Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Hundred year history of the city's second gasworks, on Napier Road Terrace End. The gasworks was officially opened 21 December 1923 and went out of full operation in 1970, whe...

Creator:      Ralph Body
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 23, 2023

This coal-powered gasworks was built in Napier Road, Palmerston North, in 1922. It went out of operation on November 1970, when Palmerston North was connected to a pipeline from the Kapuni gas field, Taranaki.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s