Looking down Fergusson Street,

Brochure of Friendly Feilding late 60's early 70's?

Situated on Fergusson Street. The Bank of New Zealand, to the right, stood on the corner of Fergusson and Manchester Streets.

Looking down Fergusson Street from where Manchester Street intersects. Bank of New Zealand on the right.

Looking down Fergusson Street.

Fergusson Street Feilding. Tourist Series. 2170 postcard

Rongotea & District Community Centre and Community Library. The old Bank of New Zealand Building

Feilding Bank of New Zealand office opened on the 5th September 1881. The first branch was located in Fergusson Street (exact location unknown). In 1892 BNZ in Halcombe closed and the building was transferred to Feilding on a new site at 50 Fergusson Street, where Feilding Store stands today. By the early 1900s the number of staff had increased to the point where the building could no longer accommodate them. A new large building was constructed on the same site in 1907. The building was rebuilt again in the 1960s, opening in April 1965. - BNZ Heritage

Photograph of the Bank of New Zealand Bank, situated on the corner of Manchester & Fergusson Streets, Feilding. Kindly donated by: Bank of New Zealand Heritage

Feilding Bank of New Zealand office opened on the 5th September 1881. The first branch was located in Fergusson Street (exact location unknown). In 1892 BNZ in Halcombe closed and the building was transferred to Feilding on a new site at 50 Fergusson Street, where Feilding Store stands today. By the early 1900s the number of staff had increased to the point where the building could no longer accommodate them. A new large building was constructed on the same site in 1907. The building was rebuilt again in the 1960s, opening in April 1965. - BNZ Heritage

The building was built in 1965, but it was the third BNZ Bank to occupy the site, the first which was opened in September 1881. The Strong Room owners Murray Meads & Paul Humphries have converted the former BNZ building on the corner of Fergusson and Manchester Street into an upmarket restaurant. Documents and photographs of the early days of the bank were found in the strong room, and it was the discovery of these documents that inspired the name of the restaurant. o

Photograph taken outside Leader & Watt.

Postcard from the 1912 Carthew Series showing: The Bank corner The Square The Court house 2nd Postcard series No.4 showing: Post Office Manawatu Gorge Technical School

Bank of New Zealand is situated on Manchester Square & Kimbolton Road, Feilding. Colspec - After three years as construction manager of a local building company, Shane O'Brien set up Colspec Construction Ltd in 1980 and it became a local success story. Currently employing over 40 permanent staff, Colspec Construction covers a huge variety of building work, from large scale corporate projects worth millions of dollars to smaller residential work.