Explore - Manawatū Heritage

"Wood for Old Folks" - Bagging up Before Delivery

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 June 1958, page 8: "Today the old folks of Palmerston North will receive bags of firewood donated by the Palmerston North combined Buffalo Lodges. Here are seen some ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 21, 1958

Māori Radio Looks Back on Year of Motivation

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th July 1985 "Palmerston North's Māori Community Action radio programme this week celebrates a year on air. And improving community response to the show coincides with...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 25, 1985

Crowded House at the Showgrounds

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 7th of February 1995. It was captioned 'Crowded House's Nick Seymour took the band to new heights when he scaled the stage rigging at yesterday's concert. Police est...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          February 6, 1995

Crowded House at the Showgrounds

This image was taken (but not published) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 7th of February 1995.

Headline: “Band’s ‘free-for-all’ concert brings the house down”

The Waitangi Day concert was free and included performan...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          February 6, 1995

Herbs at Parorangi [Hato Pāora] College - Resource cover image

Herbs at Parorangi [Hato Pāora] College

These images were taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard but a story has not yet been located for the set.

Band members pictured include Maurice Watene, Willie Hona, Dilworth Karaka, Phil Thoms, Tama Lundon, and Fred Faleauto.

The Herbs entry in...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Kimbolton Road, Cheltenham
Date:          July 1983

"Cheerful Welcome To Palmerston North"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 December, 1959. “Yesterday the members of the Palmerston North Jaycee erected large signs on three highways leading into Palmerston North. It is hoped to erect one a...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

Tom Sharplin and the Rockets

These images were taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard. It may have appeard in the paper, but no date was appended to the original negatives.

You can read more about Tom Sharplin on Audio Culture here: https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/tom...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

The Hong Kong Band and Harril Mulaney Trio - Resource cover image

The Hong Kong Band and Harril Mulaney Trio

These images were taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard.

Hawke's Bay based band The Harril Mulaney Trio perform with the Hong Kong Band at 'the Mandarin'.

The Seafarers-Mandarin Restaurant was located at 217 – 223 Cuba Street in Palmerston Nor...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          217-223 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 1974

The Harril Mulaney Trio and Carol Ruri - Resource cover image

The Harril Mulaney Trio and Carol Ruri

These images were taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard.

Hawke's Bay based band The Harril Mulaney Trio perform with Carol Ruri at 'the Mandarin'.

The Seafarers-Mandarin Restaurant was located at 217 – 223 Cuba Street in Palmerston North. In 2...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          217-223 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 2, 1973

The Harril Mulaney Trio - Resource cover image

The Harril Mulaney Trio

These images were taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard.

Hawke's Bay based band The Harril Mulaney Trio and new vocalist perform at 'the Mandarin'.

The Seafarers-Mandarin Restaurant was located at 217 – 223 Cuba Street in Palmerston North. In ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          217-223 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 2, 1975

Herman's Hermits

These images were taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard. It may have appeard in the paper, but no specific date was appended to the original negatives.

Herman;s Hermits are an English pop-band hailing from Manchester who enjoyed several hits in...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          June 1983

"Spring Clean for the Pond in the Square"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 October 1960 "Workmen began yesterday emptying the pond in the Square in preparation for the removal of the mud which has accumulated. Goldfish were caught by hand an...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 11, 1960

Jaycees' Raft Race: Starts at Te Matai Road - Resource cover image

Jaycees' Raft Race: Starts at Te Matai Road

The first in this set of unpublished images was taken for a story in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.

"It was a Le Mans-type start at Te Matai Road, with the crew captains racing to their rafts after the starting gun had been f...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 3, 1973

Jaycees' Raft Race: Won by Valuation Department Crew - Resource cover image

Jaycees' Raft Race: Won by Valuation Department Crew

This set of unpublished images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.

The race was "won by a six-man crew from the Valuation Department. It comprised John Clendin, Dave Roxburgh, Bob Mitchell, Dave ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 3, 1973

Jaycees' Raft Race: The Starting Gun is Fired - Resource cover image

Jaycees' Raft Race: The Starting Gun is Fired

The first in this set of unpublished images was taken for a story in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.

Crew captains raced to their rafts... "after the starting gun had been fired by Manawatu's Miss Commonwealth Games Hostess, T...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 3, 1973

Jaycees' Raft Race: To the Victors, Heaps of Flour - Resource cover image

Jaycees' Raft Race: To the Victors, Heaps of Flour

The first in this set of images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.

"To the victors, certainly not the spoils, but heaps of flour. As the Valuation Department team drifted under the Fitzherbert B...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 3, 1973

Jaycees' Raft Race: An 88-Strong Armada of Rafts - Resource cover image

Jaycees' Raft Race: An 88-Strong Armada of Rafts

The first in this set of images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.

"An 88-strong armada of rafts makes its way down the Manawatu River yesterday during the Awapuni Jaycees' fourth annual raft ra...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 3, 1973

[Ground Floor of Library]

[Image of the ground floor of the Palmerston North Public Library. A man is seated at a table, reading a book. The large sloping windows look out onto Main Street.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Main Street & the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 10, 1965

[Fountain and Central Staircase of Library}

[Image of Palmerston North Public Library. A woman is sitting on a red leather chair relaxing with a book, next to the indoor fountain which was situated under the central staircase. There are pot plants in planters on the edge of the pond and in ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Main Street & the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 10, 1965

[Second Floor of Library]

[Image of the study area on the first floor of the Palmerston North Public Library. A young man is reading by the north facing window, which has a metal grid designed to provide good reading light, and some shade in summer. This was an architectur...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Main Street & the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 10, 1965

"2000 in Peaceful March Against War"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 1st of May 1970. "Two thousand people sat and stood in front of the Palmerston North Clock Tower last night and sang “We Shall Live in Peace” as the climax to probab...