On 30 December 1940, an Oxford training plane on a cross-country flight from Ohakea sliced straight through the middle of a two-storey house near Ashhurst, killing the two pilots instantly. Fortunately, the people inside the house, including three...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Date:          December 1940

Manawatu Photorama was published between 1959 and 1964 by Frank Goldingham. It featured social occasions, sports events and city events and perfomances photographed both by Mr. Goldingham and contributing photographers.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          September 1960

The Middle Districts Aero Club acquired its first Tiger Moth in 1938 and by the end of 1949, had a fleet of six Tigers. These were considered the most practical aircraft for training new pilots. In 1958, Champions began replacing Tigers as the pre...

Date:          1965

Manawatu Photorama was published between 1959 and 1964 by Frank Goldingham. It featured social occasions, sports events and city events and perfomances photographed both by Mr. Goldingham and contributing photographers.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          July 1960

Manawatu Photorama was published between 1959 and 1964 by Frank Goldingham. It featured social occasions, sports events and city events and perfomances photographed both by Mr. Goldingham and contributing photographers.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          June 1960

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Injuries and fatalities caused by boys and men using well sharpened axes were common in the late 19th century, with many workers involved with bush clearing. Bush felling and ...

Creator:      Simon Johnson
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          October 28, 2023

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 April 1963 "At about 4 p.m. yesterday this truck loaded with timber capsized in Tremaine Avenue near Roy Street. A crane was soon on the job and with a few willing ha...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          April 27, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 September, 1959. "A fine Saturday morning and a job of work to do. But the job became complicated when the rope binding came undone and 24 bales of paper crashed to ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 18 January, 1964. "Mr Emanuel Anderson, aged 83, was admitted to the Palmerston North Public Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from extensive head injuries received when ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Broadway Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1964-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 June, 1963. "A half-inch wire rope attached to a bulldozer strained as it held 16 tons of prefabricated house at Kaihinau Road, north of Shannon. The house stopped ju...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Kaihinau Road, Shannon
Date:          1963-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 October, 1959. "And this one tells a story of how a motorist was driving along Church Street, possibly during the hours of darkness and was unaware that a round-about...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Mrs. L. Myers, the widow of the late Mr. Lindsay Myers, who was fatally injured in an accident at a speedway meeting on February 18, will receive £215 as a result of a collection taken by riders and T.Q. drivers at the speedway meeting on Saturday...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          1961-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 July 1961 "A local motorist has a fortunate escape from serious injury on Saturday night when the car he was driving rolled over. Only by throwing himself on to the f...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 3, 1961

This series of images were taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 September, 1978. The article details a mid-river collision in the Manawatū Gorge during the Manawatū River stage of the 1978 CItizen Watch Jet Boat Marath...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Date:          1978-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 July, 1963. "The driver of this five-ton truck, loaded with six tons of concrete blocks, suspected nothing as he manoeuvred in the Ministry of Works storage garage in...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 January, 1964. "Nine sacks of wheat were left behind, unknown to the driver of the truck (seen here continuing down Church Street), on Tuesday afternoon near the corn...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1964-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Dated from the 1920s and 1930s, this photograph album depicts events on the Manawatū Gorge road including construction and repairs of the road, removing slips, car accidents etc. The album also contains images of Napier following the earthquake of...

Creator:      William Brockie
Place:          Manawatū Gorge
Date:          1925 to 1935

A car being towed from an accident.

Date:          unknown