Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17th May 2022, Part 1 of 2. NZ Society of Authors, NZ Poetry Society, local Writers Hub. Local writers. NZ Chisholms, a code breaker in WWII. Uncle a pilot in WWII. Father had rugby injury, served in NZ. Famil...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 17, 2022

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 4 September 2018.

Ann Behrens, Part 2 of 2. Summary: Coming to Palmerston North with a young family. Teaching at St Joseph’s. Comparison to St Dominic’s in Dunedin. No problem having a young child with her. Hi...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          September 4, 2018

These photographs show Robert and Sarah McMurray who lived in Palmerston North from 1914 until their deaths. Robert McMurray (1841-1927) was born in Northern Ireland. He migrated first to Australia and then to the Otago goldfields. Sarah Ann Silco...

Date:          circa 1908 to circa 1940

A record compiled for a family reunion, 7-8 March 1981, to recognise the 110th anniversary of the arrival in Palmerston (North), New Zealand of Nils and Bertha Pedersen.

The manuscript includes family histories, family trees, transcripts of news ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          1981