A lane in the Centennial Park housing development. The sections are ready for construction - a house is having it's foundation laid behind where the photo is taken.

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu
Date:          August 2020

In the late 1910s and 1920s, there was a large housing shortage in New Zealand. This affected the railway workers who often struggled to find affordable housing - often, they would rather quit and find another job than transfer to a centre with...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          26 Cambridge Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 2019

These two 'star flats' were built between 1955-1965 as the National Party's attempt at medium density social housing. This was to reduce urban sprawl and appease the rural voting base. They were built all over the country. They were 3-4 storeys wi...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Corner of Botanical Road and Brentwood Ave, Palmerston North
Date:          July 10, 2020

This image shows the gymnasium at Massey University's former teaching college. The building has been abandoned with some time, and there are signs saying "No access" plastered on all its doors. Graffiti is present on the outside walls facing th...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu Campus
Date:          February 23, 2020

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 2nd November 2021.  Part 2 of 2. Grey Power is a stand-alone separate lobby group for older people. Description of Age Concern, a government funded support group for older people. Lew involved with Age...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 2, 2021

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...

Creator:      Keith Malcolm
Date:          197X

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the 1950s and 1960s, building company Beazley Homes built homes to meet a housing shortage. The nationwide company made pre-cut affordable homes, with the house and...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 17, 2010

Layout of the Transit Camp in Hokowhitu, on what became the site of the Palmerston North Teachers College and later Massey University Hokowhitu campus. After WWII there was a shortage of housing in New Zealand, and this camp provided temporary acc...

Date:          1946 to 1947

Proposed layout for part of the Transit Camp in Hokowhitu, on what became the site of the Palmerston North Teachers College and later Massey University Hokowhitu campus. After WWII there was a shortage of housing in New Zealand, and this camp prov...

Date:          1947

Savage Crescent is in the West End area of Palmerston North, bounded by College Street, Cook Street and Park Road. Fifty acres was bought by the Government for the development, and between then and 1944, 245 state houses were built. For the time, ...

Creator:      

A concept drawing of what housing might look like on the the railway land, bounded by Pitt Street, Church Street, Main Street and Cook Street.

Creator:      Struction Group (Architects and Consulting Engineers)
Place:          Railway Land, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1973

Building plan for a two-storey block of flats with communal facilities. Post WWII there was a shortage of housing in New Zealand, and this building was part of the plan for temporary (transit) housing for people in need. A camp of transit housing ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          South Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 1946

Plans for houses and ablution blocks for the Transit Camp in Hokowhitu. Both the houses and the ablution blocks were planned to be constructed from re-purposed army huts. Units were also built for purpose.

Post WWII there was a shortage of housin...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          1945 to 1946

House plans for units that were built at the Transit Camp in Hokowhitu.

Post WWII there was a shortage of housing in New Zealand, and this camp provided temporary accommodation for families in need. Bathrooms were not a feature of the units and ...

Creator:      New Zealand Government (probable)
Place:          Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          March 25, 1948

This ten-page report was prepared for the Town Planning Office of the PNCC. The purpose of the report was "to examine the residential site building coverage requirements as laid down in the Palmerston North CIty Council Code of Ordinance. The ma...

Creator:      Peter Crawford, PNCC Town Planning Office
Date:          December 1970

Broadcast on Access Manawatu on 29 May 2018, a group discussion of building styles and materials at various times in New Zealand. Topics include: ceiling heights, heating, ventilation, food safes, design errors, and threats (floods, earthquakes, l...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          May 29, 2018