1994. Darwick Street Foxton Beach looking from near Seabury Avenue. Image: Foxton Historical Society
The town of Foxton, photographed in the 1870s by William James Harding. Ref: 1/1-000333-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
[ca 1878] Foxton Ready Money Store, County Emporium, Foxton. Harding, William James, 1826-1899 :Negatives of Wanganui district. Ref: 1/1-000308-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Image: Foxton Historical Society
c 1905. Flax workers at an unidentified Foxton flaxmill.
Fisherman's hut, Foxton Beach. 1905. Image: Pataka Ipurangi : Manawatu Memory Online
Foxton Beach, 08 April 1912, Foxton Beach, by Leslie Adkin. Purchased 1978 with Ellen Eames Collection funds. Te Papa (O.002630)
Postcard showing a group of unidentified Maori pose in front of flax bushes at Moutoa, 2 April 1916Foxton Centennial Celebrations Labour Weekend October 1955
Poplar flaxmill cutters pose in front of a stand of flax c.1919. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Hart's West End Store and Tea Rooms, Foxton Beach. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Dressing up as Ku Klux Klansmen for a Foxton parade, 1930. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Foxton Surf Club members, 1930. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Car Stuck in Hole, Foxton Beach, 1935. Image: Foxton Historical Society
United Ancient Order of Druids Manawatu Lodge No73 Foxton, 1938. Image: Foxton Historical Society.
Woolpack and Textiles workers, 1940. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Foxton Centennial Celebrations 1955. Image: Foxton Historical Society
McDonald Family at Foxton Beach. Image: Pataka Ipurangi : Manawatu Memory Online
The last cutting of flax at the Moutoa swamp. 1974. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Foxton Beach, Northern Manawatu. 1975. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-72434-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Opening of De Molen. 2003. Image: Foxton Historical Society
Windmill, Foxton. Photo: russellstreet
Angel Fizz by Ngawara (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ)
Foxton Beach 2009. Image: (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Foxton Beach 2006. Image: Torpe (CC BY 2.0)
Foxton – on State Highway One, 90ks north of Wellington, and about 30 ks south west of Palmerston North.
Foxton was once a major deep river port serving the burgeoning flax industry of the Manawatu. By the end of the 19th century, there were 50 flax mills running in and around Foxton, shipping flax to Australia and all over the world through the boom times of the late 1800s.
Jesse talks to locals Judy Sanson from the Windmill Trust; Jim who runs the horse tram; one of the organisers of the National Kite Surfing Champs, Glen; and Fred Paul, a Foxton man of many talents.
