Interview with Barry Parker, Board Chairman of the Co-op from 1982. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 25 minutes
Creator: Lee Matthews, interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
Recorded: April 20th, 2018. Interviewer: Simon Johnson Abstract: Simon Johnson. Interview with Colin Dyer, Assistant Manager, PDC, Part 2 of 2. 0.00 Social events: ‘Nights where all staff involved.” Quiz show with prizes, also social sports teams ...
Creator: Simon Johnson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 20, 2018
Recorded: April 20th, 2018. Interviewer: Simon Johnson Abstract: Simon Johnson. Interview with Colin Dyer, Assistant Manager, PDC - Part 1 of 2. 0.00 First job: Joined Woolworths, Hastings, in 1962 at 16 as trainee manager. Did well at school but ...
Creator: Simon Johnson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 20, 2018
Author, collector and Director of the Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins looks at the architecture that surrounds us - most of which goes unnoticed. Duration 45 minute mp3 file.
Creator: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins
Date: April 12, 2008
To launch Pataka Ipurangi (Digital Library) the Palmerston North City Library held an evening event in the Sound and Vision Zone. The guest speaker was Dr Jock Phillips the General Editor of Te Ara the 'Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand'. Dr Phil...
Creator: Dr Jock Phillips
Date: April 10, 2008
Interview with Vallis Peet, Dennis Quinn and Bruce Withell, about dances at Newbury Hall near Palmerston North, in the 1950s.
Summary of interview
0.00 - Recording details and introductions
0.35 – What sort of dances did they h...
Creator: Stuart Birks - interviewer
Date: February 21, 2012
George Hartopp Eliot Warburton, a barrister and solictor, arrived in Palmerston North in 1875. He married Sophia Isabella Budd in 1882, and they subsequently had 5 children; Charlotte, Piers, Maud, Mollie and Edward.
Maud Dalgety (nee Warburton) ...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1987
George Hartopp Eliot Warburton, a barrister and solictor, arrived in Palmerston North in 1875. He married Sophia Isabella Budd in 1882, and they subsequently had 5 children; Charlotte, Piers, Maud, Mollie and Edward.
Maud Dalgety (nee Warburton) ...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1987
In a talk at the Palmerston North City Library Jenny discusses her most recent novel 'Landings', an historical story set on the Whanganui River around the turn of the 20th Century. Jenny reads an extract from the novel and answers questions at the...
Creator: Jenny Pattrick
Date: April 11, 2008
To launch Pataka Ipurangi (Digital Library) the Palmerston North City Library held an evening event in the Sound and Vision Zone. The guest speaker was Dr Jock Phillips the General Editor of Te Ara the 'Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand'. In the ...
Creator: Dr Jock Phillips
Date: April 10, 2008
Grant Smith was elected mayor of Palmerston North in 2015. This interview covers his early years living in Palmerston North and Masterton.
Interview of Grant Smith, Mayor of Palmerston North, conducted by Maria Shiva on 28 February 2018. Intervi...
Creator: Grant Smith
Date: February 28, 2018
Ken Tremaine worked for Palmerston North City Council from 1976 - 1994. He was employed as the City Planner and left the organisation as city council development manager. During his 17 years with council he was involved in many of the city's major...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Date: December 1993 to January 1994
Audio depicts interview with Mai and Hung by Stuart Birks. Part 1 of 2, featuring: Decision to leave Vietnam. After 1975 moved from Hue to Saigon for 4 years, but no future there. The successful journey. First attempt, caught and imprisoned. Secon...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 27, 2021
Audio depicts interview with Mai and Hung by Stuart Birks. Part 2 of 2, featuring: Contacted by the UN, brought food. 1 pot for cooking, used by many families. Built a shelter. Taken to UN refugee camp. Not qualified, no sponsor, so Canada and US ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 27, 2021
Ray Martin Carter, QSM, retired from the New Zealand Police force as a Senior Constable. Born in Napier in 1928, he received his education in Palmerston North, and spent his thirty year career in the police force there. In his retirement he manage...
Creator: Ian Johnston, interviewer for IMCA
Place:
A presentation by Virginia Warbrick, revealing many of the meanings behind the street names of Awapuni and West End. This talk was delivered as part of Heritage Month, in March 2025.
The talk was delivered at Boho Cafe, at an event...
Creator: Virginia Warbrick
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: March 20, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 29th April 2025. Part 3 of 4. While serving with the NZ Navy he was in the UK waiting for a ship to be prepared for delivery to NZ. He and a friend went to New Addington at Christmas 1955 to vis...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 29, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 18th March 2025. Part 1 of 2. Born on a dairy farm in Taranaki. Father joined the army. The family shifted to Waiouru and later transferred to Linton in 1960. He enjoyed growing up at the Waiour...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 18, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th March 2025. Andrew Stephens, Anne Weir, Mike Lawrence, Alison Mildon, Stuart Birks. Fondue – dip bread on long forks into a bowl of melted cheese. Progressive dinners – each course at a dif...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 11, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 25th February 2025. Part 1 of 2. Born in Palmerston North and lived in Bunnythorpe until she was 19 years old then moved to Hawkes Bay to teach. Father worked at electricity sub station at Bunnythorpe...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 25, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 18th February 2025. Part 3 of 3. Many farms had old equipment associated with horse drawn vehicles. Brian Hunter headed a committee to set up a museum. A museum was established in an old factory in Bowen St...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Feilding
Date: February 18, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 4th March 2025. Part 2 of 2. She was bonded to the Ministry of Education for three years. She worked out her bond at Wimbledon then went to Norsewood in Hawkes Bay where she taught older childre...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 4, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 15th April 2025. Part 1 of 4. Joined Royal New Zealand Navy 4th February 1954 at age 15. Grandfather joined Royal Navy in 1899 at age 15. He has two tattoos – one of an anchor and the other a bu...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 15, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 1stApril 2025. Margaret Stephens, Andrew Stephens, Anne Weir, Vicki Marie Buchanan, Alison Mildon, Stuart Birks. A discussion about old cameras and photography. Illnesses including polio, ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 1, 2025
This episode of Friend of Marilyn features a piece written by members of NOLOSE (National Organization of Lesbians of Size) as a response to white fat activism from people of colour, a chat with Melissa McEwan, Founder of Shakesville, and spotligh...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: October 17, 2012
This episode of Friend of Marilyn features a chat with Virgie Tovar, author of 'Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion',
who attended NOLOSE - National Organization of Lesbians of Size - in 2012.
The Friend of Marilyn podcast began...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: September 19, 2012
Dr Fred Hirst, Specialist Geriatrician, shares his knowledge and recollections of the Awapuni Hospital, formerly located on Maxwells Line. This talk was captured with the kind support of MPR, Manawatū People's Radio at a 2024 Local History ...
Creator: Manawatu People's Radio
Place: Boho Cafe, Pitama Road
Date: March 13, 2024
Oral interview regarding the life and experiences of Alan Crews as a boy in the family's grocery on Featherston Street, Palmerston North in the 1950's.
Place: Palmerston North
Interview with Vallis Peet and Dennis Quinn about their teenage years, including dances at the Newbury Hall near Palmerston North in the 1950s.
Summary of interview
0.00 - Recording details and introductio...
Creator: Stuart Birks - oral interview
Date: February 13, 2012