Horizons Regional Council

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The Horizons Regional Council was formed in 1989 from an amalgamation of Catchment Boards, Drainage Boards, Pest Destruction Boards, Noxious Plant Authorities and United Councils in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region. The Horizons Collection contains the records of these numerous predecessor organisations and earlier ones such as Rabbit Boards and River Boards that operated within the current regional boundaries from 1887-1989.

The types of records found in the Horizons archives include:

  • Accounts and financial records;
  • Aerial photographs of the entire Manawatū-Whanganui region;
  • Correspondence files;
  • Electoral rolls;
  • Hydrological data;
  • Letter books;
  • Maps and plans;
  • Minute books and other meeting papers;
  • Project photograph albums;
  • Rate books and valuation rolls

Series

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Title Identifier (RiC-A22) Dates
Hydrology - Stage (Water Level), Data Processing HRC 00478
Hydrology - Stage (Water Level), Daily Staff Gauge Readings HRC 00479
Hydrology - Ratings HRC 00480
Hydrology - Audit Reports HRC 00481
Hydrology - Calibration Records, including logbooks HRC 00482
Hydrological Archive Updates HRC 00483
Hydrology - Floods, Analysis HRC 00484
Hydrology - Floods, Data and Forecasting HRC 00485
Hydrology - Water Resource Surveys HRC 00486
Hydrology - Lab Test Request Books HRC 00488
Hydrology - Site Operation, Logbooks HRC 00489
Hydrology - Site Operations, Fieldbooks HRC 00490
Palmerston North River Board Rates Cards HRC 00139
Hydrology - Site operations, Level Books HRC 00491
Hydrology - Gauging indexes HRC 00492
Hydrology - Site Setup Information HRC 00493
Hydrology - Gauging Processing HRC 00496
Hydrological Gauging Cards HRC 00463
Hydrology - Rainfall, Raw Data HRC 00464
Hydrology - Rainfall, Data Processing HRC 00464
Hydrology - Water Temperature, Raw Data HRC 00466
Horizons Regional Council Reports with No Numbering HRC 00460
Hydrology - Water Temperature, Data Processing HRC 00467
Hydrology - Soil, Temperature and Moisture HRC 00468
Hydrology - Turbidity HRC 00469
Hydrology - Groundwater Level, Raw data HRC 00470
Hydrology - Groundwater Level, Data Processing HRC 00471
Hydrology - PH HRC 00472
Hydrology - Dissolved Oxygen HRC 00473
Hydrology - Conductivity HRC 00474
Hydrology - Atmospheric Pressure HRC 00475
Hydrology - Fire Weather HRC 00476
Hydrology - Stage (Water Level), Raw Data HRC 00477
Photograph Albums, M Series HRC 00265 1877-1986
Photograph Albums, R Series HRC 00266 1885-1979
Mangaone River Board Cash Book HRC 00105 1887-1917
Manawatu Land Drainage Board Minute Books HRC 00101 1894-1917
Manawatu Land Drainage Board Rate Book HRC 00102 1894-1895
Manawatu Land Drainage Board Letter Books HRC 00104 1894-1918
Manawatu Land Drainage Board Valuation Roll HRC 00086 1895-1895
Manawatu Drainage Board Deeds HRC 00089 1896-1989
Oroua Drainage Board Cash Books HRC 00116 1897-1989
Aorangi Drainage Board Cash Book HRC 00063 1897-1922
Manawatu Land Drainage Board Rate Receipt Book HRC 00085 1900-1900
Photograph Albums, F Series HRC 00267 1902-1990
Horizons Regional Council, ex-Catchment Board Reports HRC 00449 1903-1993
Makerua Drainage Board Deeds HRC 00100 1906-1986
Makerua Drainage Board Rates and Special Rates Book HRC 00095 1906-1917
Makerua Drainage Board Minute Books HRC 00097 1906-1990
Palmerston North River Board Deeds HRC 00138 1907-1945
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