Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st April 2020. Part 1 of 2. Why writing local history? Gestetners. Palmerston North Historical Society booklets. Early research on NZ tour of Gemini space capsule. School histories. Parish history. Brian ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 21, 2020

The awards were held at Caccia Birch House. As well as the annual Local Historian of the Year and the biennial best local history book awards, this year two other books were acknowledged for their contribution to local history.

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Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Caccia Birch House, Palmerston North
Date:          November 10, 2021

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 "Cleared to Land," early days of aviation in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons

p. 15 Design for living: the Savage Crescent conservation area / Margaret Tate

p. 25 Atawhai / Patricia Keiller ...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2010

A resource created by Palmerston North Branch NZ Society of Genealogists ++What is the Palmerston North Settlers Collection?

++ It consists of files of documents, photographs and stories contributed by families about their relatives who lived...

Creator:      Palmerston North Branch of New Zealand Genealogy Society
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1875 to 1900

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 4 School milk, health camps and 'Gunn's Gospel of Grub' / Margaret Tennant

p. 13 'This lovely home'. An account of 'Brabourne', 149 Monmouth Street, Feilding / Gerry Barton

p. 26 Stepping out of the ...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2020

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Peanuts or beef? A walking challenge / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 11 Manawatū's First World War camps, 1914-1919 / Tim Shoebridge

p. 22 Heirs of Rochdale: the Manawatū Co-operative Society and its fou...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2013

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 5 Serving the people: work and life at Palmerston North's premier department store / Simon Johnson

p. 17 Awapuni Medical Corps camp and 'the scourge' of 1918 / Leanne Croon Hickman

p. 29 The Methodi...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2019

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 5 Mrs (Dr) Martin tracing Margery Martin, the wife of Dr Arthur Anderson Martin / Leanne Croon Hickman

p. 14 Fragments of a year in the life of a Palmerston North business /Jill White

p. 22 A growing...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2018

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 5 'Whose river is it anyway? Recreation on the Manawatū.' / Jill White

p. 15 'The story of a schoolbag: going to school in the First World War.' / Kerry Bethell & Cushla Scrivens

p. 23 'A new lease o...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2017

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Margaret Tennant

p. 5 To bridge or not to bridge...? / Jill White

p. 17 Money for my boy: the story of Katherine Wilson's will / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 25 The final battle / Simon Johnson

p. 35 An indeterminate sente...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2016

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 A story of music, rumour, and war in Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 11 Anders Hansen Ihle Palmerston North pioneer / Joan Barnes

p. 20 A journalist in World War One: the man who created 'ANZAC'...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2015

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial: Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Flea-houses and picture palaces: cinema life before the Downtown multiplex / Pauline Knuckey

p. 14 Motorists: look before you peep: the fall and rise of Feilding's town clock / Simon Johnson

p. 22...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2014

Contents:

p. 3 Guest editorial / Margaret Tennant

p. 5 'Taonui School' joins in the Queen Victoria diamond jubilee celebrations / Jill White

p. 8 Smut, satire and hairy fairies: Massey University student capping revues / Lucy Marsden

p. 20...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2012

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Girls, girls... Miss Victoria McKenzie at FAHS / Cushla Scrivens

p. 13 The Catholic Māori Church at Kai Iwi pā / Eljon Fitzgerald & Maureen Lawton

p. 22 Strippers, tubbers & scutchers: life a...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2011

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 4 A farmhouse becomes famous / Margaret Tate

p. 9 I learnt from the nuns a study of music teaching offered by the Sisters of Mercy in Palmerston North / Graham Parsons

p. 25 The Alwyn Physical ...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2006

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 4 Pete the Pedler: remembered by many / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 8 'A desire for the beautiful' the Manawatū Arts and Crafts Club 1911-1932 / Margaret Tate

p. 16 Local identities organised the fir...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2005

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Spending a penny public rest rooms for women in Palmerston North and Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 17 Veteran curator: Charles Hirtzel and the Manawatu Philosophical Society museum / Fiona M...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2009

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Refuge for thousands: the role of Manawatu after the Hawke's Bay earthquake / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 14 James Baxter Fleck / Alice Hunt-O'Keefe

p. 23 A forgotten hero / Margaret Tate

p. 33 R...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2007

Contents:

p. 3 Guest editorial /Dorothy Pilkington

p. 5 Through the shop window: Claude Dixon's original and artistic retail displays / Fiona McKergow

p. 13 Connections: The Russells of Wharerata and their origins / Lucy Marsden

p. 20 Wome...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2006

Taonui, Lombard and Campbell Streets are amongst the earlier streets settled in Palmerston North. Brian Mather, as a member of the Local History Study Group, gave a series of lectures to interested members. Later, his lecture notes on Taonui, Lomb...

Creator:      Brian Mather and the Palmerston North Historical Society
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2006

A history of the Linton School and district, to celebrate 100 years of Linton School. Also includes information on James Linton, local governance, local agriculture and Linton Army Camp.

Creator:      W J Lauridsen
Place:          Linton, Manawatū
Date:          1989

Article titles from the The Manawatū Journal of History indexed by issue date.

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2020

Article titles from the The Manawatū Journal of History indexed by author surname.

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2020

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A review of articles from the Manawatū Journal of History, Volume 15 (2019). The journal, published annually, contains articles on the history of the wider Manawatū are...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          August 31, 2019

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Inside this is...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 2020

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council. Inside this issu...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2019

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Inside this iss...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2020

Kristen Gibson was the great grand-daughter of Frits Jenssen, an early settler and Mayor of Palmerston North. Her great grandfather was a sawmiller with Jacob Nannestad who built Caccia Birch house.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 6, 1992

Kristen Gibson was the great grand-daughter of Frits Jenssen, an early settler and Mayor of Palmerston North.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 6, 1992

Murray Brown receiving a highly commended award for 125 Not Out: A History of the Manawatū Cricket Association 1895-2020, co-authored with Alec Astle, at the 2021 Palmerston North Hertage Trust Local History Awards.

Presenting t...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Caccia Birch House, Palmerston North
Date:          November 10, 2021