Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 22nd February 2022, Part 1 of 2. Born in England. Many moves in early life. To Palmerston North in 1973. Early family connection with New Zealand. Moving to Canada. Came to New Zealand aged 19 for universit...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 22, 2022
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th July 2023. Part 1 of 2. To university in late 1960s, common for her group of girls. Best at maths and English, specialized in sciences. Choice of university subject. Never planned to be a housewi...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 11, 2023
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 8th August 2023. Part 1 of 4. Studying English at Massey University in 1965, a time of change. Grew up on a sheep farm. Father died young. Kings in Auckland, then Gisborne Boys High. 70% Maori at prim...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: August 8, 2023
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: November 13, 2022
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Massey University
Date: November 13, 2022
Victoria University established an extramural branch in Palmerston North, prior to the demise of the University of New Zealand in 1961 and the establishment of Massey University in 1964. It was based at the former Transit Camp site, on Centennial ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council (probable)
Place: Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date: 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 August 1961 "The hive of activity at Massey College in the tournament control centre. Telephones connected this department with other venues throughout the city. Thos...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: August 14, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 July 1961 "The chairman of the New Zealand University Winter tournament committee (Mr. C.M. Palmer), right and the publicity officer (Mr. E.R. Schroder) left, discuss...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: July 19, 1961
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 12 August 1961 ""Which luggage is mine?" This girl, one of the many students who poured into Palmerston North today for the university winter tournament, has cause to wo...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 August 1961 "R. Martin (Victoria) and M. Woods (Canterbury) thrust and parry during the fencing competition of the New Zealand Universities' winter tournament today. ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: August 15, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 August 1961 "Men who figured prominently at the official opening of the New Zealand Universities' winter tournament and arts festival on Saturday afternoon are pictur...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: August 14, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 August 1961 "The university winter tournament billet controller, Mr. R.A.S. Lawson (left), and the tournament controller, Mr. C. Palmer (right), allocated billets at ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: August 5, 1961
Looking from Summerhill Drive across to the Rugby Institute at Massey University.
The Institute was built as a joint venture between Massey University and the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1999, to be fully equipped for high performance rugby. It i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 2000
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The reverse reads: "Mrs. H. L. Young. May Johnson her maiden name. My Mother in 1926 at her graduation ceremony. After marrying my father Mr H. L. Young, my mother came to work in the office in 1940 and staying till 1947. When she took ill and die...
Date: 1926
The oval at Massey University, Manawatū Campus, with the College of Business in the background.
The oval was part of the original Massey Agricultural College grounds, housing the first hostel and refectory around the perimeter.
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Massey University, Manawatū Campus
Date: October 14, 2021
The oval at Massey University Manawatū Campus, with the Refectory (left) and McHardy Hall in the background.
The oval was part of the original Massey Agricultural College grounds, housing the first hostel and refectory around the perimeter. The R...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Massey University Manawatū Campus
Date: October 14, 2021
Pictured is a group of students posing outside Rotary Court - one of Massey's halls of residence.
Creator: Unkown
Place: Rotary Court, Massey University
Date: 1986
This tower is currently being used as offices. It will be removed and replaced by houses sometime in the near future.
It is a rare example of brutalist architecture in the city
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Hokowhitu Campus
Date: August 2020
Pictured is a close-up of the tower at the Hokowhitu campus showing detail of the rugged concrete on the curve and the windows. The tower is a key example of brutalist architecture in the city
The building is being used as offices ...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Hokowhitu Campus
Date: August 2020
The administration building at the Institute of the Pacific United (IPU), a private tertiary educational institution.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: 57 Aokautere Drive, Palmerston North
Date: 2004
The lake and administration building at the Institute of the Pacific United (IPU), a private tertiary educational institution.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: 57 Aokautere Drive, Palmerston North
Date: 2004
This image shows the gymnasium at Massey University's former teaching college, along with the tower block in the background. The building has been abandoned for some time, and there are signs saying "No access" plastered on all its doors. Graff...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Hokowhitu Campus
Date: February 23, 2020