Booklet published by the Foxton Historical Society and made available Labour Weekend 1969 when the group celebrated a century of flaxmilling in Foxton. The booklet was written by the following contributors - I.R. Matheson, C.M. Thompson, and A.N....
Creator: Foxton Historical Society
Place: Foxton
Date: 1969
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 "Cleared to Land," early days of aviation in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons
p. 15 Design for living: the Savage Crescent conservation area / Margaret Tate
p. 25 Atawhai / Patricia Keiller ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2010
Maps that show ownership of farm land, covering the area from approximately Mangaweka to Levin in the North Island. The index lists the farms according to the owner's name.
Produced by Centrepoint Theatre
Creator: Centrepoint Theatre
Place: Manawatū and surrounding area
Date: 1979
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 The everyday life of a boarder at Feilding Agricultural High School, 1960-1962 / Peter Weston
p. 11 From the car shed to the water’s edge. The formation of the Himatangi Beach settlement / Tony Rasm...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2021
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 ‘Simple everyday dishes’ from the Town & Country Patriotic Women Workers’ Cookery Book ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2022
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 School milk, health camps and 'Gunn's Gospel of Grub' / Margaret Tennant
p. 13 'This lovely home'. An account of 'Brabourne', 149 Monmouth Street, Feilding / Gerry Barton
p. 26 Stepping out of the ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2020
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Peanuts or beef? A walking challenge / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 11 Manawatū's First World War camps, 1914-1919 / Tim Shoebridge
p. 22 Heirs of Rochdale: the Manawatū Co-operative Society and its fou...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2013
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 Serving the people: work and life at Palmerston North's premier department store / Simon Johnson
p. 17 Awapuni Medical Corps camp and 'the scourge' of 1918 / Leanne Croon Hickman
p. 29 The Methodi...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2019
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 Mrs (Dr) Martin tracing Margery Martin, the wife of Dr Arthur Anderson Martin / Leanne Croon Hickman
p. 14 Fragments of a year in the life of a Palmerston North business /Jill White
p. 22 A growing...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2018
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 'Whose river is it anyway? Recreation on the Manawatū.' / Jill White
p. 15 'The story of a schoolbag: going to school in the First World War.' / Kerry Bethell & Cushla Scrivens
p. 23 'A new lease o...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2017
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Margaret Tennant
p. 5 To bridge or not to bridge...? / Jill White
p. 17 Money for my boy: the story of Katherine Wilson's will / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 25 The final battle / Simon Johnson
p. 35 An indeterminate sente...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2016
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 A story of music, rumour, and war in Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 11 Anders Hansen Ihle Palmerston North pioneer / Joan Barnes
p. 20 A journalist in World War One: the man who created 'ANZAC'...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2015
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial: Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Flea-houses and picture palaces: cinema life before the Downtown multiplex / Pauline Knuckey
p. 14 Motorists: look before you peep: the fall and rise of Feilding's town clock / Simon Johnson
p. 22...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2014
Contents:
p. 3 Guest editorial / Margaret Tennant
p. 5 'Taonui School' joins in the Queen Victoria diamond jubilee celebrations / Jill White
p. 8 Smut, satire and hairy fairies: Massey University student capping revues / Lucy Marsden
p. 20...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2012
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Girls, girls... Miss Victoria McKenzie at FAHS / Cushla Scrivens
p. 13 The Catholic Māori Church at Kai Iwi pā / Eljon Fitzgerald & Maureen Lawton
p. 22 Strippers, tubbers & scutchers: life a...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2011
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 4 A farmhouse becomes famous / Margaret Tate
p. 9 I learnt from the nuns a study of music teaching offered by the Sisters of Mercy in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons
p. 25 The Alwyn Physical ...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2006
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Spending a penny public rest rooms for women in Palmerston North and Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 17 Veteran curator: Charles Hirtzel and the Manawatu Philosophical Society museum / Fiona M...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2009
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens
p. 5 Refuge for thousands: the role of Manawatu after the Hawke's Bay earthquake / Dorothy Pilkington
p. 14 James Baxter Fleck / Alice Hunt-O'Keefe
p. 23 A forgotten hero / Margaret Tate
p. 33 R...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2007
Contents:
p. 3 Guest editorial /Dorothy Pilkington
p. 5 Through the shop window: Claude Dixon's original and artistic retail displays / Fiona McKergow
p. 13 Connections: The Russells of Wharerata and their origins / Lucy Marsden
p. 20 Wome...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2006
McHardy Hall was designed by the Public Works Department and built for the Army in 1941, to be used as accommodation for army officers during WWII. It was handed over to Massey Agricultural College (MAC) in 1943, and used as student accommodation....
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: November 4, 2010
Manuscript on the history of the Aokautere area, near Palmerston North, compiled by Edna Crowe and Edna Georgina Crowe, by June Springer. Covers the period 1917 - 1945, with additional family information on Edna Georgina Crowe to her death in 1997...
Creator: June Springer
Place: Aokautere
Date: 1997
A report on an archaeological site survey on the coastal strip between the Manawatū River and Rangitikei River. This work done in preparation for the "Foxtangi" Sand Stabilisation Scheme to be undertaken by the Manawatū and Rangitikei-Wanganui Cat...
Creator: Dale Bailey and Jadwig Kozyniak for the Manawatū Museum Society
Place: Manawatū
Date: 1984
Maps that show farm ownership of land, covering the area from approximately Mangaweka to Paekaikariki in the North Island. the index lists the farms according to the owner's name.
Produced by Combined Manawatu Lions Clubs and Oroua Young Farmers ...
Creator: Combined Manawatu Lions clubs and Oroua Young Farmers Clubs
Place: Manawatu and surrounding area
Date: 1968
The Masonic Hotel was built in 1893, on the site of former Palmerston Hotel. The building has been extensively renovated but remains an hotel, with bar and accommodation. Photographs taken for Historic Pubs of Palmerston North walk, Local History ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2010
The Cafe de Paris was built as an hotel in 1893, opposite the thriving Palmerston North Railway Station. It remains in business as an hotel still. This extension at the back was built in 1923, with an opening through to a court yard. Photographs t...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Domain Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2010
The Cafe de Paris was built as an hotel in 1893, opposite the thriving Palmerston North Railway Station. It remains in business as an hotel still. Photographs taken for Historic Pubs of Palmerston North walk, Local History Week 2010. Tour guides B...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Domain and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2010
The Cafe de Paris was built as an hotel in 1893, opposite the thriving Palmerston North Railway Station. it remains in business as an hotel still. Photographs taken for Historic Pubs of Palmerston North walk, Local History Week 2010. Tour guides B...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Domain and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2010
The Royal building was built in 1898 as Dawick's Buffet, and by 1906 offered 90 rooms and was the largest accommodation house in Palmerston North. The Royal Hotel originally stood on the corner of The Square and Rangitikei Street, but when the sit...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2010
The first Empire Hotel was built on this site in 1890, but was burnt down in 1895. Another hotel was built the same year, and it was that building that forms the basis of the current Empire Hotel. Extensive renovations over the years have changed ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Main and Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2010
Science Towers A & B, completed in 1969, were designed by the Ministry of Works in the Brutalism style. They are used for teaching, research and offices. Photograph taken for Massey University walk, Local History Week 2010. Tour guide Louis Changu...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: November 4, 2010