Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 26th May 2020. John Ward, Alison Mildon, Don Esslemont and Stuart Birks in the 6th week of Covid-19 lockdown, describing the experience. Don had falls and was taken by ambulance for treatment twice. Distancing...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 26, 2020
Taken during the COVID-19 pandemic on a Huawei GR5 mobile device. Address hidden to protect privacy.
Creator: Daniel Straman
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 2020
This house was damaged by a fire which was started by grass under it in the early hours of 21st of March 2020. Another house down the road (number 490) also burned down sometime after.
The property was for sale for re-development at time...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: 516 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 26, 2020
This house at 490 Church Street, which was built c.1900, burned down during the evening 12th of April 2020 - during the alert level 4 lockdown of the Covid19 outbreak. News reports say it is being treated as suspicious, as a man was seen runnin...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: 490 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 26, 2020
Advertisement for an Ashhurst history morning talk by Kerry Griffiths on September 28th, 2019.
Creator: Ashhurst Library
Place: Ashhurst
Date: September 28, 2019
This is a replica of a steam locomotive called "Palmerston" which served the Foxton-Palmerston North line. It was built in 1872 in Dunedin and shipped to Foxton. It is considered to be the first locomotive entirely made in the country (previous...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Corner of Main St and Avenue Rd, Foxton
Date: July 6, 2020
The army helped Santa out at the Ashhurst Christmas parade 2019.
Creator: Ashhurst Library
Place: 82 Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst
Date: December 14, 2019
Day 2 of coronavirus shutdown in Palmerston North. Memeorial Park and other playgrounds closed for the duration.
Creator: Margaret Tennant
Place: Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Date: March 27, 2020
Day 2 of coronavirus closedown 27 March 2020. Playground in Memorial Park is closed down for the duration.
Creator: Margaret Tennant
Place: Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Date: March 27, 2020
During level 4 of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic all playgrounds throughout the country were closed to avoid the virus being transmitted through touching potentially contaminated surfaces. Pictured is Rimu Park, Feilding. Though the playground was ...
Creator: Laura Clifford
Place: Rimu Park, Feilding
Date: April 3, 2020
During the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 many of the community put teddy bears and other soft toys in their windows. The idea was that families with small children could walk around their local area and look out for bears. Exercising in your local ...
Creator: Facebook post by Laura Clifford (with a shared image)
Place: Corner of Cambridge and Bamfield Streets, Ashhurst
Date: March 25, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic people across the country placed teddy bears in their street-facing windows and gardens, allowing local children to “hunt” for bears in their neighbourhoods.
Creator: N Kilpin
Place: Kelvin Grove
Date: April 4, 2020
All parks and playgrounds in Palmerston North were closed during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Creator: N E E Kilpin
Place: Kelvin Grove
Date: April 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic people across the country placed teddy bears in their street-facing windows and gardens, allowing local children to “hunt” for bears in their neighbourhoods.
Creator: N Kilpin
Place: Kelvin Grove
Date: April 4, 2020
Youthline youth workers Matt and Leah entertain children at a slime making session held at the Awapuni Library over the school holidays. Lots of messy fun had by all!
Creator: Awapuni Library
Place: College Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 2018
Youthline youth workers Matt and Leah entertain children at a slime making session held at the Awapuni Library over the school holidays. Lots of messy fun had by all!
Creator: Awapuni Library
Place: College Street, Awapuni
Date: October 2018
Papaioea Park closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo taken on an Huawei GR5 mobile device.
Creator: Daniel Straman
Place: Papaioea Park, Palmerston North
Date: March 29, 2020
Prepared for lockdown. Stockpiling library books
Creator: N E E Kilpin
Place: Kelvin Grove
Date: April 4, 2020
An unusual sight, no traffic along Makino Road, Feilding. Taken during alert level 4, where the only vehicle travel permitted was to access or provide essential services. The photographer was able to walk several kilometers beyond this point along...
Creator: Laura Clifford
Place: 259 Makino Road, Feilding
Date: March 28, 2020
Advertisement for an Ashhurst history morning talk by Kerry Griffiths on July 6th, 2019.
Creator: Ashhurst Library
Place: Ashhurst
Date: July 6, 2019
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 2nd June 2020. Tom Romley, Part 1 of 5. Born 1934. Only child. 1938 moved to Ashhurst. Other family in the area. Wood range in the kitchen, open fire in the lounge. Outdoor toilets. Started scho...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: June 2, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 16th June 2020. Tom and Colleen Romley, Part 3 of 5. Apprenticeship as a fitter-welder in early 1950s. Making horse shoes. Wagon wheels, forge welding. Training at PN Tech. Driving test. 5 year apprent...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: June 16, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 30th June 2020. Tom Romley Part 5 of 5. Buying Ashhurst Engineering. Colleen in the office, children in a caravan. Running the business. Early issues. Hardware shop also. Switch to metric measures fro...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: June 30, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 9th June 2020. Tom and Colleen Romley, Part 2 of 5. Leisure activities. Soccer. Learning to swim in the river. Diving off the bridge. Dentists. Sunday School. Pocket money as a boarder. Cinema. Scouts...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: June 9, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 23rd June 2020. Tom Romley, Part 4 of 5. Working on the Upper Yarra Dam, living in a camp. Sleeping bags, dead snake inside. Shift work. 2 “lives” and you were out. How got to Australia. Workers from ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: June 23, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 5th May 2020. Workers Education Association in NZ from 1915, but died away. UK origins. Revived in Palmerston North by Merv Hancock. John active mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Funding. Objectives, topics and...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 5, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 25th February 2020. John Ward and others discuss the 1941 and 1953 Palmerston North floods. Hokowhitu School largely submerged. Guy Avenue flooding. WWII bomb shelter in the garden full of water. Blac...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 25, 2020
Neighbours having a drink together at Shortt Street, Foxton Beach. They are keeping a good social distance to ensure that if any are carrying the virus, it will not be transmitted.
Creator: Jo Buckland
Place: Shortt Street, Foxton Beach
Date: April 11, 2020
This seal is sunbathing at Foxton Beach marina during the Covid-19 lock down. All the boat owners have gone, there are few people about and the animals are reclaiming the land.
Creator: Jo Buckland
Place: Foxton Beach Marina
Date: April 11, 2020
Langley Reserve closed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Creator: Bernie Roche
Place: Langley Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: April 12, 2020