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“’Wrong side of the tracks’ Doesn’t Apply Here”

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Description: These images were taken for the June 18th 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published.

An excerpt from the article read: “Just why are a Cabinet Minister and a Palmerston North accountant shaking hands in the middle of the railway lines at Bunnythorpe? Because it's their hope that the township will be divided between them after November's General Election. The township has been neatly divided in half by the reorganised electoral boundaries, and is the only town to be so divided in the Manawatu area. The new boundaries come into effect this General Election. Mr Gandar (left) who is now the member for Ruahine, will be trying to become the member for the new Rangitikei seat – his former Ruahine electorate has ‘disappeared’ in the new set up.

And Mr Michael Cox, on right, is the National candidate for the new Manawatu electorate, which now extends to take in half of Bunnythorpe. Formerly the Manawatu electorate's northern boundary was marked by Rangitikei Line, extending across to the Rangitikei River and the sea. The new electoral boundaries for the Manawatu area were announced in March 1977, and involve changes to the present Horowhenua, Manawatu, Rangitikei and Ruahine seats. The Palmerston North city electorate is unchanged. However, people living in Palmerston North, but outside the city electorate boundaries are now all in the Manawatu electorate.”

These images form part of the Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection. Unfortunately, only negatives between April and December 1978 are held.