Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The 158th anniversary of the 250,000 acre block of land sale that Rangitanē agreed to sell to the Crown is on July 23 1864. The deed of sale is held in Archives New Zealand, W...

Creator:      Warren and Virginia Warbrick
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 23, 2022

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Rostrata private maternity hospital ushered thousands of Palmerston North babies into the world 1918-1962. Named after a large red gum tree on the site (eucalyptus rostrata), ...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 3, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The first professional rugby match in New Zealand was played at the Palmerston North Showgrounds 1 March 1996 between the Wellington Hurricanes and the Auckland Blues.

Creator:      Stephen Berg
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 15, 2025

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. From 1885, property owners paid a special rate to support the poor in the community. Administering assistance for poor people from 1902 to 1930 was the job of the charitable a...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          January 4, 2025

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. While common in England and parts of Aotearoa, hedgehogs were still a rarity in Manawatū in the early 20th century.

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          October 19, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The founding of Manawatū Gay Rights Association (MaGRA) in 1977 occurred during a period of time when queer (LGBTQIA+) experiences were mostly absent from the media and mocked...

Creator:      Jaime Ridge
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          February 10, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of radio listening since 1924. By the 1930's, it is estimated that more than half of New Zealand homes had a radio. Tuning in to the 'wireless' became a communal a...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 30, 2022

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

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Fifteen year old Fred Symes started working as a cadet reporter for the Manawatū Standard in 1950. It was to be the start of a long and colourful career in New Zealand ...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 12, 2010

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Article about the history of rabbits in New Zealand. Rabbits have been popular pets for local children and are the subject of several children's books.

Creator:      Fiona McKergow
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          March 30, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Article about Hokowhitu School, which opened 5 February 1924.

Creator:      Geoff Watson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 16, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The growth of teaching cultural activities and the arts in schools has a controversial history. From its earliest days, Palmerston North Teachers' College staff were recruited...

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 3, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life and career of Madame Lauri Alwyn, women's health advocate. Madame Alwyn visited Palmerston North in May 1936 and presented a number of lifestyle, health and fitness l...

Creator:      Dr Tania Kopytko
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 2, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In July 1864, Rangitāne paramount chief Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna of Ngāti Mutuahi was the lead signatory in the sale of 250,000 acres of Rangitāne ki Manawatū whenua, known as...

Creator:      Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 22, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of Wellington anniversary day and a case for celebrating Palmerston North anniversary separately.

Creator:      Toi Warbrick
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          January 29, 2022

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. People were fascinated by the sensational 1920 murder of Palmerston North woman Mary Etheline in Terrace End. The man initialy suspected of her murder, Harry Deeley, to...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 17, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Carol Davidson (née Jefferies) was adopted when she was a baby. Around 1995, Carol started making contact with her birth family. A 1939 picture of people sitting outsid...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          April 10, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Mystery surrounds an unsigned painting donated to Manawatu Museum in 1986. It came with memorabilia from the old Collinson and Cunninghame department store. The paintin...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 2010

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1950, the movie "The Secrets of Life" achieved record breaking attendance figures throughout the country and at the local Mayfair Theatre. Its genre was considered "exploit...

Creator:      Pauline Knuckey
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 22, 2022

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1980, Judge Joe Watts sentenced Peter John Howse to six months periodic detention for domestic assault. His comment "The only reason I will not send you to jail this time i...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 10, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. At least seven ferry services operated on the Manawatū River between 1841 and 1909. A "ferry" was a designated crossing point, while the floating conveyance, attached to a wir...

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          August 19, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. After World War 1, the Sheep Owners' Association of New Zealand brought sons of British navy war personnel to New Zealand to be trained as farm cadets. They were trained and r...

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 12, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1925, it was announced that two of the country's smallest rugby unions, Manawatū and Horowhenua, would merge for the purposes of forming a rep team. For eight years, the ...

Creator:      Stephen Berg
Place:          Manawatū - Horowhenua
Date:          August 5, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 3 August 1993, four Rangitanē pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home to the region after an absence of 60 years, from the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tonga...

Creator:      Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 29, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the Longburn Railway Line 1871-1959. Since 2016, the Bainesse and Districts Community Development Trust has been working to establish the Foxton-Longburn Railway ...

Creator:      The Bainesse and Districts Community Development Trust
Place:          Horowhenua/Manawatū
Date:          July 15, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Foxton's former courthouse building, corner of Main Street and Avenue Road. In 1863 Ihākara Tukumaru, chief of Ngāti Raukawa's Ngāti Ngarongo hapu, gifted the site ...

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Foxton
Date:          July 1, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The teaching and learning of te reo and te ao Māori in schools from late 19th century to early 20th century.

Creator:      Dorothy Pilkington
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          June 23, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 16 June 1980, 15 people with signage worded "Remember Soweto" held a silent vigil in Te Marae o Hine/The Square to protest violent events in South Africa. Whilst the anti-a...

Creator:      Elizabeth Ward
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 17, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the reserve near Massey University campus entrance, named after Governor General Lord Bledisloe in 1933. With its bush walks and swimming holes, the park has proved...

Creator:      Geoff Watson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 10, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Fizzy cordial drinks were a popular beverage in the late 19th century. From 1875, several local manufacturers competed for customers. Joseph Bell and Co set up a factory in Ra...

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 27, 2023