The Kairanga County Council was established in 1902 as a result of the amalgamation of the Manawatu Road Board and the Fitzherbert Road Board. The County amalgamated with the Manawatu County in 1988 to form the first Manawatu District Council. In ...
Creator: Kairanga County Council
Date: 1907 to 1910
The information for this image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19th January 1983.
"It has been predicted Hip Singles will be the band to watch in 1983. If and when success comes to the group it won't be before t...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: January 18, 1983
This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9th March 1988.
"Tonight we're armpit deep in first year students; the real men are solidifying sweat, spilling beer and scoffing obnoxiously at a coupl...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Massey University
Date: March 1988
This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9th March 1988.
"Tonight we're armpit deep in first year students; the real men are solidifying sweat, spilling beer and scoffing obnoxiously at a couple...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Massey University
Date: March 1988
This photograph shows the opening of a new clinic for the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society on Cambridge Avenue in Ashhurst. The woman standing in the front is Hannah King, holding her son Ian.
The Manawatu Evening Standard reported that: "Five...
Creator: Clem King
Date: December 4, 1954
A sign printed on cardboard produced for and on behalf of the Palmerston North City Corporation, designed to be displayed where it would be visible to staff. It offers advice on ways to keep "the moral standard of the nation high."
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Date: circa 1941 to 1945
Back row: Stella Smith; Necia Annear; Eileen Mullins. Front row: Connie Johanson; Pearl Cox; Mary Dilks; Thelma Voss.
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear man...
Date: circa 1940
Back row: Dulcie Ralph; Joyce Waller; Joyce Smithers; Pearl Goodwin; Dot Gillespie; Joyce Arnold; Necia Annear; Centre: Phyllis. Front row: Miss Ireland; Elsa Robertson; Vera Burr.
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in ...
Date: circa 1940
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear manufacturing, a small factory was built in Grey Street, Palmerston North, in 1937, and the main "Libertyland " factory w...
Date: 1940
Back row: Barton; Vera Burr; P.O. War Censor; Moria Fisher; unknown; Noleen Aisher. Front row: 'Chook' Prarn; M. Chittenden; Harry Brooks; Bill Pascoe (standing).
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1...
Date: 1939 to 1945
Back: Ellie Howorth, Thelma Voss? Vera Burr, Eileen Mullins? Pearl Cox, Mary Dilks; Front: Molly Duckworth, Connie Johanson, Joan Hill, Stella Smith, Necia Annear.
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 19...
Date: 1940
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Sidney Burr, watched by his son Leo, is shown demolishing the Dahlsrom family's whare with a mallet.
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sw...
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
This was the home of Mr and Mrs A K Drew. Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as County Clerk for the Manawatū County Council for 43 years, until his retirement in 1950.
Date: 1946 to 1954
This was the home of Mr and Mrs A K Drew. Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as County Clerk for the Manawatū County Council for 43 years, until his retirement in 1950.
Date: 1946 to 1954
This was the home of Mr and Mrs A K Drew. Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as County Clerk for the Manawatū County Council for 43 years, until his retirement in 1950.
Date: 1946 to 1954
Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as County Clerk for the Manawatū County Council for 43 years, until his retirement in 1950.
Date: 1946 to 1954
Date: 1946 to 1954
Date: 1946 to 1954
To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 20 to 27 November. This included a Historical Māori Pageant held at the Showgrounds on Thursday 25 November 1937.
Date: circa 1937
The Lower Turitea Dam was originally completed in 1907 but was raised to 50 feet in 1912. It was officially opened February 17, 1913. This enlarged dam remained in use until 1957 when a 100 ft high dam was constructed.
The correct spelling of the...
Date: 1937 to 1945
Date: 1937 to 1945
Date: 1946 to 1954
Date: 1946 to 1954
Date: 1946 to 1954
The third incarnation of the Commercial Hotel was built in 1935 on the corner of Main Street and Te Marae o Hine, The Square. It was demolished in 1986. After the Milson deviation was completed in 1960 and the new Railway Station opend in October ...
Date: 1946 to 1954