Dora Adkin and Ron Law sitting on motorbike on beach with boys on horses in background.
Photographed Wednesday December 26 1917 at Hokio Beach.
From Te Papa Collection:
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Penciled on back – 16 25/4/77 Photo showing the changed mouth of the Hokio Stream in Living Memory. Photo Miss D. Picken 1977.
Hokio Stream/river mouth & beach, 1977 1 B&W photo print (numbered – 16)
Looking south. Kapiti Island (top right).
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#CaptureYourHorowhenua photography competition - Nature & Adventure / April 2022.
Taken at Hokio Beach. Close to where I would go white baiting with my nana and grandad as a child.
Photographer: Kristy Butterfield.
#CaptureYourHorowhenua is a district-wide amateur photography competition that encourages Horowhenua residents to showcase what they love about their district. The images are exhibited at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō, and the winner is decided by public vote.
Penciled on back - Mona Williams sorts out whitebait from the bits of timber which also floated into her net at Hokio Beach. Sat. Nov. 8, 1969.
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.
Mrs Mona Williams sorts her catch of whitebait from rubbish which also floated into her net, at Hokio Beach. 1 B&W photo print
Another person (unidentified) also whitebaiting in background.
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Penciled on back - Mr A.D. Ransom with his son Neill with a good catch of whiteba[i]t at the mouth of Hokio Stream. Sat. Nov. 8, 1969.
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.
Mr A.D. Ransom (left) and his son Colin or Derek (right), with a good catch of whitebait at the mouth of the Hokio Stream. 1 B&W photo print
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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen - Hokio Boys School at Hokio Beach. Inscription on reverse reads: “Hokio Boys School at Hokio Beach. Photo by Mr Tombs.”
The main buildings at Hokio Boys School, Hokio Beach, Levin, c 1960. The wooden buildings have iron roofs and face the north. Photograph taken from the northern bank of the Hokio Stream.
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Presumably used at some promotion. We do not know who wrote or sang it.
Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Hokio Stream”
The Hokio Stream at Hokio Beach where it reaches the sea.
1 B&W photo print
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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Whitebaiting at Hokio Beach”
A fisherman checks his whitebait net in the Hokio Stream, Hokio Beach
1 B&W photo print
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back - Car owned & driven by Dave Foster crossing the Hokio Stream 1920-1929. New Beauty Ford. (copied from photo owned)
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date. Note attached to reverse: “Car owned & driven by Dave Foster crossing the Hokio Stream 1920 – 1929. New Beauty Ford. (Copied from photo owned),”
New Beauty Ford car owned and driven by Dave Foster, fording across Hokio Stream, downstream from the footbridge at Hokio Beach in the 1920’s.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with #.0050b)
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “Opening of the first traffic bridge over the Hokio Stream at Hokio Beach by Mayor Charles Blenkhorn c.1931. This was built with volunteer labour assisted by the County Council who supplied old bridge timber & some labour. Finance was raised by contributions. (photo donated by Mrs Harvey)”
Opening of the first traffic bridge across the Hokio Stream at Hokio Beach, 1931. The bridge was opened by the Mayor of Levin, Mr Charles Blenkhorn. At the time this photograph was taken, the bridge had not been declared “open”, as a ribbon runs across the bridge on the township side. A number of people are pictured using the footbridge north of the road bridge.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with #.0050a)
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “(2) The new and magnificent footbridge, built to replace the planks. Do not know the date but the new motor bridge was ready for opening in 1931. (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
Opening of the first traffic bridge, Hokio Beach, c.1931. A large number of members of the public gather on the footbridge and on the banks of the stream as the time to official open the bridge draws near.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0051b)
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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Hokio Beach. Mr David Foster driving his car 50 or 60 yrs ago. Road Bridge built where foot bridge is shown.”
Mr David Foster driving his car through the Hokio Stream at the place where the road bridge is now (2001). Three private houses are in the background and a footbridge crosses the stream behind the car.
1 B&W photo print
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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Bridge across Hokio Stream at Hokio Beach.”
A log across the Hokio Stream at Hokio Beachforms a makeshift bridge upon which three unidentified women are sitting and one unidentified woman is standing. In the background are private residences.
1 B&W photo print
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Picture at left is same photo darkened.
Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “(4) H.G. Kerslake, W.H. Gimblett (County Council member) & Mrs Blenkhorn. (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
Opening of the first traffic bridge, Hokio Beach, c.1931. The people in the photograph are from left to right – Mr H.G. Kerslake (speaking), Mr W.H. Gimblett (County Council member) and Mrs Blenkhorn.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0052b)
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “(3) 1931 – H.G. Kerslake (Chairman Hokio Progressive Association), J.T.M. Brewster (County Engineer), C.H. Blenkhorn (Mayor of Levin) & Mrs Blenkhorn. (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
Opening of the first traffic bridge, Hokio Beach, c.1931. The official party is assembled on the bridge prior to ther cutting of the ribbon. The party is from left to right – Mr H.G. Kerslake (Chairman Hokio Progressive Association), Mr J.T.M. Brewster (County Engineer), Mr Charles H. Blenkhorn (Mayor of Levin) giving speech and Mrs Blenkhorn.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with2000.018.0051a)
Left to right - Mr H.G. Kerslake (Chairman Hokio Progressive Association). Mr J.T.M. Brewster (County Engineer). Mr Charles H. Blenkhorn (Mayor of Levin) giving speech. Mrs Blenkhorn.
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “(5) Mrs Blenkhorn cutting the ribbon. From left, H.G. Kerslake, Mr Blenkhorn & Mrs Blenkhorn. (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
Opening of the first traffic bridge, Hokio Beach, c.1931. Mrs Blenkhorn cuts the ribbon across the bridge. Those in the photograph are from left to right – Mr H.G. Kerslake (Chairman Hokio Progressive Association), Mr Charles H. Blenkhorn (Mayor of Levin) and Mrs Blenkhorn.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0052a)
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “(6) First ever car over bridge. Cannot recall whose, but looks like an Essex. (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
A crowd stands on each side of the road as the first car to officially cross the newly opened Hokio Beach traffic bridge with a young woman standing on the running-board.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “(8) Kerslakes’ Cottage – built around 1925, we think. It is still there but altered somewhat. (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
Kerslakes’ cottage at Hokio Beach, c.1925, showing people both standing and sitting on the porch at the front of the cottage. The house has a sloping iron roof, with a brick chimney on the right. Beside the chimney is an iron water tank.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 2000.018.0042 (taken closer, people seen clearly).
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Penciled on back: “Kerslake Beach House, Hokio. Standing – T.T. Kerslake, H.E. Kerslake, H.G. Kerslake, George Kerslake, M.L. Kerslake.”
Kerslakes’ cottage at Hokio Beach, c.1925, with eleven people standing and sitting on the porch. Those standing in this photograph include T.T. Kerslake, H.E. Kerslake, G.H. Kerslake, George Kerslake and M.L. Kerslake.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 2000.018.0041
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Typed on paper glued to back: “Hokio Beach 19. From information given to Miss Picken, the coach accommodation house was on the north side of Hokio Road near the intersection of Hunua Road. Between the four power poles, Rod McDonald in ‘Te Hekenga’ wrote that a small hill arose by the Hokio Stream & the accommodation house was at the base of the hill. (Photo by Miss Picken 1977 : Librarian 1965 onwards).”
The western view of Hokio Beach School at Hokio Beach Township in 1977. Information on reverse of photograph gives this as the site of the accomodation house run by Hector McDonald Snr, and his wife, Agnes.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 2000.543.0072 and 2000.543.0096
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Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “The cottage is where Jack Kiki and his wife and family lived. He sat on the bank all day. This is where the Gebbies lived, but from memory someone else commenced the remodelling before Gebbies moved there. Boys in their boat, Tom & George Kerslake. Circa; 1925-26 ? (Donated by Tom Kerslake)”
Also typed on piece of paper glued to back - (1) This is the first plank footbridge I can remember. I am unsure of those on the bridge. Tom Kerslake [added with blue ballpoint pen]
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date.
A small cottage alongside the Hokio Stream at Hokio Beach, with three unidentified women on a foot bridge over the stream and two boys, Tom and George Kerslake, in their boat. The cottage is described as where Jack Kiki and his family lived, and where the Gebbies lived at a later date.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Hokio Beach”
Two men and a dog sit outside a tempory shelter on the sand dunes at Hokio Beach. The Hokio Stream is in the background at the right.
1 B&W photo print – damaged (creased)
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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Rod MacIntyre, George McKinsley, Roy Cole. Fishing at Hokio Beach.”
Rod MacIntyre, George McKinsley and Roy Cole pose with their fishing catch at Hokio Beach.
1 B&W photo print
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1) Racing - from earliest days.
Hoofbeats on the turf have always had a strong appeal and no more so than in the early days when the enjoyment was, perhaps, even greater.
2) Old rivalry between Levin and Weraroa still exists.
Confusing to strangers passing through Levin by rail is the name "Weraroa" on the Post Office immediately opposite the Levin Railway Station. It seems strange that Levin should have a "suburb".