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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Farewell to W. H. Levin

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Farewell to W. H. Levin.

The settlement of Levin, on the Manawatū railway line, was named after W. H. Levin, one of the directors of the railway company. He retired when the line was completed. This illuminated farewell address is signed by chair T. G. McCarthy, and fellow directors John Plimmer, James Smith, Charles Izard and Joseph Nathan.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-f-239-01

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Unsettled times: 1880–1910, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/9484/farewell-to-w-h-levin (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 April 2015.