POROUTAWHAO Form 1-2 1971
Back: Douglas Stewart, Phillip Withell, Grant Mitchell, Craig Twiner, Dirk De Vries, Kevin Pratt, Kevin Kilsby, Max Kiriona, Gavin Tait, Mr Holder
Middle: Sandra Cockrell, Michael MacDonald, John Mackie, Mark Pescini, Ian McBrydie, Ron Thornton, Russell Anderson, Ian Burnell, Lorna McBrydie
Front: Jocelyn Hewitt, Debra Tamihana, Debra Edlin, Lynda Adin, Sandra Gwynn, Raina Matenga, Christine Kiriona, Vicki Stewart
POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1972
Back: Grant Buckland, John Turnbull, Alan Mackie, Peter Bartholomew, Nigel Hewitt, Douglas Turnbull, Kenneth Hooper, Wayne Kiriona, Miss Kersel
Middle: Dolleen Hartley, Lester Easton, Norman Barrett, Jeremy Ransom, Timothy Shearer, Wilson Kiriona, Craig Burnell, Yvette Kilsby
Front: Manu Albert, Sarah Oates, Corina Hooper, Nicola McDonald, Elizabeth Spicer, Anna Burling, Tracey Buckland, Deborah Allen
POROUTAWHAO Form 1-2 1979
Back: Wayne Kiriona, Nigel Hewitt, Dion Kiriona
Middle: Larry Brown, Grant Davies, Rion Huria, Paddy Mason, Paul Tatana, Adam Jamieson, Craig Burnell, Robert Albert
Front: Jo-anne Mason, Karen Schwabe, Donna Hickton, Kirsten Norris, Mr B Cross, Amanda Tatana, Susan Lund, Rosemary Gardner, Manu Albert
POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1978
Back: Jason Tatana, Douglas Ransom, Alasdair Maclean, Michael Sciascia, Sally Paterson, Michael Kilsby, Darrell Stratton
Middle: Marion Gardner, Richard Kitson, Brogan Vickers, Sharee Hemi, Stephen Greally, Chere Kiriona, Christopher Bagrie, Sophia Greally
Front: Richard Webby, Michael Conza, Esther Albert, Jason Sundholm, Fiona Mason, Anna McLennan, Callan Morrison
POROUTAWHAO Form 1-2 1978
Back: Donna Hickton, Nigel Hewitt, Fred Stone, Peter Bartholomew, Sharon Tatana
2nd Row: Russell Watson, Dolleen Hartley, Angelique Davies, Wayne Kiriona, Douglas Turnbull
1st Row: Paul Tatana, Susan Lund, Darryl Tatana, Rion Huria, Jeremy Ransom, Shane Clayton
Front: Manu Albert, Alan Mackie, Ralph Hemi, John Turnbull, Peter Albert, Craig Burnell
POROUTAWHAO Std 1-2 1979
Back: Jason Tatana, Marion Gardner, Sheryl Malmo, Michelle Harrison, Chere Kiriona, Anna McLennan
Middle: Nathan Thorpe, Jeffry Smith, Stephen Greally, Philip Gwynn, Lemuel Theodore, Damon Theodore, Michael Kilsby, Darrell Stratton
Front: Chris Bagrie, Brendon McDermott, Kevin Norris, Ian Mackie, Mr M Dowman, Mathew Harding, Mathew Hartley, Michael Sciascia, Stephen Turnbull
POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1979
Back: Callan Morrison, Melody Theodore, Nola Penn, Sally Paterson, Missy Hogarth, Darren McDermott
Middle: Timothy Greally, Richard Mason, Michael Conza, David…., Alasdair Maclean, Richard Kitson, Dougal Paterson, Ryan Bagrie
Front: Billie-Marie Smith, Kate McLennan, Sophia Greally, Brogan Vickers, Mrs C Phillips, Fiona Mason, Julie Conza, Esther Albert, Jane Kilsby
POROUTAWHAO Std 1-2 1978
Back: Kevin Norris, Matthew Beaton, Kevin Webby, Phillipa Norris, Michelle Sciascia
2nd Row: Miss K Gardiner, Brendon McDermott, Brent Davies, Michael Kitson, Lance Turnbull, Bernadette Davies
1st Row: Ian Mackie, Sheryl Malmo, Craig Davies, Michelle Harrison
Front: Jeffry Smith, John Hunt, Raewyn Lester, Steven Turnbull, Ashley Watson, Philip Gwynn, Matthew Hartley
POROUTAWHAO Std 3-4 1979
Back: Randall Kiriona, John Tatana, Justine Hill, Michael Malmo, Bruce Hewitt, Shaun Hartley
Middle: Peter Gardner, Brent Davies, Lance Turnbull, Kevin Webby, Warrick Smith, Michael Kitson, Edwin Penn, Craig Davies
Front: Nyra Phillips, Rochelle McDermott, Kym Stratton, Karen Mason, Mr G Isaac, Phillipa Norris, Marie Burnell, Michelle Sciascia, Bernadette Davies
POROUTAWHAO Standard 2-3-4 1977
Back: Adam Jamieson, Rion Huria, Kirsten Norris, Amanda Tatana, Nigel Hewitt, Jeremy Ransom, Grant Hunt, Bruce Hewitt, Rex Turnbull
Middle: Karen Burling, Randall Kiriona, Jo-Ann Mason, Rosemary Gardner, Bill Rowe, Warrick Smith, Grant Davies, Amanda Chase, Manu Albert
Front: Juanita Hunt, Larry Brown, Karen Mason, Marie Burnell, Karen Schwabe, Lee Clayton, Robert Albert, Kym Stratton, Toni Clayton, Peter Gardner
POROUTAWHAO Std 3-4 1978
Back: Rochelle McDermott, Kirsten Norris, Justine Hill, Rosemary Gardner, Michael Malmo
2nd Row: Mr G A Isaac, Shaun Hartley, Randall Kiriona, Warrick Smith, Bruce Hewitt, Adrian Edwards, John Tatana, Juanita Hunt
1st Row: Amanda Chase, Lee Clayton, Suzanne Sinclair, Rex Turnbull, Grant Davies, Angela Ransom, Toni Clayton
Front: Peter Gardner, Marie Burnell, Kym Stratton, Robert Albert, Larry Brown, Karen Mason, Stephen Langevad
POROUTAWHAO Std 3-4 1972
Back: Roy Hooper, Ken McBrydie, Kevin Gwynn, Robert Burnell, Kerry De Vries, Bryan Harrison, Bill Swan, Andrew Stone, Mr Rowe
Middle: Renata Hill, Vicki Milham, Susan Manson, Glen Sinclair, Mero Minhinnick, Sharon Edlin, Bernadette Kilsby
Front: Ngaire McBrydie, Julie Turnbull, Christine Mackie, Megan Tait, Linda Manson, Heather Speirs, Flora Bartholomew, Vanessa Ransom
POROUTAWHAO Std 3-4 1971
Back: Charles McDermott, Paul Oates, Paul Gleeson, Darren Hewitt, Ian Ansett, Barry Jamieson, Noel Seymour, Robert Burnell
Middle: Megan Tait, Ian Stewart, Andrew Stone, Tony Rosier, Bill Swan, Ken McBrydie, Missy Kiriona, Mr Rowe
Front: Glen Sinclair, Julie Turnbull, Sue Tamihana, Michelle Kilsby, Rozane Blair, Diane Mitchell, Ana Minhinnick, Heather Speirs, Erin Dawson
POROUTAWHAO Std 1-2 1971
Back: Geoffrey Oates, Peter Lindsay, Jim Rowe, Kevin Gwynn, Dean Jamieson, Bryan Harrison, Brian Rosier, Bruce Burnell, Paul Cockrell
Middle: Bernadette Kilsby, Vicki Milham, Tania Hartley, Wendy Bartholomew, Ngaire McBrydie, Mero Minhinnick, Diane Sciascia, Neil Hirini,
Front: Barry Stone, Donna Kiriona, Sharon Edlin, Christine Mackie, Flora Bartholomew, Sally Tait, Kathleen Anderson, Margaret Mackie, Robin Sinclair
POROUTAWHAO P4 Std 1-21972
Back: Matthew Ransom, Neil Hirini, Craig Nicholls, Bruce Burnell, Dean Jamieson, Geoffrey Oates, Paul Cockrell, Lawrence Spicer, Robin Sinclair, Mrs W Busch
Middle: Sharon Tatana, Donna Kiriona, David Gwynn, Terry Speirs, Barry Stone, Owen Hooper, Lee Anne Albert, Michelle MacDonald
Front: Priscilla Tatana, Diane Sciascia, Sally Tait, Tania Hartley, Wendy Bartholomew, Kathleen Anderson, Alison Rowe
POROUTAWHAO Form 1-2 1972
Back: John Mackie, Ian Ansett, Michael MacDonald, Dirk De Vries, Kevin Hill, Max Kiriona, Mark Pescini, David Easton
2nd Row : Ian Stewart, Stephen Manson, Warren Hewitt, Ian Burnell, Barry Jamieson, Paul Oates, Paul Gleeson, Noel Seymour, Mr Holder
1st Row: Jocelyn Hewitt, Diane Mitchell, Sandra Gwynn, Rozanne Blair, Lynda Adin, Debra Edlin, Michelle Kilsby, Sue Tamihana, Christine Kiriona, Sandra Cockrell
Front: Colleen Nichols, Erin Dawson, Missy Kiriona, Lorna McBrydie, Ana Minhinnick
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This is one of multiple cinema advertising slides on Kete Horowhenua from Barnao's Music Shop.
Barnao's Music Shop was trading in Levin from 1962-1988. It was the passion of Giuseppe Antonio Barnao whose love of music began when we was gifted a clarinet in 1942. He worked in a music shop the following year and his talents saw him join dance bands and serve as an Army Bandsman. He was a member of Levin bands for decades. A web search will reveal lots of archived interviews and articles about Mr. Barnao. Barnao's shop printed advertising sleeves for the records they sold. The reference to 'the swinginest music store in town' would date this slide to the 1960s/very early 1970s! This slide would have been used to advertise the shop during a film at the cinema.
G.H Weggery & Co were real estate agents based in Levin's Oxford Street. Based off New Zealand Gazette records, the company was wound up in 1980, so this slide must have been before then (similar records show it trading in 1978). The population growth of Manawatu/Horowhenua slowed after 1976 and this could have been a reason for the firm's closing.
This slide would have been screened in the cinema. By the early 1980s the average New Zealander made around five trips to the cinema each year. This was down from the peak in 1960 but still enough for cinema advertising to be a viable market.
This business is somewhat difficult to place in Foxton. Kete records show that 'Homecraft' was present on Foxton's Main Street in the 1970s before disappearing in the early 1980s. However, the business was at the same location in 1987 (with a coffee bar in the location in between times). It is unknown if this is the same business owned by the same people, new ownership or an entirely new firm altogether. Both 'versions' of the company advertise locations in Foxton and Levin. The name of the company is slightly different from the 1980s version.
This slide has the later logo design but the earlier 'style' of slide- so could have been a transition between the two eras for the company. The lady in green looks to be showcasing a very striking 1970s design which would suit a racetrack quite nicely! Homecraft knew how to advertise- they have many slides in MAVtech's collection.
However, few of them would have been shown in Foxton. By the late 1970s, Foxton's Coronation Hall had ceased being a regularly used cinema so they most likely would have been seen in Levin.
In 1978 Alan Eyles was a candidate in the brand-new electorate of Horowhenua. He came second to National's Geoff Thompson but still managed to get 39.30% of the vote (Thompson got 42.86%). Eyles did not contest the seat again.
The Horowhenua electorate changed boundaries over the years, gaining and losing Shannon and Waikanae. Foxton constantly remained in the electorate. With the advent of MMP in the 1996 election, electorates were redrawn and Horowhenua was largely replaced by the Otaki electorate.
With the average New Zealander making four or five trips a year to the cinema in 1978, an advertising slide was a great way of getting your face in front of voters. Eyle's photo was in black and white- perhaps to associate him with newspaper publicity. With each slide only shown for a few seconds at a time the message had to be quick and to the point.
Shannon School, 1975, school photo.
Back row - left to right:
Ricky Tetomo, Leslie Harper, Riki Waerea, ???, Richard Locke, Mario Anderson, Peter Bracken, Simon Campbell (?)
3rd row - left to right:
Stephen Hick (family was connected to Wahine Disaster), Paul McAleese, Richard Law, Tony Takarua, Warren Peach ( dad Teddy Peach ran the local butcher), ???, Brett Devine, Eddie Lamb
2nd row - left to right:
Selena Winiata, Cindy Hawkins, Jane Cunningham, Janine Nepia, Carmen Wills, Julie Foreman (daughter of long-time Librarian, Jenny Foreman), Raewyn McLeod, Cheryle Carmont
1st row - left to right:
Paula Moore, Maria Whiti, Alison Falkner, Christine Tyson, Mandy Cupples, Adrienne Vinsen (daughter of famous, memorable Shannon figure Bib and Mavis Vinsen)
Names provided by Carmen Wills, 15 December 2022.
Penciled on back - Members of the first Kia Maia Scout troop about to place their own presents under the Levin Hospital & Training School Christmas tree. Tues. Dec. 19, 1972.
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.
Printed on sign under the Christmas tree - Bank of New South Wales Childrens Christmas Appeal “Kimberly Hospital” We Invite Your Support Make Their Christmas A Happy One
Kia Maia Cubs, donate Christmas gifts, 1972 1 B&W photo print
Members of the first Kia Maia Cub Scout troop about to place their own presents under the Levin Hospital & Training School Christmas tree at the Bank of New South Wales.
Printed on sign under the Christmas tree - Bank of New South Wales Childrens Christmas Appeal. “Kimberly Hospital” We Invite Your Support. Make Their Christmas A Happy One.
12 people (unidentified).
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Penciled on back - Social & Dance to mark the end of the primary school year for 84 FII pupils of Levin School. from left, Bronwyn Bakewell, Tony Waldron, Susan Booth, Mrs M. Bakewell. Fri. Dec. 11, 1970.
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.
Social & Dance to mark the end of the primary school year for 84 Form 2 pupils of Levin School. 1 B&W photo print
Left to Right - Bronwyn Bakewell, Tony Waldron, Susan Booth, Mrs M. Bakewell.
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Penciled on back - Finalists in the public speaking contest sponsored annually by the Rotary Club of Levin. from left, Frances Corbett, Christine Kiriona, Thelma Martin, Adele Caspers & David Larsen. Wed. Nov. 22, 1972.
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.
See also – #.0631 (dated 19 November 1972).
Finalists in the public speaking contest sponsored annually by the Rotary Club of Levin. 1 B&W photo print
Left to Right - Frances (? Francis) Corbett, Miss Christine Kiriona, Miss Thelma Martin, Miss Adele Caspers & David Larsen.
See also – #.0631 (dated 19 November 1972).
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A.J. Davison tucks into his lunch at the Regent Court watched by amused Mum Shelly.
Elizabeth Swan and baby daughter Bronwyn (3 months), May 1971
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The Swans of Wahroonga
Elizabeth Swan and her children, 1975
David, Stephen, Bronwyn and Fiona.
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Penciled on back - Mrs Jocelyn Whitehouse, right was the winner of the Fashion Stakes at the Levin Racecourse. left, Miss Horowhenua 1968, Mrs Susan Pellet & centre Mrs N.W. Ryder, wife of the pres. of the club. Thurs. July 29, 1971
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.
Mrs Jocelyn Whitehouse (right) was the winner of the Fashion stakes at the Levin Racecourse. 1 B&W photo print
Left to Right - Mrs Susan Pellet (formerly Miss Susan Denham, Miss Horowhenua 1968). Mrs N.W. Ryder (wife of the president of the racing club). Mrs Jocelyn Whitehouse (fashion stakes winner).
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