The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened on 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned as unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened...
Creator: Ray Carter
Place: 380 Church Street
Date: October 1996
A walking trail that celebrates the vital role women have played in the development of Palmerston North, through sites particularly associated with women. This brochure was prepared by Gaynor White to mark New Zealand's Women's Suffrage Centennial...
Date: 1993
Ernest (Ernie) Vilhelm West (1885-1961) was a Palmerston North architect and member of the Middle Districts Aero Club. His first flight was in 1909, when visiting the Crystal Palace, London, he flew in a Farman box kite. However, West did not lear...
Date: February 1938
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1936
The figure on the left is Ernest (Ernie) Vilhelm West (1885-1961), a Palmerston North architect and member of the Middle Districts Aero Club. His first flight was in 1909, when visiting the Crystal Palace, London, he flew in a Farman box kite. How...
Date: 1938
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1938 to 1939
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1938
J. Linklater (M.P. for Manawatū and the aero club's president), J. G. Coobe (Minister of Defence) and club member D. F. Smillie pose in front of a World War I Bristol Fighter. The Bristol, a R.N.Z.A.F. Machine, had been flown up from Wigram Air F...
Date: December 1931
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome.
Date: 1930s
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Creator: Royal New Zealand Airforce
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: circa 1955
The Palmerston North Flying School was formed in 1966 by Alexander Brian Milne (a former RNZAF Pilot Officer in WWII and 'A'Cat pilot) and Syd Jensen.
Date: circa 1970
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1990s
This photograph is thought to show an event at the Milson Aerodrome. It may show the opening of the Middle Districts Aero Club's new twin hanger and clubhouse in December 1938. Unfortuantely, on 17 February 1939 in a large fire which destroyed th...
Date: circa 1938
The Middle Districts Aero Club acquired its first Tiger Moth in 1938 and by the end of 1949, had a fleet of six Tigers. These were considered the most practical aircraft for training new pilots. In 1958, Champions began replacing Tigers as the pre...
Date: 1965
Members of the aero club and a large group of boys stand around a landed aircraft.
Date: circa 1940
This photograph shows members who were prominent in club affairs at the time standing in front of a hanger and three aircrafts at Milson Aerodrome. From the left: A. Chandler, J. Penny, R. McDonald, G. W. Dixon, H. E. Edmunds (president), R. L. Mc...
Date: 1935
From left (seated) are: M. Nathan, L. Stannard, H. E. Edmunds and Miss Shannon. Standing are: K. G. Chamberlain, J. B. Smillie, N. R. Lecher, R. L. Forrest, A. Radford, R. Linklater, A. H. Honeyfield, E. W. Pearse, R. L. McGaffin, J. Penny, G. W. ...
Date: 1930s
The street in the centre of the photograph, running towards the Manawatū River, is Victoria Avenue. Broadway Avenue runs parallel to the lower edge of the photo, with the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit visible in the lower righthand corner.
Date: 1976 to 1977
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1976 to 1977
Work on the foundations for the Civic Administration Building is visible in the upper right of this photograph, suggesting a date of about 1976 or 1977.
Date: 1976 to 1977
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Midd...
Date: 1976 to 1977
Terrace End School opened in 1884, with Mrs M. A. Harvey as the first headmistress. Subsequent head teachers included Mr D. H. Guthrie (1885 to 1889) and Mr von Blaremberg (1889 to 1893). In addition to documenting the activities of the school, th...
Creator: Terrace End School
Date: 1884 to 1891
This paper comes from the Berry Bird Papers, held in the Palmerston North Community Archives. Berenice (Berry) Joubert Bird (1934-2020) was a nurse and leading advocate of infection control inititatives in the New Zealand healthcare system. In Nov...
Creator: Berenice Bird
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Hobday Photo
Date: 1949 to 1950
A group of twenty-nine scouts, their scoutmaster and two young women, posed in front of a Union Jack flag. Labelled: "Presented by E. R. Whalley." Ernest Richard Whalley (1863-1929) was a Palmerston North photographer. Reginald Herbert Whalley ...
Creator: Crown Studios, Whalley & Co., Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Date: circa 1920
A group of three scoutmasters and 23 scouts. The first scout troop was established in Palmerston North in late 1908. The Manawatū Evening Standard reported: "the boys meet every Friday night at the Mounted Rifles' orderly room. There the twenty bo...
Creator: The Crown Studios, Whalley & Co., Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Standing: Mr Edyvean, Mrs Neilson, Mrs Kells, Mr Inglis, Scoutmaster Francis, Mrs Butzbach, Mrs Richmond, Mr Neilson. Sitting: Mrs Francis, Mr Simmonds, Mrs Edyvean.
Date: 1926