These images were taken for the June 4th 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published with the caption ‘The truck that did all the damage, wedged against the power pole. Broken power lines are lying over the foot...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Intersection of Maxwell's Line and Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          June 4, 1978

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 August 1958, page 9: "When a fault developed in the transformer on the intersection of Te Awe Awe Street and Victoria Avenue early last evening the area was plunged in...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 9, 1958

This photograph shows officers from the New Zealand Medical Corps. It is thought to have been taken at Awapuni around the time of World War One. Awapuni Racecourse was the home of the NZ Medical Corp during the First World War years.

Creator:      Charles Allen
Place:          Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1914 to circa 1919