Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. When the Feilding and Districts Community Archive opened in 2009, it received a time capsule from the Feilding Public Library. The capsule had been filled and sealed in 1986 b...

Creator:      Marilyn Wightman
Place:          Feilding
Date:          August 8, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Coombrae, the first "home for the aged" built in Feilding. Land for the facility was donated by the Coombe family, who lived at 30 North Street Feilding. A 21 bed f...

Creator:      Marilyn Wightman
Place:          Feilding
Date:          May 23, 2026

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the Majestic Hotel, Fitzherbert Avenue 1930-1990.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 10, 2014

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history and construction of Palmerston North City Council Civic Administration Building and Convention Centre. Construction of the brutalist style buildings started in Oct...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 24, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. For a time, the Pellow family was the only New Zealand company making custom made dance shoes. Albert Pellow started making dance shoes in Pitt Street Palmerston North in abou...

Creator:      Dr Tania Kopytko
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 17, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 30 April 1874, Alexander McDonald, standing on Awahuri bridge, shot Mac a mail stagecoach horse above the right eye. Remarkably the horse was treated and survived.

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          January 3, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The establishment and history of Papaioea Park, a 3.6 Terrace End park accessible fron Ruahine Street, Featherston Street, Rangitira Avenue and Papaioea Place. Established in ...

Creator:      Geoff Watson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 27, 2025

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of a historic Feilding homestead, originally located on a 15 hectares site in the 1870s, at 142 Denbigh Street Feilding. The home was moved to 6 North Street Feild...

Creator:      Marilyn Wightman
Place:          Feilding
Date:          January 10, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Since 1959, the Manawatū rugby team has had a mascot. Cassius the Colt was followed by Cassius the Colt II in 1990 and Cassius the Colt III in 1995. Manawatū Stu was introduce...

Creator:      Clive Akers
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          June 20, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The grandstand at the Showgrounds, later Central Energy Trust Arena, has been extensively damaged a number of times in its history. Opened in 1900 with seating capacity for 22...

Creator:      Murray Brown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 11, 2026

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life and career of Madame Lauri Alwyn, women's health advocate. Madame Alwyn visited Palmerston North in May 1936 and presented a number of lifestyle, health and fi...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          November 27, 2010

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of the wishing well in Te Marae o Hine/The Square 1963-1990. Erected as a fundraiser for local charities by the Palmerston North branch of the New Zealand Jaycees.

Creator:      Heather Glasgow
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 16, 2026

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Construction on the Mangahao hydroelectric power scheme commenced in 1920. It lies behind Shannon, on the Mangahao River. It was a large construction project, employing 900 me...

Creator:      Isaac Heaphy
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          May 2, 2026

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Home deep freezing food was popular in the 1970s. British born Norma McCulloch, née Proudlove (1933-2010) from Rongotea became an expert in deep freezing techniques and...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          November 20, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Anders Jensen was presumed dead after he vanished in the Manawatū bush in May 1881 for more than three weeks.He survived despite having no food, blankets or suitable cl...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          October 9, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the 1890s, women all over New Zealand were doorknocking for signatures on votes for women suffrage petitions. In Palmerston North, 500 names were collected and sent ...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          September 18, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Billy Larkins (1896-1971) was a dance band leader and talented pianist. By the 1920s, he had formed the Larkins' Elite Orchestra, which performed around Manawatū and be...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          January 24, 2009

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Charlotte Warburton (1883-1961) born in Palmerston North, was a notable community leader. In her memoir "Changing Days and Changing Ways", she wrote about her childhood...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 2, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. When Darren Trask started renovating his country cottage, he found historic newspapers dated 1887 in the wall linings. The cottage, address 1033B Napier Road, is class...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 11, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Pam Rush shares memories of her mother Frieda McDonald and the recipe book Frieda started in the 1920s.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 24, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Brian Dredge recalls his father Cyril Dredge's war time experiences and career. Cyril Dredge joined the Manawatū Home Guard during World War II. He was an active member...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          September 4, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Book review of "Early Medical Practitioners in Manawatū and Palmerston North" by Dr Richard Rawstron. The book describes a background of early medical services in Mana...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          December 14, 2013

Manawatū Standard article. On 19 October 1966, US President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson arrived at Ōhakea air base for the start of their New Zealand visit. Amongst the welcoming crowd was air force recruit Ray Mankelow, who capt...

Creator:      Jimmy Ellingham
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          September 18, 2021

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2020, the prospect of large numbers of citizens catching Covid-19 and dying as a result drove the government to mandate a nationwide lockdown to halt the spreading of the v...

Creator:      Karis Evans
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          May 31, 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. 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

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

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