During 1970, Palmerston North gas supply changed from using coal gas, manufactured at the Napier Road gasworks, to using natural gas, piped from the Kapuni gas field in Taranaki. Natural gas first arrived in the city on 23 June 1970 and the Napier...

Creator:      Nugas (N.Z.) Limited
Date:          1970

A 14-page booklet describing the activities of the Gas Department during the conversion from coal gas to natural gas.

Creator:      Gas Department, City of Palmerston North
Date:          1971

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 July 1961 "Corporal F.C. Webb (left) and Sergeant W.J. Gray preparing the base for a sauce which was used later when the two cooked a tasty egg omelette for a "Manawa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 12, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 June 1961 "Mr. J.D. O'Keefe operating a pipe-locating machine in Fitzherbert Avenue today to determine the position of the old 4 in. gas main which will be replaced b...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          June 9, 1961