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Kōrero: Manawatū and Horowhenua region

Foxton in the 1870s

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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

by William James Harding

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Manawatū and Horowhenua region – Māori and European newcomers, 1820–1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9479/foxton-in-the-1870s (accessed 4 June 2026).

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