Whakarongo, New Zealand
Useful Links
www.manawatu.com (A link site that lists a wide range of Manawatu websites)
Palmy.Net (A web directory of Palmerston North websites and general information)
Piperpat.com's Manawatu websites
Websites with some connection with Whakarongo and/or its history
Palmerston North Electric Power Station Inc (The website of the group preserving the old PN power station in Keith Street, that supplied Whakarongo's first electricity in 1924)
Scandinavian Club of Manawatu (Includes material on the early settlement of the district)
Whakarongo School (This site serves to teach its present-day pupils, rather than having historical content.)
Whakarongo Land Drainage Board (Archival record. The Board dates between 1919 and 1921.)
Biofarm Products Ltd. (The old Whakarongo School building is now sited at Biofarm, and is the subject of their logo.)
A personal website on Ashhurst, (A small town between Whakarongo and the Manawatu Gorge, that now serves as a satellite of Palmerston North.)
Genealogy Websites associated with Whakarongo
Anders Christian Christensen & Marie Nilsdotter (A couple who emigrated from Norway on the 'Celaeno' 1871, and who settled in the Stoney Creek Scandinavian Block)
Tourism ventures in the district
Manawatu Fly Fishing (A fly-fishing guide based at Ashhurst)
Last Updated: 20/8/2001