Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th July 2021.  Part 2 of 2.  Centralising public sector organization. Centralising versus decentralising. Councillors versus chief executives, training for elected representatives. Lack of...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 20, 2021

The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened and r...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The Municipal Opera House, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected for the Palmerston North Borough Council in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and w...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

Broadcast on Manawatu people's Radio, 13th April 2021. Part 2 of 3. Getting into politics. Elected in by-election for Mayor of Manawatu. Bob Moody. Consensus politics, 1 vote in 9 years as Mayor. CEOs for management, council for governance. Fei...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          April 13, 2021

Broadcast on Manawatu people's Radio, 15th June 2021. Part 2 of 2.

In 2002 became Chief Executive Officer of FarmSafe. Developed educational safety programmes for farms. Impact of an on-farm injury. Consulting, then retired and went into local b...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 15, 2021

Mark Bell-Booth was a member of the Palmerston North City Council 1991-2004, serving as Mayor 2001-2004. Mr Bell-Booth is a businessman and initially came to prominence during his “Save the Avenue” campaign.

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          2001

Joseph Hodgens (1887-1955) was City Councillor 1919-1921 and 1923-1944, and Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1935-1946. Born in Nelson he worked as a builder and contractor in Palmerston North for 20 years. He also served on the Hospital ...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1935 to 1946

William Thomas Wood (c1854-1943) was Mayor 1895-1899 and again 1901-1903. He also served as a Borough Councillor between 1884 and 1901, and as Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1902-1908. He retired to Australia and died there.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

James Alfred Nash (c1868-1952) was Mayor of Palmerston North 1908-1923, and a Borough Councillor 1907-1908. He was the first Mayor to have been born in the Manawatu and came to Palmerston North at 13 years of age, gaining a job at the Ready Money ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909

Jill White was elected Mayor of Palmerston North in 1998. She was the first woman to hold the position. She also served as a Palmerston North City Councillor from 1983 - 1992, as a Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Councillor (now Horizons) from 1989 - ...

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          circa 1998

William Blair Tennent (1899-1976) was Mayor Of Palmerston North 1956-1959 and City Councillor 1933-1941. He was born in Greymouth and commenced practice as a dentist in Palmerston North in 1922. He was Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 194...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

A scrapbook compiled by accounting and secretarial firm Rutherfurd and Connell, containing public notices issued by the following local bodies: Manawatū Road Board (1891-1902), Manawatū Land Drainage Board (1905-1922), Kairanga County Council (190...

Creator:      Rutherfurd and Connell
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          1891 to 1942

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Police Spectacular welcome; local government changes; Esplanad...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

A.E. Mansford (c1886-1962) was Mayor of Palmerston North 1931-1947 and a Borough Councillor 1927-1931. 'Gus' Mansford was born in Nelson and came to Palmerston North in 1907, starting an auctioneering business in Cuba Street. Later he became a pub...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1932

This meeting is the last of the former Palmerston North City Council on 1 November 1989. As from this date the new Palmerston North City Council was formed, comprising of the then present Palmerston North City and parts of the then present Manawat...

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1, 1989

Sir Brian George Conway Elwood, CBE, JP, (born 5 April 1933) is a former New Zealand lawyer, politician, and public servant. He served as mayor of Palmerston North from 1971 to 1985, and was the Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand from December 1994 to...

Creator:      Ian Matheson - interviewer
Date:          May 2, 1985

A brief history of the development of the local authority that has administered Palmerston North since 1877 - Palmerton North Borough Council 1877-1930 and Palmerston North City Council 1930 onwards. Ian Matheson, City Archivist, created a series ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1990

Ron Everleigh, truck driver, employed by the Palmerston North City Council standing alongside an Engineers Department truck.

Creator:      Alf Taylor
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

City Council of 1944-1947. From left. Back row: J R Hardie - Town Clerk; H Humphries - Abattoir Manager; A M P Hall - City Treasurer; J R Hughes - City Engineer; D C Mackenzie - Curator. Middle Row: H Greenwood - Librarian; D Niven - City Engineer...

Creator:      Lewis Studio Ltd
Date:          circa 1945

City Council 1962-1965. From left. Back row: Cr T S Mihaere; Cr M T Dearsly; Cr M C Sexton; A M P Hall - Town Clerk; Cr P Kelliher; Cr J A Walding; Cr H A Bodell: C F Hogg - City Engineer. Front Row: Cr T de Cleene, Cr J N Wallace; Cr D T Spring;...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

From left. Back row: A W Chapman - Bus Manager; P Hall - Assistant Town Clerk; McKenzie - Gas Manager. Front row: C Hands - Electrical Engineer; J R Hardie - Town Clerk; G Tremaine - Mayor; G Hogg - Engineer; D MacKenzie - Curator.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1954

Looking towards the clocktower in The Square of Palmerston North. In the foreground can be seen the construction of the new Civic Administration Building, built 1976 - 1979, which when completed straddled the road into The Square.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          June 11, 1975

Alexander Ferguson (c1846-1931) was Mayor of Palmerston North 1885-86, and a Borough Councillor 1878-1884 and 1888. A Scotsman by birth, he came to New Zealand on the 'Star of Germany and arrived in Palmerston North about 1878. He bought George Sn...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1885

Notice and Order Paper for Special Council Meeting Being the Final Council Meeting to Commemorate the Abolition of the Present Palmerston North City and the Dissolution of the Present Palmerston North City Council.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          354 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1989-10-12T00:00:00+00:00

Notice and Order Paper for Special Council Meeting to be Held to Acknowledge the Opening of the Palmerston North Civic Centre. The Palmerston North Civic Centre was opened by Mayor Elwood at the first meeting of the Council in the new Council Cham...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1979-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

A programme from the Civic Service held at All Saints' Church to celebrate 100 Years of Municipal Local Government in Palmerston North.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1977-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

An invitation to the Civic Dinner held at Barber Hall to celebrate 100 Years of Municipal Local Government in Palmerston North

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1977-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Notice and Order Paper for Special Council Meeting to Commemorate 100 Years of Municipal Local Government in Palmerston North. Included are the meeting minutes from an early council meeting (17 August, 1877), and a listing of Mayors and Councillor...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1977-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

The Borough Council Chambers located on Main Street in Foxton.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Foxton
Date:          circa 1900

The courtyard is situated in front of the Civic Centre where it protrudes into The Square gardens. The photograph looks back to the corner of Coleman Mall. [Colloquially known as red square because of the colour of the tiles]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 1981