This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank. It depicts a group of friends or brothers, two older and three younger, who appear in several images in the Berry Family collection. One of...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: The Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1910s
The celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 15 to 22 March 1952. The opening event, on the morning on Saturday 15th, was a reenactment of the "arrival of the first White Women and children by Canoe a...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1952
The first in this set of unpublished images was taken for a story in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
"It was a Le Mans-type start at Te Matai Road, with the crew captains racing to their rafts after the starting gun had been f...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
This set of unpublished images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
The race was "won by a six-man crew from the Valuation Department. It comprised John Clendin, Dave Roxburgh, Bob Mitchell, Dave ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
The first in this set of unpublished images was taken for a story in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
Crew captains raced to their rafts... "after the starting gun had been fired by Manawatu's Miss Commonwealth Games Hostess, T...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
The first in this set of images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
"To the victors, certainly not the spoils, but heaps of flour. As the Valuation Department team drifted under the Fitzherbert B...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
The first in this set of images was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 3rd December 1973.
"An 88-strong armada of rafts makes its way down the Manawatu River yesterday during the Awapuni Jaycees' fourth annual raft ra...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1973
Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: December 1967
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This aerial is believed to be set in Palmerston North. Can you identify the location? Please use the comments tab to let us know so we can update the information attached to this record.
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography b...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: 1955
"Awatapu Golf course, Prior to building of Lido"
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Awatapu, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This aerial is believed to be set in Palmerston North. Can you identify the location? Please use the comments tab to let us know so we can update the information attached to this record.
Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography b...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: 1955
Tokomaru is situated on Highway 57, 11.3km north of Shannon and 19.3km south of Palmerston North. Horseshoe Bend Reserve is a popular swimming spot on the Manawatū River.
Creator: Manawatū Guardian
Date: January 22, 1975
A view of the second Fitzherbert Bridge over the Manawatū River from the Victoria Esplanade gardens. It is similar, but not identical to image 2018P_2018-12_025126.
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1...
Date: circa 1940
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1950
This image is taken from a postcard. It shows a flood which possibly took place earlier than 1908.
The first Fitzherbert Bridge was built between 1876 and 1877, but was only useable from 1878 after the adjoining road was formed and metalled. It wa...
Creator: Whalley and Co.
Date: circa 1908
The piledriver is situated beside the first Fitzherbert Bridge.
Date: 1933 to 1934
The piledriver is situated beside the first Fitzherbert Bridge.
Date: 1933 to 1934
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1935
The second Fitzherbert Bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Co. Ltd between 1933 and 1935. It was opened 20 July 1935 by Viscount Galway, the Governor General. The concrete bridge replaced the original wooden structure completed in 1877. The ...
Date: 1934
Creator: Manawatū Catchment Board
Date: 1950
Taonui Street is named for the Taonui Swamp. While the literal meaning is "big spear" or "big catch," it is a metaphor for an abundance of kai (food) and resources.
The image is a derivative ...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
This copy of John Tiffin Stewart's handwritten manuscript was typed in 1967 by Ian Matheson, who has annotated each paragraph with the page numbers of T. Lindsay Buick's Old Manawatu (1903) containing information derived from Stewart's manuscript.
Date: 1902 to 1967
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Parahaki Island. Approximately 10 hectares, it is located at the confluence of the Pohangina and Manawatū rivers. It is a significant site for mana whenua. It was h...
Creator: Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place: Manawatū
Date: July 20, 2024