Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th July 2020, part 3 of 6. Married and returned to New Zealand, Lincoln College teaching farm management. Taking students on farm tours round NZ. Job with South Taranaki Farm Improvement Club, then a...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 7, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th April 2020. Part 1 of 6. Student at Massey Agricultural College in 1949. Milk testing. Student life, hostels, returned servicemen. Female students, C J Monro’s house. Hostel raids. Capping week. A...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 7, 2020
"Massey college, prior to becoming a university and major development"
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 lo...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North
"Massey college, prior to becoming a university and major development"
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 lo...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North
This audience is gathered to observe the laying of the Massey Agricultural College Foundation Stone by Governor General, Sir Charles Fergusson, accompanied by his wife, Lady Alice Fergusson. The vice-regal party were out of shot on a stage to the ...
Creator: Unknown
Date: December 4, 1929
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 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 / 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 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 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 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
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Ruahine Reserve was the site of Ruahine Kāinga (village) before 1864, a community of 150 to 200 people. It is recalled by Rangitāne as being where the old College of Educ...
Creator: Karla Karaitiana
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 1, 2024
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of Drysdale sheep. The breed was developed at Massey Agricultural College from 1931 by Dr Francis Dry. It derives from sheep of the New Zealand Romney breed in whi...
Creator: Russell Poole
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 1, 2023
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. From 1935, Massey University capping traditions included a students procession from the University campus to Marae o Hine/The Square. Locally known as Procesh, students built ...
Creator: Louis Changuion
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 11, 2023
A group of male students who attended Massey Agricultural College. The man seated in the front row, tenth from the left is Walter Herbert Hill.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 194X
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 June 1961 "A senior lecturer in zoology at Massey Agricultural College (Mr. L. Gurr) has recently received a grant of £200 from the Nuffield Foundation Fund to enable...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: June 20, 1961
A student shakes hands with Massey College Professor at a Capping Ceremony.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 May 1958, page 8: "Members of the Massey College Council and the University of New Zealand grants committee combine for the photographer at Massey today when the comm...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: May 2, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 January 1961: "The Assistant Director-General of Unesco, Mr. M.S. Adiseshiah (far right), called at Massey Agricultural College today to study agrucultural training f...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: January 26, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 June 1961 "In its search for farm safety officers the Farm Safety Association has, for the third time in succession, selected Mr. Lewis Craig as the recipient for the...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: June 23, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 May 1961 "The senior lecturer in farm machinery at Massey Agricultural College (Mr. M. Cross) demonstrates to the Young Farmers' Club farm machinery course students t...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: May 23, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1961 "Taking no interest in the photographer, these calves on the Massey College dairy farm were making every effort to obtain at least one good meal. Mr. L. B...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: August 29, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 June 1961 "When the University Grants Committee visited Massey College this morning Dr. A. Stewart (centre) pointed out many aspects of the college. He is shown with ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: June 26, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 May 1961 "Using a globe in the Massey Agricultural College library, the Deputy-Minister of Agriculture for India (Mr. M.V. Krishnappa) explained his itinerary on his ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: May 11, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 April 1958, page 9: "The chairman of the Massey College Council, Mr. W.V. Dyer (right), is seen making a presentation to Professor W. Riddet yesterday afternoon at th...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 March 1958, page 9: "Seen heading the procession of floats in yesterday's Massey College celebrations is the college band waltzing their way down Broadway."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 27, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 August 1961 "The chief shearing instructor for the New Zealand Wool Board (Mr. C. Waite) giving instruction to 11 senior shearing students at Massey Agricultural Coll...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: August 28, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 June 1961 "The farm safety organiser of the New Zealand Farm Safety Association (Mr. J.C. Warren) places a protective helmet on Mr. J. Wilson (Warkworth) during the f...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Tennent Drive, Palmerston North
Date: June 23, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 June 1961 "The judging for the Massey Agricultural College "fleece of the year" took place in the college wool room yesterday and today. The 58 entries included fleec...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: June 22, 1961