Jas J Niven & Co
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Jas J Niven & Co Limited, later Niven Engineering, was a New Zealand engineering business based in Wellington with operations throughout the country. The foundry that became Niven's business was estab
The Spit, Napier circa 1886 30 km² of Ahuriri Lagoon were emptied by the 1931 earthquake
Employees, late 19th century
James Niven, with pipe, injects carbonic gas into fire in a ship's hold
S Luke and Sons in Manners St, Wellington in 1895 from Alexander Turnbull Library postcard
Gisborne, New Zealand
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Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District. It has a population of 38,100. Gisborne District Council has its headquarters in the central city.
Jas J Niven & Co
…The company had several offices and factories. At various times they included - Gisborne – James Brown Ltd, founded in 1887 as a blacksmiths, was taken over in 1902 and in 1904 moved to Kaiti. In 1918 4 men were injured when making a casting…
Central and northeastern Gisborne viewed from Kaiti Hill
Te Tauihu Tūranga Whakamana, a sculpture designed by Derek Lardelli and Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp in the shape of a tauihu (canoe prow) to recognise the Māori ancestors who explored the Pacific Ocean by canoe well before the European Age of Discovery
Memorial for Te Maro
1916 bus and bullock team outside the Post Office