This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
This image was taken by John White during one of two parades the Palmerston North Fire Brigade took part in during the 1971 Centennial celebrations in Palmerston North.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that “Fire appliances from the 1860s t...
Creator: John White
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1971
The image is a derivative of this NZ Cadastral Map - Town Series: Palmerston North Map ...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Minnie Sabina Thomas (1898-1974) began collecting autographed books and pamphlets in 1934 after obtaining the signatures of the Lord and Lady Bledisloe. By the time of ...
Creator: Tina White
Date: December 21, 2013
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Stage and screen star Gracie Fields (1898-1979) performed at Ohakea Airforce Base on 2 August 1945. A CM Ross Department Store worker reported Miss Grace driving past t...
Creator: Tina White
Place: New Zealand
Date: January 11, 2014
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life and career of actress and singer Nellie Stewart (1858-1931). Nellie performed at Palmerston North's new Opera House in its first week of opening, July 1905.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 15, 2008
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of The Palmerston North Opera House. Built in 1905 in Church Street, it put the city's two earlier live venues, the Theatre Royal and the Lyceum, out of busine...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 8, 2005
The race took place on the Manawatū River from Tematai Road to Fitzherbert Bridge.
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970 to 1980
A directory of local businesses and public services for Palmerston North.
Date: 1983 to 1984
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In December 1925, the Borough Council agreed to the Manawatū AA's request for a camping ground. Three acres were designated in the southwest corner of the Esplanade. After an ...
Creator: Geoff Watson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 8, 2025
The Borough Council bought this site in 1889. The present building was designed by James Walker and Lloyd C. Love, built by L. McMillan & Co. Ltd. at a cost of £300,000, and was opened on 4 November 1965.
The building’s exterior was designed to b...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: 476-482 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 2020
A view of Main Street from the Hopwood Clock Tower during the early 1960s.
The cleared construction site was to be used for Palmerston North's new 3-storey library on the corner of Main Street and The Square, opposite the Post Office. Constructio...
Creator: Ian Palmer
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa July 1963
This building was constructed as the fifth Palmerston North Public Library, opening in 1965 as a multi-purpose complex with shops on the street fronts and upper floors rented out as offices. By 1992 the Library occupied all but the third floor and...
Creator: Matt Ryan
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
A view of the public library and bus station on Main Street.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1990s
PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.
Inside this iss...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 2019
Creator: Jocelyn Woodward-Candy
Date: November 5, 2025
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. European refugees, displaced persons after World War 2, started arriving at a camp in Pahīatua in 1949. This article describes the journey and October 1950 Wellington arrival ...
Creator: Dr Tania Kopytko
Place: Wellington Palmerston North Pahīatua
Date: November 1, 2025
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. European refugees, displaced persons after World War 2, started arriving at a camp in Pahiatua in 1949. This article describes the story of Lucija (Lucy) Ozolins née Upenajs w...
Creator: Dr Tania Kopytko
Place: Pahiatua
Date: June 8, 2024
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The significance of the Kowhai tree and the history of Feilding. Before World War 1, Feilding botanist and plant man Lewis Thomas Brown was passionate about adopting kōwhai as...
Creator: Marilyn Wightman
Place: Feilding
Date: October 25, 2025
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the Kosy Theatre, which opened in 1915 near the Post Office Building in The Square. Wartime footage and movies attracted audiences in its first years. The theatre c...
Creator: Val Burr
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 2025