Photograph showing the natural state of Memorial Park before the development of the area started, dated 1 September 1952.
Formerly a ballast pit owned by New Zealand Railways, the Memorial Park area was developed as a recreational area from 1938 ...
Creator: PNCC
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1, 1952
Johan Kristian Richter (1831-1904) was born in Norway. He anglicised his name to John Christian Richter after migrating to New Zealand. He married Harriet Frances Rae (1855-1942) in Sydney. The couple had eight children: Jorgen Robert Richter (187...
Creator: Billens and Bunting, attributed
Date: 1996
These men are involved in bush felling across the river from the small settlement at Komako.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Pohangina Valley
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1899
A group of men on horses. Original of this image not held so no details are known of its origin.
Creator: Grammer family
Date: 194X
Cars outside the Elastic Webbing factory in Palmerston North.
Creator: Rod Ruscoe
Place: West St, Palmerston North
Date: 1963
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st March 2023. Part 2 of 3. Record keeping in schools, the “brown card”. School reports, attendance, parent-teacher interviews. Balancing the rolls. Pupil turnover. Assessing teacher performance by ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 21, 2023
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 28th February 2023. Part 2 of 3. Rural life in Otaki, neighbours, change of interests. Handling horses. Moving onto own farm. Father’s gardening using the moon for planting times, commercial flower gr...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Feilding
Date: February 28, 2023
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st February 2023. Part 1 of 3. Grandfather’s house in Featherston. Father on leave during WWII. To Greytown. Father doing Maori cooking, wine making. Danish maternal grandfather came as child in 186...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Feilding
Date: February 21, 2023
A house on Boundary Road (now Tremaine Avenue) rented by Leslie and Clarice Weston-Webb prior to moving to Bunnythorpe.
Place: Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1929
Creator: Photographer: Andersons's Studio, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Inscribed: "Looked after her parents. Still alive (1972)"
Date: circa 1915
Inscribed on reverse: "From left: Bessie; Mrs Martin; Sis (Mrs Palmer); Norman; Shelina (Todge); Mr Marton; Marion."
Donald Martin (1869-1948) married Josephine Sotheran (c.1868-1947) in 1896. Their son, Norman McLeod Martin (1897-1965) enlisted ...
Creator: Photographer: Andersons, Main St, Palmerston North
Date: 1917 to 1919
Inscribed: "With all my love to dear Mary from Nessie Pollard, 10 Albert St, St Clair." Second inscription: "Lived in Dunedin - composed plays - won prizes".
Date: 1935 to 1940
Inscribed: "With Love from two old friends."
Date: circa 1939
Date: November 1939
Creator: Photographer: Burrows
Date: circa 1905 to circa 1914
The Puketotara Estate was located on the western bank of the Oroua River in the vicinity of its junction with the Manawatūorou River. The Pascal brothers, Claud and John, emigrated to New Zealand from France. They were involved in the flax industr...
Creator: Roy McLennan
Place: Puketotara Station, Ourua, Manawatū
Date: 1886
A group of recruits perform stretches alongside the track at the Awapuni Racecourse. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Zealand Medical Corps staff. The ins...
Date: September 1918
A large group of soldiers stand on parade in front of what appear to be the betting windows at the Awapuni Racecourse. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Ze...
Date: circa 1918
A group of about 20 recruits pose with shovels alongside a completed trench, the walls of which are lined with sandbags. The track of the Awapuni Racecourse is visible in the background. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps...
Date: circa 1918
A group of recruits eat and drink outdoors, somewhere in the vicinity of the Awapuni Military Training Camp, one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Zealand Medical Corps staff. ...
Date: October 1918
This photograph album depicts member of the Monrad family and their friends, in Denmark and New Zealand. It is undated but many originate from the 1860s onwards.
Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887) was a prominent figure in nineteenth-century Denma...
Date: 1860 to 1900s
'Kaingahou' in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway
Date: 191X
Oscar Monrad with Viggo and Jan, his only great-grandchildren. Taken not long before his death and may be the last photo taken of him.