Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th August 2025. Part 2 of 3. Moved from Holland to New Zealand. She lived in Feilding for 18 months then moved to Masterton to be with her sister and brother in law. Worked at a hotel as a rec...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 2025
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 April 1958, page 10:"Fifteen members of the Bron family, who came from Holland, became naturalised at a ceremony at Foxton last night. The family pictured are: Mr. Ri...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Foxton
Date: April 17, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 June 1958, page 4: "Taking the oath of allegiance at a naturalisation ceremony conducted by the Mayor (Mr. W. B. Tennant, M.P.) at the Council Chambers last evening a...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 10, 1958
This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on August 24, 1987 with the caption, "Here she is! Palmerston North's Tulip Queen, 1987, is 20-year-old Chris Gerritsen. The Dutch beauty was one of five who competed for the title on Saturday night,...
Creator: Manawatu Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 24, 1987
This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on August 24, 1987 with the caption, "Here she is! Palmerston North's Tulip Queen, 1987, is 20-year-old Chris Gerritsen. The Dutch beauty was one of five who competed for the title on Saturday night,...
Creator: Manawatu Standard
Date: August 24, 1987
This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on May 18, 1988 with the caption, "Joan Van Oossanen and Colin Stitchbury are to the fore in a clog dancing revival in Palmerston North. Each Tuesday for the past five weeks the Dutch Society of Palm...
Creator: Manawatu Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 18, 1988
De Molen is a full-scale working flour windwill erected by Jan Langen and Cor Slobbe in 2003 as a monument to Dutch immigration to New Zealand.
As part of Local History Week, members of the public and City Library staff visited Te Awahou Nieuwe ...
Creator: Adam Melville
Place: Foxton
Date: October 30, 2018