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 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 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
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.
A.J. Davison tucks into his lunch at the Regent Court watched by amused Mum Shelly.
Loading up time at Tegel Foods.
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Page 4 – Shannon School – 3 b/w photos
Top to bottom - a) ‘Shannon Public School. 5182 Wilson photos’, 1917 or 1921. {copy} Amount and type of building material indicates recent construction. The building as shown had final additions completed in 1917. The new Infant ‘School’ was constructed in 1921 some distance to the right of this building. Used in book – “Shannon School Centennial Souvenir 1989”, page 9, with caption - Shannon School between 1921 and 1930.
b) Mr Bill Rowling and Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan visit Shannon School, 22 March 1978. {original} Mr Rowling was Leader of the Opposition and Mrs Tirikatene-Sullivan was M.P. (Southern Maori) at this time.
c) Pupils of 1940-1944 at 85th Jubilee, Shannon School, June 1974. {original} Used in booklet – “Combined Jubilee 1974 – Shannon School & Shannon Rugby Football Club”, page 56.
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
Head and shoulders portrait of Mr D N (Neal) Hunt, Mayor of Foxton 1978-80.
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”