxton in the 1870s

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Rapid change: 1870–1880

Land blocks, 1860s

Land blocks, 1860s

The last spike

The last spike

Trondhjem sawmill

Trondhjem sawmill

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Unsettled times: 1880–1910

Farewell to W. H. Levin.

Farewell to W. H. Levin

Flax workers

Flax workers

Rangiwāhia

Rangiwāhia

An early dairy factory

An early dairy factory

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Heyday: 1910s to 1960s

Feilding saleyards

Feilding saleyards

Promoting Union Airways

Promoting Union Airways

Manawatu Co-operative Society, Palmerston North

Manawatu Co-operative Society, Palmerston North

Whirokino Bridge

Whirokino Bridge

Oxford Street, Levin

Oxford Street, Levin

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Challenges: 1960s to 2000s

Longburn freezing works

Longburn freezing works

‘Each must decide’

‘Each must decide’

Horticultural research centre, Palmerston North

Horticultural research centre, Palmerston North

Foxton Fizz

Foxton Fizz

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Population

Manawatū and Horowhenua population, 1881–2001

Manawatū and Horowhenua population, 1881–2001

Manawatū and Horowhenua social profile, 2001

Manawatū and Horowhenua social profile, 2013

Manawatū and Horowhenua town populations, 1881–2001

Manawatū and Horowhenua town populations, 1881–2013

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Government

Establishment of counties and boroughs, 1876–1917

Establishment of counties and boroughs, 1876–1917

1935 election results

1935 election results

Cooking class for girls

Cooking class for girls (1 o 2)

Cooking class for boys

Cooking class for boys (2 o 2)

Palmerston North hospital

Palmerston North hospital

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Leisure

Hōkio Beach

Hōkio Beach

Rugby players

Rugby players

The Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute

The Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute

Foxton racing club

Foxton racing club

Manfeild racing circuit

Manfeild racing circuit

Mai i te whārangi 13 - Culture and heritage to 1940

The story of the Manawatū River

The story of the Manawatū River

Skandia, 1875

Skandia, 1875

Feilding Brass Band

Feilding Brass Band

Mai i te whārangi 14 - Culture and heritage since 1940

A Feilding childhood

A Feilding childhood

Te Manawa

Te Manawa

Carvings in the Square

Carvings in the Square

Palmerston North City Library

Palmerston North City Library

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Malcolm McKinnon, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/manawatu-and-horowhenua-region/media (accessed 5 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 24 Jul 2006, updated 1 Apr 2015