Feilding Sash & Door Co. staff.

Crowds line the streets and watch the parade held for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953.

Crowds gathered in Manchester Square for the coronation parade for Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953.

Mayor Gerald Corrick opening the Pony Club Pavilion at Timona Park, January 1980. The man speaking is Kelvin Ellery, who was the Deputy Mayor.

Edward VII was crowned on the 9th of August, 1902. This group of kaihaka (performers) were one of the many acts at the celebrations held in Feilding. The photographer is unknown.

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_Edited by Lydia Smith, 2023. _

People fill the streets of Feilding during the visit of Lord Ranfurly, Governor-General of New Zealand, in 1898.

Crowds gathered in Manchester Square for the visit of Lord Ranfurly in 1898. At the time, Lord Ranfurly was Governor to New Zealand.

Photographer unknown.

The visit of Sir Cyril Newall, Governor-General of New Zealand. Also in the photograph is Tom Seddon, Mayor of Feilding seated to the left of Sir Newall, and Hoani Meihana Te Rama Apakura (John Mason Durie), seated on the right of Sir Newall.

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Photographer W. T. Bray.

The members of the Halcombe RSA, photographed in the 50s. Cyril Bradbury is pictured in the front row, second from the right.

Children gather around Prime Minister Bill Rowling at the opening of the new Feilding Fire Station on October 11, 1975. The station was located on Kimbolton Road, and cost $525,000.

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(Lydia Smith, 2022)

Crowds gather for the opening of the Apiti Bridge, October 1896. The bridge was opened by Premier Richard "King Dick" Seddon, and all the district celebrated.

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Photographer: Billens of Marton

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

Lord Bledisoe, on the day of his visit on March 18, 1947, outside Denbigh Hotel on Manchester Street.

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

Taonui School 87th Jubilee in 1914.

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In the photo:

Back Row: Mr. True; Mr. Jeffries; Mr. Barnaby; Joe Fitzgerald; Lewis Wratt.

Centre Row: Frank Giles; Mick Lourie; Hector Jeffries; Reggie Dyke; Leila Dyke; Mr. Barnaby.

Front Row: Jack Storriet; Hingston?; Myrtle Mayo; Alma Lyons.

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

Crowds gather for the first ANZAC Day service held in Manchester Square, Feilding, on April 25, 1916.

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

Crowds gather for the visit of Lord Ranfurly in 1898. An early example of 'street photography'.

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Photographer unknown.

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

A crowd gathers on Manchester Square for the coronation celebrations of Edward VII in 1902.

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Photographer unknown.

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

A car full of people celebrating Armistice Day in 1919.

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(Lydia Smith, 2021)

Crowds gather for the unveiling of the Mt Stewart Reserve Centennial Memorial, in 1940. The memorial was erected as part of the national centennial celebrations for the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) in 1840.

Mt Stewart Reserve is located on the corner of SH 3 and Mt Stewart Halcombe Road.

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Lydia Smith (2021)

This memorial was unveiled in 1940 as part of national centennial celebrations for the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi).

The unveiling of the Soldiers Memorial in Manchester Square, on October 3, 1923.

Text on photo reads: "Governor Ranfurly's visit to Feilding".

The dedication of the Feilding Agricultural High School memorial clock tower, conducted by Reverend Keith Elliot.

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Others in the photo: Lewis Carthew (next to Rev. Elliot); Buist (Chairman of Board); L. J. Wild (first headmaster); McKinnon (present headmaster).

The opening of the Industrial Exhibition by Premier Richard Seddon, in 1903.

The opening of the Feilding Aerodrome at Taonui, in 1938.

Procession and memorial service in Manchester Square, for Edward VII, May 1910.

The first day pupils of Makino Road School at the 50th Jubilee. In the photo:

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Back row: A. Newell; P. Apel; W.L. Grige; E. G. Humphrey; G. Stubbington.

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Front Row: F. A. Apel; J. Gould; M. J. Taylor; A. E. Terry; G. Turley-Smout; W. Osbourne.

On December 9, 1976, Sir Denis Blundell visited Feilding to view the Community Centre arts display. Sir Blundell was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977, the first resident of the country to hold the office.

In December 1976, Sir Denis Blundell, Governor-General of New Zealand, visited Feilding to view the arts display in the Community Centre. Here he is pictured outside the Centre with the Honorable Les Gandar.

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