The article discusses the Palmerston North City Council's proposal to create a 'civic courtyard' doubling as a marae outside the Civic Administration Building in The Square. This would involve the removal of the sound shell from the base of the Cl...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 17, 1989

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Hundred year history of the city's second gasworks, on Napier Road Terrace End. The gasworks was officially opened 21 December 1923 and went out of full operation in 1970, whe...

Creator:      Ralph Body
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 23, 2023

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 April 1961 "Brigadier G.P. Cade, D.S.O., accompanied by Lieutenant Grimsdale, Major E.C. Burgess and Major Bighouse inspecting troops at Linton Camp today. The parade...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Camp, Linton, Palmerston North
Date:          April 11, 1961

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Readers of the Manawatū Standard share memories of Elmar Photographic Studios and its founder Frank McCready.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 9, 2019

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Rostrata, a long-gone private maternity hospital ushered thousands of Palmerston North babies into the world.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 31, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The story of Henry Coles and the 1912 discovery of moa footprints on the banks of the Manawatū River.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 25, 2019

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Article about the life of 1960's Manawatū Evening Standard reporter Audrey Ewan (nee Carson). Told by her husband, journalist John Ewan, author of the book "The Audrey ...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          January 19, 2019

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The report of a mysterious unexplained death in Featherston Street, 1930.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 27, 2019

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The story of the establishment of the women's land service and the Manawatū Women's Auxiliary Service Corps. It promoted farm work for women in New Zealand when men joi...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          May 11, 2019

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A selection of unusual stories reported in past issues of the Manawatū Standard.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          May 18, 2019

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 29th June 1981.

Telethon 1981 was for the International Year of Disabled Persons. Telethon was a 24-hour live television spectacular designed to ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rainbow Stadium, Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 27, 1981

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 29th June 1981.

Telethon 1981 was for the International Year of Disabled Persons. Telethon was a 24-hour live television spectacular designed to ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rainbow Stadium, Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 27, 1981

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 29th June 1981.

Telethon 1981 was for the International Year of Disabled Persons. Telethon was a 24-hour live television spectacular designed to ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rainbow Stadium, Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 27, 1981

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 29th June 1981.

Singer Tina Cross, performs with Robert Smith on keyboards and guitarist Mike Griffin.

Telethon 1981 was for the International Y...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rainbow Stadium, Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 27, 1981

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Duxes of City and District Schools: Bronwyn Cross (Dux, Hokowhitu), Anne Mackillop (best all-round girl, Hokowhitu) Margaret Ross (Equal winner, Genera...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 December 1960 "The Minister of Education (Mr. Tennent) made his first school visit since his elevation to Cabinet rank on Monday at the Newbury School last night when...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          906 Rangitikei Line, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Duxes of City and District Schools: Bronwyn Cross (Dux, Hokowhitu), Anne Mackillop (best all-round girl, Hokowhitu) Margaret Ross (Equal winner, Genera...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 25 November 1960 "The Palmerton North Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association held its street day in the city today in aid of numerous charities, especially blind ex-...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1960 "Crippled and spastic children today were entertained by the Palmerston North Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association. They were taken to ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of King, Cuba and Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 June 1961 "Mr. C.J. Sadler pictured today in his office on taking up duties as station manager at 2ZA. Mr. Sadler was previously in Christchurch with station 3ZB."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 2, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 December 1958: "Twelve Commercial Travellers dressed as clowns today took 102 orphans from the various homes and treated them with a visit to Father Christmas at Mess...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          53 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 17, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 July 1958, page 6: "Priests of the Roman Catholic Church formed a guard of honour from the entrance of St. Patrick's Church for the funeral of Father Leo Kisseck. Sol...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 21, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 September 1961 "A Transport Department meter maid, Miss. E. Gleeson, braved the cold and wet this morning to make minor adjustments to a parking meter. Besides issuin...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1, 1961

This image was taken by The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 December 1962, but did not run in the paper.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 22, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 December 1962, "In keeping with the progress being made in the city Messrs Arthur Sawyer and Coy. Ltd, have moved into their modern, spacious showrooms and workshops ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 May 1961 "The Manawatu Provincial of the Women's Division of the Federated Farmers celebrated its 33rd birthday at an informal afternoon tea function held a the P.D.C...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 3, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 July 1958, page 8: "The trees which line Fitzherbert Avenue are undergoing at the moment treatment for dry rot. Here seen standing on a platform provided by tractor i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 2, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 September 1961 "At the annual meeting of the Palmerston North branch of the Cripple Children Society yesterday the president (Mrs. M.R. Bedingfield) and the secretary...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 6, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 May 1958, page 12: "An artist's impression of the new six storey building which will be erected for Barraud and Abraham Ltd. on the site of the original firm's buildi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 23, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on February 24 1961 "Two banks of batteries for the emergency power supply for the new telephone exchange are at present being installed. Each bank consists of 25 batteries...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1961-02-24T00:00:00+00:00