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Tiger
Tiger

Tiger

Tiger was a Great Dane belonging to Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf (Ngā Puhi), of the Māori Battalion. Harding and Tiger trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds between January and May of 1940. The images were taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Showgrounds. On the back of the photographs Keith wrote, “Mascot of the Māori Battalion.”

Images contributed by Keith's great-nephew, Palmerston North City Councillor, Mark Arnott.

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Palmerston North
 
Māori Battalion Parade

Māori Battalion Parade

This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds from January to May of 1940. On the back of the photograph Keith wrote, “Māori Battalion Parade at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. Tall building at right, lost in Ordnance Fire, midnight New Year’s Eve.” The fire was in 1945.

Images contributed by Keith's great-nephew, Palmerston North city councillor, Mark Arnott.

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Palmerston North
 
Festival of Cultures

Festival of Cultures

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"The 'Felix Stowe' Wreck on Manawatu beach 1878"

"The 'Felix Stowe' Wreck on Manawatu beach 1878"

The Felixstowe was a barque trading into Ōtaki. She was wrecked on 13 October 1878 when - like the Hydrabad in June of the same year - she mistook the northern end of Kāpiti, on which there was no lighthouse, for Stephens Island in Cook Straight. The captain, Piggot, was never found; three crewman were washed ashore dead. The ship's resting place is off the coast just to the south of Pakakutu - a little to the north of the mouth of Ōtaki.

This image is a black and white photograph of a watercolour drawing by John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913), a civil engineer, surveyor and amateur artist. The original drawing is part of the J. T. Stewart papers donated to the Whanganui Museum by W. T. Stewart.

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Architects from Manawatū - Whanganui region

Architects from Manawatū - Whanganui region

Copied from an original print, the original photograph was taken in February 1931. The architects were believed to be on a visit to Napier to see earthquake damage.

Back row: Unknown, Unknown, Newton Hood (Whanganui), Robin Hood (Palmerston North), Jack Duffill (Hawera) Mr Gibson (Hawera), Lockie Brown (Palmerston North)

Front row: Ernie West (Palmerston North), A.R. Allen (Palmerston North), Unknown

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Manawatū-Whanganui
 
Bridewell's Bakery Building

Bridewell's Bakery Building

Image from about 1935, this bakery was on the corner of Main Street and Victoria Avenue. The site was leased from Hopwood's by the Bridewell family. On the far left is Reginald (Reg) Bridewell with his young son Maurice. His son-in-law Ron Siegel is on the other cart, next to Lionel Bridewell and Dudley Bridewell. The horses names are Lady and Tody.

Not long after this photograph was taken, the bakery moved to 487 Main Street (later renumbered 729 Main Street, one of several Terrace End shops) where it remained operating until the 1980s.

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Palmerston North
 
Bridewell's Bakery Van

Bridewell's Bakery Van

Image from about mid 1950's, when Bridewell's Bakery operated from 729 Main Street, Terrace End. The bakery was a family owned business.
Shown on the left is Reginald (Reg) Bridewell, the original owner and Master Baker from London, born in Wiltshire UK. His sons Dudley (Dud) and Maurice, shown here, became the joint owners after Reg's death.

Reginald's granddaughter recalls that the awards displayed on the van door were awarded from London for Best Loaf of Bread, 1919, 1921 and 1924.

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Palmerston North
 
[Gordon Cumming unveils bronze tablet commemorating centenary of Palmerston North Hospital]

[Gordon Cumming unveils bronze tablet commemorating centenary of Palmerston North Hospital]

This image was taken for a story that appeared in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 21 December 1994, published with the caption: "A bronze tablet to commemorate the first 100 years of the Palmerston North Hospital was unveiled last night. Hospital centennial committee chairman Gordon Cumming unveiled the sculpture by Palmerston North artist Paul Dibble. It had been placed in the main foyer of the hospital. Mr Cumming said the sculpture, which symbolises a patient and health professionals, was the final gesture from the centennial committee, which last year erected a centennial banner in the hospital chapel.

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[Paul Dibble with 'Concrete in the Garden' installation]

[Paul Dibble with 'Concrete in the Garden' installation]

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 9 November 1981, titled 'Concrete in the Garden.' It describes the installation of the same name by the Palmerston North artist Paul Dibble (1943-2023) that was on view at the Manawatū Art Gallery.

The impetus for Dibble’s installation was his dislike of the recently-constructed PNCC Civic Administration Building and what he considered the oppressive heaviness of its brutalist concrete form. Instead, his art work “recreated a light fragile space using thin metal rods” which established “the limits of his ‘garden’ and convey that all-important lightness – in an abstract way”. Wax figures recline on strips of artificial grass, while brightly-coloured, sheet-metal parrots are perched on the metal rods. Dibble had weighted the parrots with lead-filled beer bottle tops, which meant that the movement of visitors to the gallery caused the birds to sway gently, animating the space.

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Portrait of Harold Anderson

Portrait of Harold Anderson

Born, Harald Nilius Anderson in Oslo, Norway, 16 March 1869 - Harold Anderson settled in Palmerston North. He was joined by his sisters who worked with Harold at his photography and art business, Anderson Studios, in Main Street (opposite the then Railway Station). His sons later continued the business in Berrymans building on Broadway. He had ten children.

Harold travelled to the United States and attended art school in Chicago. He then visited Norway and Ireland before returning to Aotearoa.

Harold completed the drawings of Rangitāne rangatira, Te Peeti Te Awe Awe, that were sent to Italy, and on which the marble statue in Te Marae o Hine is modelled.

He died 4 April 1925 at 137 Scandia Street Palmerston North, now 429 Albert Street, although the old house is gone. Harold was buried in Terrace End Cemetery.

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Palmerston North
 
Flooding in Pencarrow Street

Flooding in Pencarrow Street

Sue Morrison and Barry Rosser grabbed a few belongings and canoed away from their flood stricken home rather than get wet.

The floods of July 1988 occurred after Palmerston North experienced the highest 24 hour rainfall on record. It fell mostly between 1pm and midnight 24 July. A state of emergency was declared. More than 1000 people were evacuated from 12 flooded streets when the Mangaone Stream and the Kawau Stream flowed at very high levels, closing trapdoors and storm water drains. Most of the flooded homes were in Amberley Avenue, Chadwick Place, Pencarrow Street and Cedar Grove.

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Palmerston North
 
White Wyandotte Cockerel

White Wyandotte Cockerel

This prize winning cockerel was owned and bred by Reverend W.Lea, Aramaho, Wanganui. The date is thought to be 1923. The cockerel won prizes in poultry shows in Christchurch, Palmerston North, Hawera, Taihape, Waikato, Woodville, Levin and Wanganui.

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Manawatū, Whanganui, Horowhenua
 
Memory Lane - "The Mather Papers"

Memory Lane - "The Mather Papers"

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Tribute to distinguished historian and teacher Brian Mather (1928-2008), founder of the Local History Study Group which later became the Palmerston North Historical Society Inc. He contributed significantly to researching and raising awareness of Palmerston North's history. Brian's research work is a lasting legacy to the city.

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Palmerston North
 
Back Issues: A life of major scale in Manawatū

Back Issues: A life of major scale in Manawatū

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of influential and distinguished music teacher, Evelyn Mary Rawlins (1889-1977). Her financial legacy funded the Evelyn Rawlins Room and continues to support the development of artists and projects.

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Palmerston North
 
Marist Brothers High School - Boys on Stage

Marist Brothers High School - Boys on Stage

Programme for musical production. Boys on Stage was a stage show put on by Marist Brothers High School in 1963, initially at the Opera House, and by popular demand, for two more nights at The Regent. All the participants were male students at the school, albeit well disguised by the (parent) make-up artists. Marist Brothers' High School opened in 1939 and became a full secondary school in 1942. It closed in 1974, with the opening of St Peter's College.

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Palmerston North
 
Co-op West End store

Co-op West End store

Image of the West End Co-op grocery store wall. The Consumers' Co-Operative (Manawatu) Ltd had stores all over Palmerston North, including grocery stores in Broadway, Cuba Street, West End, Takaro, Terrace End, Milson, Russell Street, Featherston Street and Albert Street and butcheries in Broadway, West End, Takaro, Ada Street, Russell Street and Limbrick Street. This Co-op grocery store was on the corner of Pioneer Highway and Botanical Road.

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Palmerston North