Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 29th March 2022. Part 1 of 2.  Grew up in Palmerston North, studied social anthropology at Massey University. Family background. PhD in anthropology of dance with Queen’s University, Belfast, comparing ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 29, 2022

It is thought this photograph is of some of the chorus in the Palmerston North Operatic Society production of 'The Cingalee', performed at the Opera House November 1-5, 1921. 'Boobhamba' is a nobleman and one of the lead parts in this 1904 musical...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1921

The programme for a dance performance which included a ballet recounting the story of Cinderella and performances of Irish and Highland dancing by the Thistle Caledonian Society. After two performances at the Municipal Opera House in Palmerston No...

Creator:      Palmerston North Dance Association
Date:          September 1979

Jean Hardie participated in the annual festivals of the Manawatū Competitions Society between c.1940 and 1946 and frequently won awards. During the Eighteenth Annual Festival, which took place at the Opera House and Empire Hall between 19 and 24 M...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          1941

This is the programme for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 12 May and 17 May 1947. The competition categories included elocution...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1947

This is the programme for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 8 and 13 May 1950. The competition categories included elocution (sp...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1950

This is the programme for the Thirty-Second Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Repertory and All Saints' Halls between 9 and 14 May 1955. The competition categories included elocution (speech a...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1955

This is the programme for the Twenty-Eighth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 7 and 12 May 1951. The competition categories included speech and dra...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1951

This is the programme for the Thirty-Third Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and All Saints' Hall between 7 and 12 May 1956. The competition categories included speech and dram...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1956

Zona Broughton was a well-known Palmerston North dance teacher.

Date:          1960s

These photographs show the Scandinavian Club taking part in the opening of the Vasa Exhibition at the Manawatu Museum. The man in the centre of the second and fourth images is Professor Keith Thomson.

Creator:      Reg Rushbridge
Date:          1970s

The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 14, 2017

The Māori Battalion Hall, named 'Te Rau Aroha' (emblem of gratitude), was erected in Palmerston North as a national memorial to the men of the 28th (Māori) Battalion who lost their lives in the Second World War. It was designed by John Scott, arch...

Creator:      R H Abraham
Place:          Corner of Cuba and Pitt Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 27, 1964

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1954

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983), third from the left, was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas fo...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          circa 1960

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a...

Date:          1955 to 1965

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a...

Date:          1955 to 1965

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The growth of teaching cultural activities and the arts in schools has a controversial history. From its earliest days, Palmerston North Teachers' College staff were recruited...

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 3, 2024

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963