St Marys church, Levin October 2019
In October 2019, St Marys church in Levin sits awaiting demolition later this year as earthquake strengthening was deemed too expensive. Read More
Foxton schoolhouse, pupils and teachers, ca 1870s
Better quality photo of one already in Kete - taken by William James Harding, circa 1870s. From Alexander Turnbull Library online at: Read More
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Q. What goes ninety nine plonk? A. A centipede with a wooden leg. Read More
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Someone mentioned that in years past, sometimes mothers had to be rowed across the Manawatu River to the Maternity Home, - but actual stories were hard to fi... Read More
History among rubbish
It's the record of the meeting when five people got together. put a hundred pound in each and set up the Horowhenua Land Company with the job of finding pro... Read More
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The Region Tonight "Evening Standard" (Now Manawatu Standard) (11/06/85) Strides made in training At the turn of the century, to... Read More
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TRADITIONALLY Maori women gave birth in the kneeling position and delivery took place in the open air. Posts were set in the ground to help the woma... Read More
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[continued from previous page] The family gathered afterwards for a five generation photograph. Baby, Mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and grea... Read More
Abstracts of Papers on New Zealand Geology published during 1951
Copy held in the Horowhenua Historical Society collection, Te Takere, Levin. Read More
On the Occurrence of Natural Artesian Springs in Horowhenua District
Extracted from the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 29, No. 5 (Sec. B), pp 266-272, 1948. Read More
An Ancient Outrigger Float from a Te Horo Swamp, Western Wellington
Printed in Dominion Museum Records in Ethnology, Vol. 1, No. 8, Wellington, New Zealand, October 26th, 1962. Copy held in the Horowhenua Historical So... Read More
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Staff On The Last Day Complete Staff on the closing day - 24 December 1982 Read More
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Miscellaneous Information A list of articles for Mothers to take into Maternity Hospital Dressing-gown, (not sheer) washable, not too... Read More
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The Closure: Palmerston North Hospital Board Internal Office Memorandum Read More
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Queen's medal for community service by Anne-Marie Hunt Read More
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[continued from previous page] the town's hospital, in spite of a resolution via the Palmerston North board that it be closed. Under the standard proc... Read More
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• In anticipating a saving of costs by closing the home, the board was taking a ple from a narrow, even selfish view. The costs to the patient would increase... Read More
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The Foxton Action Committee had put together 28 very good reasons to retain their hospital, and these 1980 submissions were up-dated and sent on to the board... Read More
Bright new era for Kimberley
By Frankie Webb Stripped of its name and some of the tired old buildings which scar the 100 acre landscape, the Kimberley Centre is to undergo a metamor... Read More
Te Rauawa Mr Kebbell's estate, Ohau
Te Rauawa – from Horowhenua Chronicle 7 May 1910: "TE RAUAWA." MR J. KEBBELL'S ESTATE Although within the past quarter of a century the ... Read More