Mina McKenzie was born in Palmerston North and attended Whanganui Girls College. She studied zoology, geology and chemistry at Otago University 1948 - 1950 and Massey University in 1963. Mrs McKenzie joined the Museum Council in 1972 and worked fu...
Creator: Manawatu Guardian
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1975
Hedwick Wilhemina McDonald, nee Maher (1893 - 1959) was a horse woman and the first woman to be granted a horse trainer licence in the Manawatū. She trained the horse that won the Melbourne Cup in 1938. She began her own training stables at Awapun...
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Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1930s
Former Mayor Jill White sitting in the Archives Reading area of the City Library.
Jill was Mayor of Palmerston North City from 1983 - 1992. She was the first woman to hold the position. She also served as a Palmerston North City Councillor from ...
Creator: Evan Greensides for PNCC
Date: September 6, 2018
Jill White was elected Mayor of Palmerston North in 1998. She was the first woman to hold the position. She also served as a Palmerston North City Councillor from 1983 - 1992, as a Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Councillor (now Horizons) from 1989 - ...
Creator: PNCC
Date: circa 1998
Aroha Clifford was the first pilot trained by the Canterbury Aero Club in 1928. She may have been New Zealand’s first woman pilot.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Milson Airport?, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1970 to circa 1999
Louisa Snelson was born in 1844 and married George Snelson in 1865. George Snelson was a pioneer storekeeper (he opened the first shop on the Square) and was the first Mayor of he newly created Borough of Palmerston North in 1877, making Louisa th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1899
This photo shows Heather Glasgow looking at a glass plate negative in the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Heather was a member of the Heritage team at the Palmerston North City Library for over four years. She played an integral role in the develo...
Creator: Palmerston North City Library
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 1, 2014
Former Mayoress Ellen (Nell) (nee Jolly), wife of William Thomas Wood is seen here with her daughter in law, Ethel May Wood(nee Churchward) who married Herbert Wood. William Wood was a former Mayor and Member of Parliament for Palmerston North. As...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1955
On Sunday 19 June 2016, a gathering of people celebrated the work of two Palmerston North women who have greatly contributed to the preservation and recording of our local history. Grant Smith (centre), Mayor of Palmerston North, gave the awards. ...
Creator: Margaret Tennant
Date: June 19, 2016
Emma Belk was one of the working class signatories to the 1893 women's suffrage petition. Aged 73 at the time, she was living in Main Street Palmerston North. She and her husband James Duncan Belk were among the first group of settlers in...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1880s