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Ōrongomai Marae 1998; Waitangi open day; Māwai Hakona whanau demonstrate the art of taiaha Army charter march 6, Main Street.Dunlop tyre assembly; cross-ply, small sizesHazelwoods Women's Day fancy dress entrants.Upper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streetsKenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Rimutaka Incline; goods train and surfacemen engaged in track work. [P2-18-26]St Hilda's Anglican Church 1920s?, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]Fire; Benge & Pratt's store, Main Street; remains.Rugby league ball; group, with trophies and Coca-Cola prominent. [P3-418-1647]Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.Main Street, Upper Hutt, January 1948 (L6)Upper Hutt railway station 1955; under constructionSchool Patrol Christmas party.Woolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1966; audienceSilverstream railway bridge 2 (1903-1957); distant view downstream.Queen Street saleyards; cattle sale. Timber industry; Campbell's Sawmills Ltd, Karapoti; experimental logging tractor on bush tramway bridge. Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1928; juniors.New Zealand Railways locomotive, S 0-6-4 T class; number 213Timber industry; axemen at Narrow Neck, Whiteman's Valley.City status proclamation, Maidstone Park 1; crowd at ceremony.Biggs store, Main Street; interior. [P2-939-2195]Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.The Upper Hutt District in the 1840s, by S.C. Brees
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Orongomai Marae 1988; whare whakairo detail; tukutuku panel BRay Turvey and family. Ōrongomai Marae 1990; Jock McEwen with the amo he carved as part of the Whare Whakairo.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave. [P1-4474-6864]Girl Guides; First Silverstream Company; Camp at Kaitoke; April 1975Wallaceville House; glasshouse and gardens workshop area. [P2-193-355]Coat fashions 7; fur collared coat.Silverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade; Speech on opening day; November 1974Wedding; Alan Percy Sunkel, Julie Hosie 26. [P1-7042-9432]Carols in the Park 2002; audience.Pinehaven Reserve; proposed changesHazelwoods Social; Wiliam and Catherine June DraperSt Andrew's Presbyterian Church; new buildings, Main Road; architect's view.21st birthday; Ian Codyre 1. Mother, Madge, at leftSudfelt Davidson Engagement [P1-6778-9168]Rimutaka Baptist church holiday programe; Cindy Burdett, Matthew Hakes, Hayden Tasker.Whakatiki Bowling Club People of the World Pageant 003Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; excursion. [P1-4381-6771]Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy and Sleepy.Wayne Schindler, auctioneer; auction room; Fergusson Drive, near Blenheim StreetWayne Roberts 21st.Upper Hutt Leader entries in Qantas media awards; November 22 and December 6, 13 and 20, 1987.Upper Hutt Bowling Club 1950 (J.W.C-T) 007 Mayor George WilliamsUpper Hutt Roller Hockey 7 2006Wedding; Morris Hill, Susan Green; 11. [P1-6984-9374]Silverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade; New station opening; November 1974Roger Anderson; Heretaunga-Pinehaven District Community Council chairman; gainst amalgamationBrown Owl School 1980; runningKelton wedding 2G; guests at reception.Eastern District Pastoral Queen competitors listening to speech.Heretaunga Players; The Paragon: Collins, Gillespie, Brown, Doyle, Peters, Brown, Evans, Williams, Jenkins.Te Marua (Brown Owl) School hall ball.Civic Ball [P1-6489-8879]Wallaceville Research Centre staff, 1940Mawai Hakona; visit by native Americans A 4The Blue Ts Mothers Group 014Dave Clyma; milk- and 'Leader'-delivery man, Brentwood Street to Quinn's Post.Te Marua Speedway; fireworks; 1999Brown Owl School 1967; Class photo 18. [P2-1256-2914]Heretaunga Players; A Lady Mislaid: Jocelyn Stephenson, Norman Kemble, Frank Summers, Jean Williams, Ken Cotton, Joyce Bringans.Art club Spanish evening.Aubrey Matangi, 72, walks 11 km each week to get his "Leader".Royal Street, west side 5; Pak'n Save supermarket; northern (entrance and car-park) endRugby League Ball; ?, ?, Liz ColliganColin Miller Wedding 7; Donald McDonald.Mrs Charmene Wilsher; application to convert the former Silverstream fire station to a coffee bar denied.Upper Hutt College staff; careers education teacher; R M Silver, B Sc.Mawai Hakona; Hera Katene-Horvarth; 'Aunty Dovey'Memorial plaques, Civic Centre; civilian casualties, Benge and Pratt fire and explosion.Upper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streets
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