Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 25th March 2025. Part 2 of 2.   Was an apprentice electrician in the late 1960s when he met his wife who was a member of the Palmerston North Operatic Society. Subsequently joined the PNOS and wor...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 25, 2025

He Ara Kotahi pathway which connects cyclists and pedestrians between Palmerston North and Linton Military Camp, Massey University and Food HQ. The name means a pathway that brings people together. The lighting design aims to create the illusion ...

Creator:      Alexander Robertson, for PNCC
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 28, 2021

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 February, 1964. "Not worried about heights is Mr. C. Silews on the sway of the tower. He and other members of the railway electricity department are wiring the lights...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31 August 1961 "The new taxiway at the Palmerston North Airport, which was completed recently, is closed. This time, however, it is to enable workmen to place lighting o...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          August 31, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 November, 1959. “The lighting on the second half of the Palmerston North Airport runway will be completed soon and the full runway will be ready for day and night lan...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

A digital display of images displayed on the facade of Square Edge during Local History Week.

Creator:      Luke McIndoe
Place:          Square Edge, The Square
Date:          November 5, 2021

This building was the fourth public library in Palmerston North and was purpose built by the PNCC in 1928. The Library was originally housed upstairs and offices and shops occupied the ground floor, but in later years it expanded into some areas d...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1937