Feilding - Archives and Genealogy

10/12/2025

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The latest copy of The Ancestral Searcher from Family History ACT is now online for our members to read - https://genealogy.org.nz/Family-History-ACT/11333/

08/12/2025

Just in time for Christmas, the Coach House Museum at 127 South Street, Feilding have available $40 gift cards. These are a Family Pass into the Museum and can be used for 2 Adults + 3 Children (5 – 17 years), preschoolers have free entry, OR 3 Adults

A great gift to give that also supports the Museum. Available at reception.

01/12/2025

The latest edition of The New Zealand Genealogist is now online for members to read - https://genealogy.org.nz/NZG-Digital-Issues/11094/

27/11/2025

in 1893, nearly 90,000 women across New Zealand cast their votes for the first time — just weeks after the Electoral Act granted women the right to vote.

It was a groundbreaking moment but voting rights at the time were far from equal.

Women on the general roll voted by secret ballot, while those in Māori electorates had to vote publicly by a show of hands. Eligibility rules also meant Māori women were generally restricted to the Māori roll.

Many communities were excluded altogether — people without British citizenship faced barriers, including Chinese and other Asian residents.

Approximately 94,290 women voted in 1893: 90,290 women on the general roll on 28 November, and about 4,000 more in Māori electorates on 20 December.

This milestone marked the beginning of a journey toward greater equity — one that continues today.

Image: Statement showing number of women on [general] rolls and those who voted, 1893. Archives reference: R24761508

03/10/2025

Te Hīkoi Toi, The Te Ahu a Turanga highway is ..., Te Ahu a Turanga Western Gateway Park, Ashhurst, Manawatu / Whanganui, 12 October 2025 - 11 January 202

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09/09/2025

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Join us for morning tea with Dr Hinemoa Elder on Sunday to celebrate the launch of 'Ara: A Māori Guidebook of the Mind'.

Light refreshments: 11am, talk: 11:30am

Sunday, September 7, Central Library, First Floor.

In association with Palmerston North Paper Plus and Penguin Books NZ
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02/09/2025

Piecing together a family's story through letters, newspapers and personal recollections.

02/09/2025

Genealogy Tip - Create an heirloom inventory. Keep a detailed list of family heirlooms, noting their origins, significance and who passed them down.

20/08/2025

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Members are welcome to attend our morning tea to remember June Springer on Friday 29th August, 10am, at the Alexander Library - Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kāuru.

Please RSVP by Friday 22nd August to whanganui@genealogy.org.nz

20/08/2025

Supplies for building Papaioea (Palmerston North) in the 1870s came up the Manawatū River to the Ngāwhakaraua Jetty adjacent to the Rangitāne Pā site. These supplies were transported by bullock wagon for fifteen kilometres to the emerging city site. The jetty was adjacent to where the Rangitāne...