Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Foxton in the 1870s

Foxton in the 1870s

The Manawatū Hotel in Foxton was often crowded with travellers on their way to or from Wellington. The crossing of the Manawatū River at Foxton was the widest, apart from the one at Scotts Ferry on the Rangitīkei River.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, William James Harding Collection (PAColl-3042)
Reference: 1/2-025162; F
Photograph by William James Harding

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Manawatū and Horowhenua region - Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9479/foxton-in-the-1870s (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 Apr 2015