Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 4th April 2023. Part 1 of 3.  Turning 100 soon. Born in Wanganui, grew up on an isolated farm, learning by correspondence. Felt the Napier earthquake. Shopping once a month. Limited socializing, no pow...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Taikorea
Date:          April 4, 2023

On the 3rd of February 1931, Napier experienced a disastrous earthquake, which resulted in damaging or destroying nearly every building in the city, with fires to follow. Shown here is the wreckage in Hastings Street.

Creator:      Arthur Bendigo Hurst
Place:          Hastings, Hawkes Bay
Date:          February 1931

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The caretaker's house, facing onto Fitzherbert Avenue, was (probably) built in the 1920s.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The tea kiosk was built in 1909, with the lattice work added later, before 1917. It was demolished in 1943,

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in 1897, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, . The pergola was built in c1916-1917 and demolished c1940. The winding complex of pathways was developed under Peter Black, Curator of Reserves from...

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

Workmen are constructing the children's pool in Memorial Park at Terrace End (formerly called Fitzroy Park). The Palmerston North City Council purchased the site in 1938 and developed it into a recreational and sporting area. A memorial to citizen...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size. The structure on the right is the park pavilion.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

Copied from an original print, the original photograph was taken in February 1931. The architects were believed to be on a visit to Napier to see earthquake damage.

Back row: Unknown, Unknown, Newton Hood (Whanganui), Robin Hood (Palmerston North...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū-Whanganui
Date:          February 19, 1931

This photograph shows Reginald Bridewell (Reg), Master Baker, with his bakery van outside the business's first address on the corner of Main Street and Victoria Avenue, around 1935. Reg was the original owner of this family business. Not long aft...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1935

Image from about 1935, this bakery was on the corner of Main Street and Victoria Avenue. The site was leased from Hopwood's by the Bridewell family. On the far left is Reginald (Reg) Bridewell with his young son Maurice. His son-in-law Ron Siegel ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

This image shows a collection of objects pertaining to Reginald (Reg) Bridewell, Master baker, the original owner of Bridewell's Bakery.

The medals were awarded to Reg from London for Best Loaf of Bread 1919, 1921 and 1924. The photograph shows R...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū

The election result board posted at the Evening Standard office is seen here the day after the 1935 election. This method was common for informing the public of the election results on the night, before the radio became more prominent in New Zeala...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          November 28, 1935

This is the memorial dedicated to the memory of officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps (1914-1918) who were trained the Awapuni Racecourse. It was erected in 1929. The memorial is a stone cairn fountain, inside a pool constructed in the...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

John Cameron on horseback at his home in Newbury. John Alexander Cameron (1869-1948) was born in Foxton to Scots immigrants John Cameron and Elizabeth Cameron (nee Donald). The Camerons came to New Zealand from Glasgow in the early 1860s possibly ...

Place:          Newbury
Date:          1930s

The boxing at the base of one of the arches during the construction of the second Fitzherbert Bridge 1933-1935. This bridge replaced the original one across the Manawatu River built 1877, and was in turn replaced in 1988.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1933 to 1935

This was the second bridge over the Manawatu River in Palmerston North, replacing the original structure built in 1877. It was constructed by Fletcher Construction and remained until 1986 when it proved too small for the volume of traffic, particu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1934

This was the second bridge over the Manawatu River in Palmerston North, replacing the original structure built in 1877. It was constructed by Fletcher Construction and remained until 1986 when it proved too small for the volume of traffic, particu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1933 to 1935

The second Fitzherbert Bridge replaced the original, built in 1877. Begun in 1933 it was opened 20 July 1935. It consisted of seven 55-foot beam span and four 112 ft bowstring arch spans and was approximately 911 feet long and 40 feet at its wides...

Creator:      Raymond Nicholls
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1933

This was the second bridge over the Manawatu River in Palmerston North, replacing the original structure built in 1877. It was constructed by Fletcher Construction and remained until 1986 when it proved too small for the volume of traffic, particu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1933 to 1935

A unidentified woman feeding a cow. This image appeared in New Zealand Free Lance magazine in either the 20 October or 12 November, 1930 issue.

Creator:      New Zealand Free Lance
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 1930 to November 1930

This photograph is part of a series taken by Thomas Doherty a Steel Construction Worker. The hangar shown here now has the concrete roof and walls in place. Construction of 'barrack' type buildings appears to be underway in the foreground.

Creator:      Thomas Doherty
Place:          Ohakea, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1938 to circa 1939

A scene of The Square as snow is falling, looking towards the Bank of Australasia on the corner of The Square and Broadway. The photographer was Albert Zeinert, a local man who lived in College Street and worked in Hansell's Delicatessen on Broadw...

Creator:      Albert Zeinert
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1939

The bowling and croquet greens were laid out in 1918-1919 and then leased to the Manawatu Bowling and Croquet Club, which was formed in 1917.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

The Keeble Building was the National Insurance Building in the 1980s. It is now the premises of Horizons Education [2018].

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1930s

The idea for a Terrace End bowling club was raised in 1907, though it appears the club did not open its membership until 1909. This photograph shows the greens and clubhouse (located in Ruahine Street) as they stood in 1939.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Summerhays Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1939

This photograph is part of a series taken by Thomas Doherty, a steel construction worker. The water tower for Ohakea Base is shown here under construction.

Creator:      Thomas Doherty
Place:          Ohakea Air Base, Ohakea
Date:          circa 1938 to circa 1939

Ohakea Air Force Base was constructed on land near Bulls in the Manawatu, 1937 to 1939. It was built in anticipation of the arrival of bombers, ordered for delivery in October 1939.  The initial construction included housing an...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Pukenui Rd, Ohakea
Date:          circa 1939

The parade for the ninth Royal Show. The Royal Show was held around New Zealand, with the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association being chosen to host the first, in 1924, the fifth, in 1928, and the ninth, in 1932.

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1932

Terrace End School Dux students from 1935-1938.

1935: William Meder and Mirian Cherrie

1936: Neil Johansen and Jessie Meder

1937: Noel Thompson and Nancy Esau

1938: Norman Allan and Joyce Watts

Creator:      Terrace End School
Place:          201 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1935 to 1938

A view of the crowd who are eagerly watching the racing. The Main Stand can be seen on the right of the photograph.The Manawatu Racing Club opened their Awapuni course in December 1903. By 1927, over £90,000 had been spent on the establishment and...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          1937