Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the A-MU-C-UM (pronounded "A Musuem" or "Amuse-um"), a collection of mechanical and static museum displays. When publicly displayed, it attracted large crowd...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          April 10, 2021

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A look back at some local circus history, as reported in the newspaper. Travelling circus visits to Palmerston North have been reported since 1909, and have continued t...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 12, 2021

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A selection of unusual stories reported in past issues of the Manawatū Standard.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          May 18, 2019

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31 January 1961: "Miss Mary Sanderson, the petite blonde flying trapeze artist, reclines in her "railway carriage" home. She is lying on an attractive kangaroo skin rug ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 31, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 May 1989 with the caption : "Sole Brothers' Circus' Minyak rallies for the cause outside the Regent Theatre on Saturday." Minyak wore banners with slogans aimed at co...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 15, 1989

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31 January 1961. "Even though many schools start tomorrow, thoughts of school were far away this morning when many children enjoyed feeding the elephants at Wirth's Circ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 31, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 May 1989 with the caption : "Sole Brothers' Circus' Minyak rallies for the cause outside the Regent Theatre on Saturday." Minyak wore banners with slogans aimed at co...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 15, 1989

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 May 1989 with the caption : "Sole Brothers' Circus' Minyak rallies for the cause outside the Regent Theatre on Saturday." Minyak wore banners with slogans aimed at co...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 15, 1989

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 May 1989 with the caption : "Sole Brothers' Circus' Minyak rallies for the cause outside the Regent Theatre on Saturday." Minyak wore banners with slogans aimed at co...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 15, 1989

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Inside this is...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 2020

Commercially sponsored gondolas on Hokowhitu Lagoon during the “Carnival of the Lake’ festival. The Carnival of The Lake, centred around Hokowhitu Lagoon, was an annual event organised by the Public Relations Office for a few years in the early 1...

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1963

This photograph shows a bustling street scene on Main Street West. The advertisement for the Convent Carnival dates this to sometime in 1905 - the carnival itself took place in early November. A crowd has gathered outside Childs Commercial Hotel a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905