Broadcast on Access Radio, 15 May 2018, Paul McRae (b.1932).
Part 2 of 2. Summary: Farming with his brother, bulldozing, getting driving licences. Style of policing. To Palmerston North. Driving trucks for the railways. Building a house. Childre...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Date: May 15, 2018
Interview with Rob Lester, about his involvement with the Manawatū District Council of the Automobile Association. Interviewer: Sue Forde. Length: 42 minutes, 11 seconds.
Creator: Sue Forde
Place: Manawatū
Date: July 5, 2013
This image comes from a series of slides taken around Palmerston North in the late 1950s. Many show scenes in The Victoria Esplanade Gardens, but other areas and events around the city are also represented.
Creator: S. A. Free
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1950s
This photograph shows a man on a 2-Speed Douglas motorcycle and a woman riding in the sidecar. The people are unidentified, but also appear in 2015P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_011123.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1922 to 1924
Mr Arthur Harding and family on the roadside with their car. Arthur Harding was the owner of 'Siberia' an 18 roomed homestead and farm, near Ashhurst.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date: circa 1909
This view of Fitzherbert Avenue shows some of the 70-80 year old trees that once lined the road. The trees were removed in the late 1990s - a move that was very controversial and garnered much debate and protests in the years leading up to their r...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: October 1973
The Square Road under the Civic Centre (CAB) was reopened November 21 1979, having been closed to traffic since February 1976 when construction of the new Council building began. The building was constructed for the Palmerston North City Council 1...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 1979
Child Bros., carriers of Palmerston North, brought supplies into the area and took out produce, by horse and wagon. Bales of hay are been taken out.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910 to circa 1920
Ashhurst is a small rural town at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Ashhurst
Date: circa 1907 to circa 1910
This photograph shows three people in a pick-up truck. A young woman is behind the wheel, while two men ride as passengers - one in the front seat and another, with farm dog in tow, sits in the bed of the truck.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1939
This photograph looks down one side of The Square in Palmerston North, to Church Street East, from near the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square.
Creator: Ken Brady
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This shot of Rangitikei Street shows a variety of stores located in this area in the 1960s - including Taylors, a BP petrol station and several second-hand car lots. The Hopwood Clock Tower, built six years before this photograph was taken, can be...
Creator: Ken Brady
Place: Rangitikei Streeet, Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
An unidentified man and woman sitting in their car in a country area.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905 to circa 1910
A Palmerston North Borough drivers license, dated 29 September 1920. It is signed by John R Hughes, Borough Engineer and certified that Edith Bennison was able to drive a car. Printed by Keeling and Mundy, Palmerston North. The receipt for the dri...
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Date: 1920
This photograph shows a woman on a 2-Speed Douglas motorcycle and a man riding in the sidecar. The people are unidentified, but also appear in 2015P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_011122.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1922 to 1924