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Poroutawhao School 1945

Std4, Forms 1 & 2 in 1945

Pupils: Back row: Peter Edwards, Angus Carle, Peter Coleman, Wally Winiata, Ray Strode-Penny, Martin Hartley, William Eperama, Malcolm Spiers, Ross Arcus. Middle Row: Alan(Bill) Coleman, Ernie Gates, Rex Hannam, David Montgomery, ?? Littleton?, ?? ??, Ken Bovey, John Hapeta. Front Row: Jean Sutcliffe, Beryl Carle, Linda Lindgard, Marjory Arcus, Betty Strode-Penny, Shirley Scott, Doreen Bismark, Elsie Montgomery, Lola Jamieson, William Kiriona, Tilly Eperama?.

Poroutawhao Flour Mill - 1850's replica

Exterior the Poroutawhao Flour Mill at the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club.

The original mill was built by the Roman Catholic Missionary Fr. Jean Baptise Comte in 1850, for Ngāti Huia.

Surviving pieces of the original Poroutawhao Flour Mill located on the northern side of Paeroa Road, were salvaged by the late J.O. Stewart in the early 1980s. The pieces were donated to the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club in 2008, to restore and house.

The restoration was completed in 2013 and opened by Mrs. Gae Stewart on 26 January 2014.

Poroutawhao Flour Mill - 1850's replica

Exterior the Poroutawhao Flour Mill at the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club.

The original mill was built by the Roman Catholic Missionary Fr. Jean Baptise Comte in 1850, for Ngāti Huia.

Surviving pieces of the original Poroutawhao Flour Mill located on the northern side of Paeroa Road, were salvaged by the late J.O. Stewart in the early 1980s. The pieces were donated to the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club in 2008, to restore and house.

The restoration was completed in 2013 and opened by Mrs. Gae Stewart on 26 January 2014.

Poroutawhao Flour Mill - 1850's replica

Exterior the Poroutawhao Flour Mill at the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club.

The original mill was built by the Roman Catholic Missionary Fr. Jean Baptise Comte in 1850, for Ngāti Huia.

Surviving pieces of the original Poroutawhao Flour Mill located on the northern side of Paeroa Road, were salvaged by the late J.O. Stewart in the early 1980s. The pieces were donated to the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club in 2008, to restore and house.

The restoration was completed in 2013 and opened by Mrs. Gae Stewart on 26 January 2014.

Poroutawhao Flour Mill - 1850's replica

Sign from the Poroutawhao Flour Mill at the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club.

The original mill was built by the Roman Catholic Missionary Fr. Jean Baptise Comte in 1850, for Ngāti Huia.

Surviving pieces of the original Poroutawhao Flour Mill on the northern side of Paeroa Road were salvaged by the late J.O. Stewart in the early 1980s. Donated to the Horowhenua Vintage Car Club in 2008, to restore and house.

The restoration was completed in 2013 and opened by Mrs. Gae Stewart on the 26 January 2014.

Roderick A. McDonald standing beside a very old grape-vine

Used in book – ‘Te Hekenga’, page iv (frontispiece), with caption - Grape Vine Planted in the [18]60’s at Paeroa Pah near Poroutawheo. [Photo by G.L. Adkin.] Description under “List of Illustrations”, page xi – Grape-vine planted in the [18]60’s at Paeroa Pah near Poroutawheo – the last relic of an old Maori apple orchard and out-door vinery.

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 241, with caption - Roderick A. McDonald, author of ‘Te Hekenga’, standing by grapevine planted by French Catholic missionaries at Poroutawhao. [Adkin Coll. HHS.]

Roderick A. McDonald standing beside a very old grape-vine at Paeroa Pah near Poroutawheo. 1 B&W photo print, mounted (very large)

Smaller unmounted print believed to be in the ‘Adkin Collection’.

Used in book – ‘Te Hekenga’, page iv (frontispiece), with caption - Grape Vine Planted in the [18]60’s at Paeroa Pah near Poroutawheo. [Photo by G.L. Adkin.] Description under “List of Illustrations”, page xi – Grape-vine planted in the [18]60’s at Paeroa Pah near Poroutawheo – the last relic of an old Maori apple orchard and out-door vinery.

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 241, with caption - Roderick A. McDonald, author of ‘Te Hekenga’, standing by grapevine planted by French Catholic missionaries at Poroutawhao. [Adkin Coll. HHS.]

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