This register for the Palmerston North Municipal Opera House and Coronation Hall records bookings from 1940 until 1945, for performances, meetings and the activities of community groups. During the Second World War, these venues were also used to ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Treasurer's Department
Date:          November 1940 to October 1945

This register for the Palmerston North Municipal Opera House and Coronation Hall records bookings from 1935 until 1940, for performances, meetings and the activities of community groups. The Municipal Opera House, designed by F J Wilson and built ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Treasurer's Department
Date:          October 1935 to October 1940

The Queen, along with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 7th and 8th of January 1954. The commentary covers the welcome in The Square, the drive around the city streets, arrival at the Grand Hotel, the drive and back to th...

Creator:      National Broadcasting Service
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 1954

This register for the Palmerston North Municipal Opera House and Coronation Hall records bookings from 1945 until 1950, for performances, meetings and the activities of community groups. The Opera House, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevo...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Treasurer's Department
Date:          November 1945 to November 1950

A sound recording of the opening of the new Manawatu Sports Stadium, fronting onto Pascal Street in Palmerston North. The opening speeches are made by the Chairman of the the showgrounds Board of Control, Mr J. S. Boldt, and His Royal Highness, Th...

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 2, 1981

This meeting is the last of the former Palmerston North City Council on 1 November 1989. As from this date the new Palmerston North City Council was formed, comprising of the then present Palmerston North City and parts of the then present Manawat...

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1, 1989

Sir Brian George Conway Elwood, CBE, JP, (born 5 April 1933) is a former New Zealand lawyer, politician, and public servant. He served as mayor of Palmerston North from 1971 to 1985, and was the Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand from December 1994 to...

Creator:      Ian Matheson - interviewer
Date:          May 2, 1985