Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Anders Jensen was presumed dead after he vanished in the Manawatū bush in May 1881 for more than three weeks.He survived despite having no food, blankets or suitable cl...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: October 9, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the 1890s, women all over New Zealand were doorknocking for signatures on votes for women suffrage petitions. In Palmerston North, 500 names were collected and sent ...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: September 18, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Billy Larkins (1896-1971) was a dance band leader and talented pianist. By the 1920s, he had formed the Larkins' Elite Orchestra, which performed around Manawatū and be...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: January 24, 2009
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Charlotte Warburton (1883-1961) born in Palmerston North, was a notable community leader. In her memoir "Changing Days and Changing Ways", she wrote about her childhood...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 2, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. When Darren Trask started renovating his country cottage, he found historic newspapers dated 1887 in the wall linings. The cottage, address 1033B Napier Road, is class...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 11, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Pam Rush shares memories of her mother Frieda McDonald and the recipe book Frieda started in the 1920s.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 24, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Brian Dredge recalls his father Cyril Dredge's war time experiences and career. Cyril Dredge joined the Manawatū Home Guard during World War II. He was an active member...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: September 4, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Brian Dredge recalls his father Cyril Dredge's war time experiences and career. Cyril Dredge joined the Manawatū Home Guard during World War II. He was an active member...
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Book review of "Early Medical Practitioners in Manawatū and Palmerston North" by Dr Richard Rawstron. The book describes a background of early medical services in Mana...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: December 14, 2013
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Minnie Sabina Thomas (1898-1974) began collecting autographed books and pamphlets in 1934 after obtaining the signatures of the Lord and Lady Bledisloe. By the time of ...
Creator: Tina White
Date: December 21, 2013
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life and career of actress and singer Nellie Stewart (1858-1931). Nellie performed at Palmerston North's new Opera House in its first week of opening, July 1905.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 15, 2008
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of The Palmerston North Opera House. Built in 1905 in Church Street, it put the city's two earlier live venues, the Theatre Royal and the Lyceum, out of busine...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 8, 2005
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The career of Theatre Royal's business manager and first Opera House manager Harry Muller.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 17, 2019
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A new book,* Power: Electrical Supply to the Manawatū* by Colin Rush looks back at the history of local power supply since 1878. The author joined the Manawatū-Oroua E...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: February 1, 2014
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the 1950s and 1960s, building company Beazley Homes built homes to meet a housing shortage. The nationwide company made pre-cut affordable homes, with the house and...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: July 17, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The 2010 editor of the Manawatū Journal of History Cushla Scrivens discusses increased internet access to local historical material. The importance of National Librar...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: August 28, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 22 February 1972, French wrestler Andre Roussimoff, also called Andre the Giant, came to Palmerston North for a wrestling match. His large size drew a lot of attenti...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 14, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. On Monday 10 July 1967, New Zealand swapped pounds, shillings and pence for dollars and cents. The new coins presented some problems for parking meters and domestic gas...
Creator: Tina White
Place: New Zealand
Date: July 10, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1955 pianist Winifred Atwell performed a six day show season at the Regent. The variety show featured comedians, artists and even some nudity. Pianist Winifred (Winn...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 26, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) spent six weeks touring New Zealand in 1895, part of a world speaking tour. On 2 December 1895, he gave a lecture to a packed audienc...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 7, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life story of James Alfred (Jimmy) Nash (1871-1952). Jimmy Nash became Palmerston North's 15th mayor in 1908. He was popular, remaining in office for 15 years. In t...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 21, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Maurice Costello was a dedicated press photographer who spent 35 years recording Palmerston North's daily news. He joined the Manawatū Standard in 1962 and retired in 1...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 19, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Annie Besant was a charismatic speaker whose 1908 visit sparked local interest in Theosophy. A local branch of the New Zealand Theosophical Society was formed in 1911 a...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 29, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. When local author Private Jack Gallichan was thrown into a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, he started a weekly newspaper called The Tiki Times. Galli...
Creator: Tina White
Date: April 24, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The family story of Robert (Bob) and Lorna Voss, their long marriage and memories of the Tiritea Valley, where they lived for most of their lives.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 23, 2010
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, some wealthy Palmerston North families employed domestic servants, The servants were typically young women recruited from the United ...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 3, 2010
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
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Māori Battalion trains at the Palmerston North showgrounds in 1940.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 22, 2006
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