Meriam Findlay of the Manawatu Multi-Cultural Council helps to plant a "Kate Sheppard" camellia in the Esplanade Gardens. The occasion marked 125 years of women gaining the right to vote, and took place at the Esplanade Gardens in Palmerston No...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          September 19, 2018

Robyn Tillman (left) and Blanche Lauridson, both of the New Zealand Camellia Society, Manawatu Branch, help to plant a "Kate Sheppard" camellia in the Esplanade Gardens. Blanche Lauridson is President of the Society. The occasion marked the Suffra...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Date:          September 19, 2018

To celebrate 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand, three Kate Sheppard camellias were planted in the Esplanade Gardens on Wednesday, 19 September 2018. These white camellias decorated one of the seats close by.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney, for Ian Matheson City Archives
Date:          September 19, 2018

To mark the Suffrage 125 celebration in Palmerston North

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          Victoria Esplanade Gardens, Palmerston North
Date:          September 19, 2018

The Dahlias are submerged under 13ft of water during the big flood of 5 May 1941 at Arthur Shailer's nursery on Albert Street. The land was originally owned by his father, G. W. Shailer, who operated an orchard from Scandia Street mainly selling c...

Creator:      Arthur J Shailer
Date:          May 1941