This is the programme for the Seventeenth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Empire Hall between 6 May and 11 May 1940. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Fourteenth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House between 23 and 28 August 1937. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. In contrast to other years, the competitors' names are listed in an index at the back of the programme.

This is the programme for the Twenty-First Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Municipal Hall between 8 May and 13 May 1944. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. The programme has additional pages bound in, which are annotated with notes about the competitions.

This is the programme for the Twenty-Second Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 7 May and 12 May 1945. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. The programme belonged to the Stage Manager and has additional pages bound in, which are annotated with notes about the competitions.

This is the programme for the Fiftieth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held at the Opera House, Concert Chamber, Baptist Hall and St Andrew's Hall between 5 May and 9 May 1973. The competition categories included speech and drama, dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. In addition to listing the events and names of competitors, the programme features advertisements for local businesses. This includes full page ads for Beggs (music store); Te Papaioea (musical production); Consumer's Co-operative Society (Manawatū); Manawatū Knitting Mills Ltd; Dalgety Travel: Splashe (soft drinks); and Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd (department store).

This is the programme for the Thirty-Third Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and All Saints' Hall between 7 and 12 May 1956. The competition categories included speech and drama, dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This plan for a single-storey, six bedroom residence was designed by L. G. West for W. H. Smith. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 1912 he formed a partnership with is son, Ernest Vilhem West, who continued the business after his father's death.

This is the programme for the Thirty-First Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Intermediate School Hall and All Saints' Hall between 10 and 15 May 1954. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Twenty-Eighth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 7 and 12 May 1951. The competition categories included speech and drama, dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Thirty-Sixth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and St. Andrew's Hall between 11 and 16 May 1959. The competition categories included speech and drama, dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. This programme belonged to Mrs Barr and was bound with additional pages, annotated with notes.

This is the programme for the Thirty-Fifth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and St. Andrew's Hall between 12 and 17 May 1958. The competition categories included speech and drama, dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. This programme belonged to Mrs Kindley and was bound with additional pages, annotated with notes.

This is the programme for the Thirty-Second Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Repertory and All Saints' Halls between 9 and 14 May 1955. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Thirtieth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Technical School Hall, All Saints' Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 11 and 16 May 1953. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 8 and 13 May 1950. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Twenty-Fifth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 30 August and 4 September 1948. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Twenty-Third Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 13 May and 18 May 1946. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. The programme includes an explanation of the judges' systems of marking inside the front cover. The are also full-page advertisements for the Sun Aria Contest (p.5) and L. M. Buick-Constable's photographic studio (p.22).

This is the programme for the Twentieth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Municipal Hall between 10 May and 15 May 1943. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Eighteenth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Empire Hall between 19 May and 24 May 1941. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Sixteenth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Empire Hall between 8 May and 13 May 1939. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Fifteenth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Empire Hall between 9 May and 14 May 1938. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people.

This is the programme for the Forty-Sixth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held at the Opera House, Concert Chamber, Operatic Society Hall and St Andrew's Hall between 10 May and 16 May 1969. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. In addition to listing the events and names of competitors, the programme features advertisements for local businesses.

The Freyberg High School calendar outlines the school year and includes staff and pupil listings, school clubs, sports and activities, a map of the school, school rules, uniform requirements and examination information.

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Local news, events and opinion pieces as described in the newspaper on 20 November 1965.

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Over seven hundred Polish children came to New Zealand at the invitation of the Prime Minister in 1944. They were housed in a camp in Pahiatua.

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. During World War I, anyone seen as linked to enemy countries was a target for hatred. Not even people born in New Zealand were immune. In the Manawatū, German immigrants, people with non-British sounding surnames, Lutheran churches and associated schools suffered discrimination. Many street names associated with Germans were changed.

Drawing of a Māori meeting house, with man and dog, possibly at Puketotora or Raukawa Pā. It is not signed but handwriting on the back says, "Drawn by R Grindell Manawatu 1859". The drawing is in ink and watercolour. Drawn on card measuring 27 x 18 cm. While the artist is unknown, this drawing was gifted to the donor by the son of J. T. Stewart, Government Surveyor.

This is the programme for the Forty-First Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held at the Opera House, Concert Chamber, Operatic Society Hall and Saint Paul's Hall between 9 May and 15 May 1964. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. In addition to listing the events and names of competitors, the programme features advertisements for local businesses.

This is the programme for the Thirty-Ninth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and St. Andrews Hall between 7 May and 12 May 1962. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. In addition to listing the events and names of competitors, the booklet features advertisements for local businesses who sponsored pages in the programme. Some of these advertisements, together with the lower part of pages 3 and 4, have been cut out the copy held as part of the Manawatū Performing Arts Competition Society archive.

This is the programme for the Thirty-Seventh Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and St. Andrews Hall between 9 May and 14 May 1960. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. This copy belonged to Mrs Major and includes additional pages and handwritten notes.

This is the programme for the Tenth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Municipal Hall between 16 May and 21 May 1932. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), dance and music (both vocal and instrumental). Most entrants were children or young people. In addition to listing the events and names of competitors, the programme features many advertisements for local businesses.