Three medals, Gold, Silver and Bronze, produced for the 1990 Special Olympics held in Palmerston North. The medals were donated to the Palmerston North City Council by the Special Olympics Committee in in gratitude for the council's sponsorship...

Date:          1990

Studio portrait of a uniformed member of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles. The Manawatu Mounted Rifles were a cavalry unit, formed in 1891.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

This image shows a collection of objects pertaining to Reginald (Reg) Bridewell, Master baker, the original owner of Bridewell's Bakery.

The medals were awarded to Reg from London for Best Loaf of Bread 1919, 1921 and 1924. The photograph shows R...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1961 "Twenty-nine nurses from the Palmerston North Hospital were presented with their medals at the graduation ceremony in the tutorial hall last evening. They...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 29, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1961 "Twenty-nine nurses from the Palmerston North Hospital were presented with their medals at the graduation ceremony in the tutorial hall last evening. They...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 29, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 September 1960 "Seventeen nurses received their State nursing medals at the graduation ceremony held last evening at the Palmerston North Hospital. They were (from th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 December 1962, "Miss Vivien Haddon, the Palmerston North champion swimmer, proudly shows the silver and bronze medals she won at the recent Perth Empire Games. Miss ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 12, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 October 1958: "Dr. F.H. McDowall, chief of the New Zealand Dairy Research Chemistry Division (left) and Mr. J.K. Scott, of the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute, b...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 6, 1958

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket was a former Governor of New Zealand (1906-1909). He was also a freemason and Grand Master of New Zealand's Grand Lodge. Inscription on front of the original photo reads "The Mayor and Council of Palmerston North...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910 to circa 1911

Josie Griffiths Red Cross Medals, including rare 40 years of Service.

Creator:      Griffiths collection
Date:          1990s