Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2020, the prospect of large numbers of citizens catching Covid-19 and dying as a result drove the government to mandate a nationwide lockdown to halt the spreading of the v...
Creator: Karis Evans
Place: Manawatū
Date: May 31, 2025
On the 23rd March 2020 it was announced that in 48 hours, New Zealand was going into an alert level 4 lockdown protect the country against Covid-19. People were instructed to go home and self-isolate, only essential services (such as supermarke...
Creator: L Clifford
Date: March 24, 2020
On the 23rd March 2020 it was announced that in 48 hours, New Zealand was going into an alert level 4 lockdown protect the country against Covid-19. People were instructed to go home and self-isolate, only essential services (such as supermarke...
Creator: L Clifford
Date: March 24, 2020
On the 23rd March 2020 it was announced that in 48 hours, New Zealand was going into an alert level 4 lockdown protect the country against Covid-19. People were instructed to go home and self-isolate, only essential services (such as supermarke...
Creator: L Clifford
Date: March 24, 2020
During the first Covid-19 lockdown, the 'Sheild's Up' initiative coordinated makers across New Zealand in mass producing face shields to ship to under stocked healthcare providors. Local Makerspace Blueprint (a division of the Palmerston North Cit...
Creator: Harley Bell
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 1, 2020
During the first Covid-19 lockdown, Blueprint Makerspace Coordinator Harley Bell signed up to assist the 'Sheild's Up' initiative. Using the space's 3D printers (and loan machines from Te Manawa museum), over 800 face shields were 3D-printed and p...
Creator: Harley Bell
Place: 7 The Square, palmerston North
Date: April 1, 2020
During the first Covid-19 lockdown, Blueprint Makerspace used 3D printers to produce over 800 face shields with the 'Sheild's Up' initiative.
The flexible head bands were printed in one piece, although the design was iterated 6 or seven times dur...
Creator: Harley Bell
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 1, 2020
This seal is sunbathing at Foxton Beach marina during the Covid-19 lock down. All the boat owners have gone, there are few people about and the animals are reclaiming the land.
Creator: Jo Buckland
Place: Foxton Beach Marina
Date: April 11, 2020
A beautiful Easter Saturday at the beach, normally there would be dozens of people enjoying a warm autumn holiday. The government directed people to stay home and not visit baches and public spaces. Hence this almost deserted beach in a warm da...
Creator: Jo Buckland
Place: Foxton Beach
Date: April 11, 2020