Talk:Feilding

Uninhabitable?
The second paragraph says that in 2004 "the town suffered extensive flooding, with approximately 150 homes rendered uninhabitable." Is that correct? Or were people evacuated because of flooding, but moved back in later? Needs a reference, whatever it was. In fact the whole article needs referencing. Moriori (talk) 23:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

The extensive flooding meant that people adversely affected were evacuated if needed (for as long as needed) and supplies were delivered by the Army where necessary to remaining people. Properties damaged slowly recovered and were repaired over several years, with rebuilding and reinforcing of the rivers done by Council. New flood plans and control gates for rivers and streams were installed within five years. For photos of local flooding during the '04 floods see http://www.mdc.govt.nz/asp/gallery1.asp?level1=flood_photos —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.72.71.40 (talk) 08:32, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Feilding Well Protected from Future Flooding
Feilding recovered well from the 2004 floods. All houses affected are now habited. Horizons Regional Council untertook an extensive Flood Protection Scheme to ensure that flooding on this scale is not repeated in the future.

Destination Manawatu --ManawatuNZ (talk) 21:41, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Feildingpedia Proposal
Feilding is one of New Zealand's most beautiful towns supported by a thriving retail and agricultural based economy. It also has a rich cultural heritage still able to be seen in the architecture in the CBD. There are many special aspects of Feilding, so we're inviting people who live in or who are connnected to Feilding to help tell its story, and make it New Zealand's first Wikipedia town in the style of Monmouthpedia.

All members of the community (current and those living further afield) are welcomed to participate. How you can help:


 * Suggest article topics
 * Write articles
 * Submit photographs (current and historic)
 * Recommend good reference materials
 * Submit articles in your native language

All who particpate will become part of a wide and supportive online community that is creating both history and telling the story of the present day.

Feilding and its surrounding districts already has some great profile online, which can be much improved upon and expanded by having an online encyclopedia version here at Wikipedia. To see what information is already online about Feilding see:


 * Feilding's Official Website
 * The Country Road touring routes website
 * the Feilding CBD Heritage Trail on the Palmerston North City & Manawatu iPhone app
 * The Stormy Point Route (a driving route on The Country Road) on EveryTrail
 * some businesses and attractions on the Palmerston North City & Manawatu website
 * some businesses and attractions on New Zealand website

Contact Katherine at Destination Manawatu to register your interest and help get this project started. T: +64 6 350 1811   E:  office@manawatunz.co.nz

Destination Manawatu --ManawatuNZ (talk) 22:11, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * A similar proposal is under discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_New_Zealand. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:45, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I see that Feilding has a huge number of structures that are registered with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Two of those are Category I heritage buildings:
 * St John the Evangelist Church
 * Feilding Community Centre

The Category I items are certainly notable enough to warrant their own article. Some of the Category II items may also be notable, but at the very least, they could all be mentioned in the Feilding article. What would be good is for a local to print out the list of registered buildings, and go on a photo expedition on a nice day. Please have the photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (and NOT to Wikipedia). Stick them all into 'Category:Feilding, New Zealand' and I can do the rest. I'd be most happy to help with writing about these heritage structures. Heritage buildings could be incorporated into the article in table form, as it has for example been done in the Christchurch City Mall article.  Schwede 66  05:24, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Photo Filters
Is it appropriate to use photos with obvious effect filters (instagram?) on this page? --118.8.43.222 (talk) 06:04, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Images says: Images must be relevant to the article that they appear in and be significantly and directly related to the article's topic. Those are the primary criteria. Once we have many pictures, we can choose those with the most utility. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:28, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Biggest saleyards
Feilding does NOT have the largest saleyards in the southern hemisphere. Could somebody PLEASE rectify this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.236.62.33 (talk) 02:15, 10 April 2014 (UTC) 125.236.62.33 (talk) 02:19, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The claim made by the source is that they once were one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. I've clarified this, and also reduced the detail about the guided tours.- gadfium 05:46, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

"North Street School" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Street_School&redirect=no North Street School] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at until a consensus is reached. PalauanReich (talk) 17:35, 28 March 2023 (UTC)