Written with black pen on back: “Manawatu River, Paiaka, Koputaroa. July 22nd 1914.”

Stamped on back with blue ink: “Horowhenua Historical Society. “

Used in book: ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 156, with caption - Flax barge on Manawatu River near Te Paiaka. HHS.

Flax barge on Manawatu River, Paiaka, Koputaroa, 1914.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

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An unidentified group poses in front of a rose bush which covers a whare at Paiaka c. 1880.

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Inscription on reverse of original photograph reads: “PAIAKA about 1890s. the old wharf on right and Gardner’s house on far left. The Moutoa Estate Flax Headquarters are now on this site.

Paiaka settlement in the 1890s, looking from the Manawatu River. Gardner’s house is to the far left of the photograph and is partly obscured by a large weeping willow. The old wharf is in the centre of the photograph. This is now the site of Moutoa Estate Flax Scheme headquarters.

Original photograph and black and white print.

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