The first in this set of images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
"An 88-strong armada of rafts makes its way down the Manawatu River yesterday during the Awapuni Jaycees' fourth annual raft ra...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
The first in this set of unpublished images was taken for a story in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
Crew captains raced to their rafts... "after the starting gun had been fired by Manawatu's Miss Commonwealth Games Hostess, T...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
The first in this set of unpublished images was taken for a story in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
"It was a Le Mans-type start at Te Matai Road, with the crew captains racing to their rafts after the starting gun had been f...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
This set of unpublished images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
The race was "won by a six-man crew from the Valuation Department. It comprised John Clendin, Dave Roxburgh, Bob Mitchell, Dave ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
The first in this set of images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
"To the victors, certainly not the spoils, but heaps of flour. As the Valuation Department team drifted under the Fitzherbert B...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: December 1967
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 196X
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 196X
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 196X
This aerial is believed to be set in Palmerston North. Can you identify the location? Please use the comments tab to let us know so we can update the information attached to this record.
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography b...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: 1955
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 196X
This aerial is believed to be set in Palmerston North. Can you identify the location? Please use the comments tab to let us know so we can update the information attached to this record.
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography b...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: 1955
Taonui Street is named for the Taonui Swamp. While the literal meaning is "big spear" or "big catch," it is a metaphor for an abundance of kai (food) and resources.
The image is a derivative ...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
This copy of John Tiffin Stewart's handwritten manuscript was typed in 1967 by Ian Matheson, who has annotated each paragraph with the page numbers of T. Lindsay Buick's Old Manawatu (1903) containing information derived from Stewart's manuscript.
Date: 1902 to 1967
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Parahaki Island. Approximately 10 hectares, it is located at the confluence of the Pohangina and Manawatū rivers. It is a significant site for mana whenua. It was h...
Creator: Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place: Manawatū
Date: July 20, 2024
The crescent is named for Tukere, Whakarongo's second husband. December 2022.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
To l...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
The drive is named in honour of Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna (c. 1808-1883). Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna was ariki (hereditary high chief) of the hapū (kinship group) Ngāti Mutuahi, Te Rangiaranaki and Ngāti...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Ruahine Reserve was the site of Ruahine Kāinga (village) before 1864, a community of 150 to 200 people. It is recalled by Rangitāne as being where the old College of Educ...
Creator: Karla Karaitiana
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 1, 2024