Avro Avian aircraft at Milson aerodrome. Early 1930's, Goodwin Chichester Company.
Wings displayed in the folded back position to show the easy storage capabilities of the aircraft.
Photo taken by Josie Griffiths with her Box Brownie ca...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930s

Foreground left in image is Len Mangham's Monocoupe 70 aircraft, based at Milson. At rear is the visiting Avro 618 TEN from Australia, named the "Faith in Australia", boasting its newly fitted 3 x 330 horsepower Wright Whirlwind Radial engine...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 10, 1934

 Gypsy Moth aircraft as an honor guard over the newly arrived "Tainui", after it completed an International Air Race. 
De Havilland Rapide aircraft flew to Palmerston North after competing in an Air Race, the final part of the fl...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

 De Havilland Rapide at Milson aerodrome after it's epic flight from England to Australia as part of an International Air Race. The plane then flew on to Palmerston North, this part of the flight taking 12 hours and 9 minutes. It was the...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

 Gypsy Moth aircraft as an honor guard over the newly arrived "Tainui", after it completed an International Air Race. 
De Havilland Rapide aircraft flew to Palmerston North after competing in an Air Race, the final part of the fl...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

De Havilland Rapide at Milson aerodrome after it's epic flight from England to Australia as part of an International Air Race. The plane then flew on to Palmerston North, this part of the flight taking 12 hours and 9 minutes. It was the first...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1934

Photo of Union Airways De Havilland DH 86 passenger and mail aircraft at Milson Aerodrome in circa 1936.
Named Korimako, registration ZK-AEH
Photo taken by Josie Griffiths with her Box Brownie Camera.

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1936

This booklet was produced by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It argues the case that Palmerston North's Milson Airport should have been the home to the Trans-Tasman Air Terminal due to the city's status as the "geographical centre of New Zealand" ...

Creator:      Junior Chamber of Commerce
Date:          November 1944

The Honourable Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-1974 opening St Peter's College on August 18, 1974. The Roman Catholic School was Palmerston North's fifth secondary school, and was blessed by the Archbishop of Wellington, the most ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          1 Holdsworth Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          August 18, 1974

On 9 October 1969, Kelly Hargreaves opened the Sheraton Restaurant in Milson. This was located in Edinkillie, a homestead built in 1908 for the McKenzie family. The historic building was later sold and relocated to Tirau. This photograph was proba...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

On 9 October 1969, Kelly Hargreaves opened the Sheraton Restaurant in Milson. This was located in Edinkillie, a homestead built in 1908 for the McKenzie family. The historic building was later sold and relocated to Tirau. This photograph was proba...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

On 9 October 1969, Kelly Hargreaves opened the Sheraton Restaurant in Milson. This was located in Edinkillie, a homestead built in 1908 for the McKenzie family. The historic building was later sold and relocated to Tirau. This photograph was proba...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

On 9 October 1969, Kelly Hargreaves opened the Sheraton Restaurant in Milson. This was located in Edinkillie, a homestead built in 1908 for the McKenzie family. The historic building was later sold and relocated to Tirau. This photograph was proba...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

The Milson area was first developed as a response to the need for railway housing in Palmerston North. The area still contains a large number of the distinctive 'railway houses' that were designed and built in the 1920s for many areas around New Z...

Creator:      New Zealand Railways (?)
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1957

Name: The Cutting

Suburb, Milson

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The way is named “The Cutting,” a railway term referencing excavation in a land rise in order to lay railway tracks. There is a deep cutting at the rear boundary of this street, on the North Island Main Tr...

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date:          2025

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: “Milson Deviation showing work in progress.”

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

Palmerston North Plunket rooms 1994. There were several Plunket Society sub-branches located throughout the city. The Milson rooms premises address was 1 McGregor Street, Milson.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1994

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 February, 1964. "Not worried about heights is Mr. C. Silews on the sway of the tower. He and other members of the railway electricity department are wiring the lights...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 April, 1959. "First off the Viscount when it arrived on its inaugural flight from Harewood this afternoon at Milson Airport was two-year-old Aubrey Altken, from Dunedi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 February, 1959. "Entering the final straight in a race for motor-cycles at the opening meeting of the Palmerston North Three-quarter Midget Club at Milson on Saturday...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 December 1962, "Workmen were busy yesterday on extension work to the existing car park at the Palmerston North Airport. An extra 26 parking bays will be made availab...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          December 15, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3 May, 1963. "The cast of the famous Ziegfeld Follies arrived at Milson yesterday, having been delayed by bad weather in Nelson. Despite the gusty wind the girls formed ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1963-05-03T00:00:00+00:00

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Convention Centre; windfarm; railway land; waste management; i...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

An aerial photograph of Palmerston North airport.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

In the late 1910s and 1920s, there was a large housing shortage in New Zealand. This affected the railway workers who often struggled to find affordable housing - often, they would rather quit and find another job than transfer to a centre with...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          26 Cambridge Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 2019

An aerial photograph of Palmerston North airport.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

An aerial photograph of Palmerston North airport.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

An aerial photograph of Palmerston North airport.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

An aerial photograph of Palmerston North airport.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989

An aerial photograph of Palmerston North airport.

Creator:      Peter Legg
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1989