Sir Edmund Hillary & Lady Hillary visited Feilding on Saturday 24th February 1996. The people of Feilding turned out to see Sir Edmund present certificates to Manchester Street School children, climb a calico Mount Everest in Manchester Square and be welcomed to Feilding. They both arrived at the Square in Peter Olsen's horse-drawn landau and left by helicopter for Kitchener Park. There they were welcomed by Hato Paoroa pupils before a crowd of about 500.
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Situated on Bowen Street, accessible also from Manchester Square. Behind the Feilding Hotel.
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Article in Feilding Herald - the installation of a coin operated petrol pump. The pump takes either 50 cent or 20 cent coins and will deliver up to $6.30 worth of petrol in one operation. To purchase petrol the required number of coins are fed into the coin unit, the customer then goes to the pump and receives delivery of the petrol.
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Feilding Herald Atricle M.S.D. Spiers was seriously damaged by fire April 17th 1970.
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This image is believed to show Beauchamp's Funeral Directors on Kimbolton Road.
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Staff at Macfarlane's Cafe on Manchester Street, Feilding. The cafe was opened in 1997 by Craig and Kate Macfarlane, but was sold two years later.
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On 6 June, 1999, the Feilding Historic Society buried a Time Capsule in Manchester Square, to be excavated in several decades.
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A Kiwianis Parade in 1988, with clowns that appear to be collecting donations. Feilding Hotel can be seen in the background.
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In October 1995, after the last meeting of council, the outgoing mayor Caryll Clausen (pictured), was presented with a wakahuia by the members of the Taumata Te Ra Marae.
The wakahuia, which is a kind of treasure box, was carved by Kelvin Kereama, from a piece of totara that came from the Manawatu River.
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A model wears one of the entries for the FAHS Wearable Arts, 2001.
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John Cameron and Bill Lester with Head Librarian Simon Johnson (middle).
The date and photographer are unknown, however due to the quality of the photograph, it is likely it was taken sometime in the 1990's or the early 2000's.
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Caption on photograph reads: Picture taken at the first course acquired by the Feilding Golf Club, the land being in Awahuri Road, opposite Kitchener Park and now farmed by Mr Tom York. Left to right: Messers L. Gorton, D. Pryde, S. Parkes, J. Power, B. Banks and W.H. McLean. The woolshed in the background was used as a clubhouse by the pioneers.
This photo was published in the Feilding Herald in 1968 (although it was taken much earlier), as part of an article reporting on the opening of the new clubhouse.
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The idea behind the event, first held on January 21, 1995, is to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival on the site of Feilding of the first immigrants brought to the Manchester Block by the Emigrants and Colonists Aide Corporation. Passengers from the ship 'The Duke of Edinburgh' are recorded as having arrived on January 22, 1874.
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