Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. When Darren Trask started renovating his country cottage, he found historic newspapers dated 1887 in the wall linings. The cottage, address 1033B Napier Road, is class...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 11, 2010
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: 1975 to 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: 1975 to 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: circa 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke
Date: October 1976
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Pam Rush shares memories of her mother Frieda McDonald and the recipe book Frieda started in the 1920s.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 24, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Brian Dredge recalls his father Cyril Dredge's war time experiences and career. Cyril Dredge joined the Manawatū Home Guard during World War II. He was an active member...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: September 4, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Book review of "Early Medical Practitioners in Manawatū and Palmerston North" by Dr Richard Rawstron. The book describes a background of early medical services in Mana...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: December 14, 2013
The grove is named to honour the contribution of the Macpherson family to commerce in Palmerston North. April 2018.
From the late 1890s, Macpherson family businesses have included: grocery, apparel,...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 2025
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
Manawatū Standard article. On 19 October 1966, US President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson arrived at Ōhakea air base for the start of their New Zealand visit. Amongst the welcoming crowd was air force recruit Ray Mankelow, who capt...
Creator: Jimmy Ellingham
Place: Manawatū
Date: September 18, 2021
Creator: Ralph Body
Date: February 24, 2024
Creator: Ralph Body
Date: February 24, 2024
Pat and Jan playing in the garden of the Hayes family home at 11 Anderson Street, Palmerston North.
Creator: Thomas Hayes [?]
Place: 11 Anderson Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: 1953
Photo taken over summer at Foxton Beach, Manawatu
Creator: Anna York
Place: Foxton Beach
Date: December 27, 2017
The craft group "Wooly Riot" claimed responsibility of the yarn bombing of Charles Monroe statue. The group also yarn bombed the "Who's Afraid" sculpture in front of The Regent Theatre, the entrance to The Esplanade, and the concrete boulders at t...
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: 326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 24, 2012
An air-operated coal crane at the Palmerston North railway yards. On the foreground: railway worker Jim Daley.
Creator: Roland Penhall
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1964 to August 1964
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2020, the prospect of large numbers of citizens catching Covid-19 and dying as a result drove the government to mandate a nationwide lockdown to halt the spreading of the v...
Creator: Karis Evans
Place: Manawatū
Date: May 31, 2025
Creator: Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place: Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: December 25, 1971
Creator: Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place: Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: December 25, 1971
View of the Tararua Ranges, from the 3rd floor of the Palmerston North City Library. looking across The Square, with the clock tower in the foreground.
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Date: August 16, 2011
This plan for the new Palmerston North Post Office was designed by the architect Joshua Charlesworth (1861-1925) for the Public Works Department in 1903. The original plan is held by Archives New Zealand as part of the contract file for the agreem...
Creator: Joshua Charlesworth
Date: 1903
Gardeners working on the floral clock in The Square. Located opposite the Post Office, the clock was erected in 1971 to commemorate Palmerston North's centenary.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1990s
Festival of Cultures Lantern Parade 2018
Creator: Jennie Gutry
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 2018
Balloons released at the opening of Broadway Avenue following it's redevelopment.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1994