Online Exhibits

Intersection SH1 and Mill Road

Intersection of SH1 and Mill Road, photo taken from Railway Windmill Tower (for water pumping for railway) Tooby's Service Station on south west corner, two storey building is the Moutere Private Hospital. Ropata Te Ao's house can be seen on the...

Aerial photograph of Ōtaki Railway area 1952, looking southwest showing Rahui Dairy Factory to left foreground, Rahui Road onto Mill Road, County Road, Main Highway, Dunstan Street, railway station, Raulway Hotel, Railway Theatre....

Aerial View of Ōtaki Township over Haruati Park

Coloured aerial view of Haruatai Park, looking over Ōtaki township west to the coast. Featuring newly built squash courts, swimming pool and soccor fields. Ōtaki Cottage Hospital, Rahui sports ground and the Ōtaki Primary School in centre of photo,...

Drone aerial photo of Ōtaki looking south east with swimming pool, Tennis courts and squash courts in the foreground....

Workers for Vic Bertelsen, market garden tomato season From left: Lorna Sundgren, Nick Te Wiata with springer spaniel dogs Chops and Mark'em, Edna Snowdon, Vic Bertelsen, Vi Sundgren, Brian Meyer, Nancy Verrant, Alex McLellan, Front from left: Tomm...

Loading Tomatoes

Loading tomatoes on to horse and cart, Park Avenue Lower Hutt. Justin Pescini on brake, Fred Bertelsen handing up crate, Tom Pescini standing near shed door. The draught horses are named Ginger (at front, Bertelsen horse) and Darkie (at rear, Pescin...

Tomatoes ready for market, trucked to MacCutcheon's Market in Stratford. R - L: Vic Bertelsen, truck driver from Stratford, Gwen Bertelsen, Noeleen Bertelsen, Brian Meyer, Mani?...

Ōtaki Racecourse Part of land leased for market gardening to Chinese gardener See OHJ vol 42 page 38-39...

Digital copy of a photo of the Gordon family bunching gladioli for market. See OHJ vol 43, page 25...

Jack Hing & Co

Jackson and Harry Hing unloading vegetables at their father's shop in Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North. Jackson and Harry's father Jack moved to Palmerston North from Ōtaki because the weather there was better for his wife's asthma. Jackson and...

Edwards Transport

Edwards Transport truck at Bertelsen's gardens, loaded with empty boxes. George Murrell truck driver. Albion truck...

Cooksleys Transport

Cooksleys Transport truck loaded with vegetable crates....

Cooksleys Transport

Cooksleys Transport truck with Fred Snowden and Les Kirker....

Cooksleys Transport

Cooksleys Transport fleet, from left, trucks 3,4,5 are vegetable trucks. Cooksleys Transport was founded in 1927 by Joe Cooksley, a local hotel owner. Keith's Uncle Murray bought the business in 1938 and Keith McLeavey's father managed it. Keith...

Peter Dal Din

Peter Dal Din in his garden at 128 Waerenga Road, Ōtaki....

Peter Dal Din

Peter Dal Din, vines at 128 Waerenga Road, Ōtaki....

Cesira Dal Din

Cesira Dal Din....

Dal Din Glasshouses

Dal Din glasshouses 128 Waerenga Road, Ōtaki...

Market Gardening

Sid Snowden cutting silverbeet in his father's market garden. Sid worked for Edward's Transport for many years. Photo used in exhibition "Market Gardening in Ōtaki"...

Picking violets

School girls picking violets at Rangiuru Road, Ōtaki. From left Shirley Smith, Maureen Harvey, Anne Gimblett, Aileen Cole...

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums growing in Morgan's gardens, looking toward Mill Road, Ōtaki...

Plastic "glasshouses"

Plastic "glasshouses" built by Jim MacDonald, Te Waka Road, Te Horo. Babacos and capsicums were grown commercially....

Kim Family

Framed hand painted photograph of Peter Kim with his parents, Yung Kim and Chow Kim, outside their home. The Kims were market gardeners on the land now occupied by Paterson Court on Kirk Street. ...

Daisy Kwan, 1971

B&W framed photograph of Daisy Kwan (Mrs Wong Kwan She), market gardener (1883-1973). Had gardens in Waerenga Road and later Mill Road. ...

Ōtaki Pinks at Ōtaki Railway

A field of Ōtaki Pink carnations being grown commercially alongside the Main Highway, Ōtaki, on the site of the present day Information Centre. The Railway Hotel can be seen in the distance. Shown in the photo gathering flowers are Phylis and Ray Mof...

Gabby Goldsmith, standing in his glasshouse amid a display of carnations....

Gabby Goldsmith's glasshouse, Waerenga Road - now part of Watson's Gardens (2016)....

24th Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the Ōtaki District Commercial Gardeners Society Ltd. 1968. The Committee of Management, under the Presidency of A.R.Tilbury (as displayed in view 2 attached) constitutes C.M Moy ( Vicepresident) W.G...

41st report and statement of accounts for the Ōtaki District Commercial Gardener' Society 1984 The Committee of Management,now under the presidency of P.H Thorpe, were M.Moy, R.Bertelsen, D.K Chung, D.J Foster, B.E Meyer, A.F Morgan, P Sue, J.W Y...

Small soft covered "pocket" size booklet being the 1983 reprint edition of rules for the Ōtaki District Commercial Gardeners' Society Ltd. 35 Pages...

51 page vegetable seed catalogue from Asian-Seed, Seed Producers & Suppliers. Lisitngs in Chinese and English. Address PO Box 7213, Taradale, Napier. Website www.asian-seed.co.nz Charman Moy colleciton...

16 Page booklet being the Webling and Stewart Seeds Vegetable Seed Price List (July 1999). From Estate of Charman Moy....

Two page article from the New Zealand Commercial Grower magazine for September 1984 about Peter and Anne Thorpe. The article talks of the Thorpes' transition from tomato growing into flower growing at their property "Tomatanui" in Ringawhati Road, Ot...

Newspaper obituary in "Ōtaki Today: newspaper detailing the life of Kwin Hor Tse, the last of a generation of Chinese market gardeners in Ōtaki....

An empty 'Ōtaki Tomatoes' wooden tomato box with the label of Stan Young's market garden, 263 Mill Rd, Ōtaki. The label features the graphic of a red tomato on a green and white background. The stapm M.G. Wellington refers to Market Gardeners Ltd who...

Hand hoe, for planting cabbages and cauliflower. Handle 38cm long with a 17cm blade. Used by market gardeners Jack Hing & Co at Ōtaki...

2 sack needles used for sewing up sugar sacks of peas and potatoes. Needles used by Jack Hing & Co in their market garden. 1 FEB 2021 - 2008.012.02b is missing....

12 labels for "Tomatonui" P.H.Thorpe's property, Ōtaki...

Sack hook used on market garden of Jack Hing & Co. Used for lifting sacks of potatoes. Handle 10 cm in length...

Potato sack, used in market garden of Jack Hing & Co....

Acme Powder Blower made by the Acme Chemical Co (proprietors Acme Sales Ltd). Metal with a canvas sleeve separating the powder container from a nozzle. There is a metal handle. Used to puff powdered insecticide onto plants. Don Watson used it for a...

Photograph of three produce boxes. Sides of the boxes are painted green and have painted the words "Please Return H Small Ōtaki Rly" One box has the number "6" painted on it....

This object is an unpainted watering can with partly rusted side and top handles and partly rusted spout. It is part of the Moy collection....

This object is a navy blue cloth cap donated to the museum by the Moy family. There is red stitching on the front with the brand name Yates and blue stitching saying CHAMP FLOWABLE. To the right of the word 'Champ' are three stars and to the righ...

A double layered straw sunhat worn by Dow Chung. That hat is make of beige paper and natural coloured woven straw. There is black cotton tape on the inside of the hat. Dow would have likely worn this hat while working in the market gardens. ...

Sons of the Soil: Chinese Market Gardeners in New Zealand

"Sons of the Soil: Chinese Market Gardeners in New Zealand"...

Success through Adversity

The history of the Federation, including its formation, its relationship with other growers' organisations, the challenges it has faced and its achievements. Included as an appendix is the Chinese Growers List 1930s to 2010s....

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