The combined Croquet and Bowling Club was established on the corner of Park Road and Fitzherbert Avenue and officially opened 30 November 1918. Later the tennis club joined the combined committee. By 1938, the combined clubs had two full sized bow...

Creator:      R P Moore, Wellington
Place:          Corner of Park Road and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1923

This player wears a blazer that identifies him as a Bush Rugby Representative from 1959 until 196x

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          1970s

A studio photograph of the players and their coach.

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          1972

This player wears a blazer identifying him as a member of the 197x

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          1970s

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          1970s

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          1970s

The national women's netball tournament was held at the Puriri Netball Centre in Palmerston North in August 1971. The Netball Centre and surrounding area was renamed Vautier Park in 1976 after Catherine Vautier who had a lifetime involvement with ...

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          August 1971

Three medals, Gold, Silver and Bronze, produced for the 1990 Special Olympics held in Palmerston North. The medals were donated to the Palmerston North City Council by the Special Olympics Committee in in gratitude for the council's sponsorship...

Date:          1990

Salamander is the Freyberg High School Yearbook. It has been published annually since the school opened in 1955. The yearbook is named in honour of Sir Bernard "Tiny" Cyril Freyberg, who Winston Churchill described as the ‘salamander’ of the Brit...

Creator:      Freyberg High School
Place:          Freyberg Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 May 1958, page 9: "The Kia Toa and Manawatu line-out specialist, W. Hearn, reaches far greater height than any of his team mates or opponents in a match between Old B...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          May 19, 1958

The Coalition Against the Tour group was formed 15 March 1985, to protest against the proposed tour of the All Black rugby team to South Africa.

This poster's message is to

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1985

The Coalition Against the Tour group was formed 15 March 1985, to protest against the proposed tour of the All Black rugby team to South Africa.

This poster's message is to oppose the tour, through boycotting major businesses who supply uniform a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1985

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Palmerston North has a diverse sporting history. .By the early 1900s, sport clubs in the city included bowls, croquet, golf, tennis, cricket, rugby, hockey and athletics. By 1...

Creator:      Geoff Watson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 16, 2021

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 07 August 1961 "The next representative fixture in which the local Manawatu left half Miss Jean Anderson participates will be the 100th occasion in which she wears the M...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 7, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 September 1958: "The line-up of teams at the New Zealand women's indoor basketball championships which opened in Palmerston North yesterday."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 9, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 August 1958, page 8: "A hard-fought match in the second round of the men's A grade championships of the North Island squash rackets tournament being conducted in the c...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 9, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 February 1961: "W. Creed arrives at the true allocation of points for a head as he measures distances of bowls from the jack during the Arnott Shield bowls held durin...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 13, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 July 1958, page 11: "The Manawatu basketball team will play in Rotorua at the New Zealand tournament at the end of next month. The team (from the left) is D. Thomas (...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 29, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 May 1958, page 12: "The referee is not going to receive the ball as it may seem in this incident between Woodville and Red Shield at the Intermediate School grounds o...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 22, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 October 1958: "These three riders filled the major placings in the Manawatu Cash Cycling Club's 96-mile North Island championship from Wellington to Palmerston North ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 20, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 March 1958, page 7: "D. Kinsella puts his best into the javelin throw at the Palmerston North Teachers' College athletics held on Thursday. This throw earned him seco...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 22, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 June 1961 "N. Stag, of Masterton (nearest the camera) and J. Cooper, of Palmerston North, in action during the Manawatu men's open championship squash racket tourname...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 5, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 April 1958, page 9: "Neither boxer finds his target during this exchange between Billy Leckie (left) and Brian Bennett in a lightweight contest at the Palmerston Nort...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 29, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 07 August 1958, page 10: "This picture would have been complete with the Ranfurly Shield. The Manawatu Rugby team as it arrived home from New Plymouth today. They are, f...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 7, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 August 1961 "[Selected from a round-up of images] at the New Zealand Universities' winter tournament in the city today: J. Porter (Auckland) clears from the rough on ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Park Road, Palmerston North
Date:          August 15, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 March 1961 "Running the mile in a time just outside M. Halberg's when he was the same age as B. Jones would give the latter a good prospect for a future career in ath...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 9, 1961

[Two rugby teams compete for the ball on the field.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard

Date:          June 30, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 March, 1959. "In New Zealand for one week to inspect our system of dealing with wool are these three men who took a day off to visit the Awapuni races. They are Mr J....

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Awapuni
Date:          March 23, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 March, 1959. "Discussing matters of common interest at the Manawatu Racing Club's autumn meeting on Saturday were the president of the Manawatu Club (Mr L. M. Abraham...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          March 24, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 April, 1959. "C. Harris (Manawatu) centre and S. McDowall (Feilding) look on as G. E. Cutfield (Manawatu) putts during the first round of the Manawatu veterans' annua...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 15, 1959