Bruce MacKenzie Abernethy (1926-1999) was a Wellington dirt bike racer. He was a popular and frequent speedway competitor at the Palmerston North Showgrounds, from 1948 to 1959.
Bruce Abernethy started racing at Taita, Lower Hutt in late 1947 an...
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1948 to circa 1951
Bruce MacKenzie Abernethy (1926-1999) was a Wellington dirt bike racer. He was a popular and frequent speedway competitor at the Palmerston North Showgrounds, from 1948 to 1959.
Bruce Abernethy started racing at Taita, Lower Hutt in late 1947 an...
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1948 to circa 1951
Bruce MacKenzie Abernethy (1926-1999) was a Wellington dirt bike racer. He was a popular and frequent speedway competitor at the Palmerston North Showgrounds, from 1948 to 1959.
In the far right corner is Peter Lockett (1929-2000) from Palmersto...
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1948 to circa 1951
The image is a derivative of this City of Palmerston North District Planning Map from 19...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition, but was not published.
Mockery of traditional cultural practices by 'dressing-up' in grass skirts was once a common form of entertainment. The practice slowly died out acr...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition, but was not published.
Mockery of traditional cultural practices by 'dressing-up' in grass skirts was once a common form of entertainment. The practice slowly died out acr...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition, but was not published.
Mockery of traditional cultural practices by 'dressing-up' in grass skirts was once a common form of entertainment. The practice slowly died out acr...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition, but was not published.
Mockery of traditional cultural practices by 'dressing-up' in grass skirts was once a common form of entertainment. The practice slowly died out acr...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition, but was not published.
Mockery of traditional cultural practices by 'dressing-up' in grass skirts was once a common form of entertainment. The practice slowly died out acr...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition, but was not published.
Mockery of traditional cultural practices by 'dressing-up' in grass skirts was once a common form of entertainment. The practice slowly died out acr...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.
Caption: “Members of the procession lining up before the arrival of the Te Kuiti Orphans’ Club who ‘raided’ the Manawatu Savage Club.”
Mockery of t...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
A student manoeuvring around the pegs at the Palmerston North Motorcycle Training School. The Central Normal School can be seen in the background.
Creator: Stan Key - Motorcycle Training School
Place: Beresford Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 February, 1964. "This motor-cycle belongs to Mr. Kevin John Hill, now seriously ill with multiple head injuries at Palmerston North Hospital. Mr. Hill, a 24-year-old ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 3 February, 1964. [Image from the Woodville Moto-Cross Grand Prix in February, 1964.]
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
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 25 February 1961 "Competitors in the 350 c.c. and 500 c.c. clubman's race which was the first event at Ohakea this morning are shown lined up ready for the starter's fla...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ohakea
Date: 1961-02-25T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 March 1961 "W. Molloy, riding a 500 c.c. B.S.A. Gold Star, who was placed first in the 350 to 500 c.c. combined clubman's races last Saturday. Molloy also returned a ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ohakea
Date: 1961-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3rd February 1966 "R. Cleghorn (Palmerston North) who won the Golf Leaf International moto-cross race at the Woodville meeting on Sunday, pictured with the trophies he w...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Woodville
Date: January 31, 1966
This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31st January 1966 "R. Cleghorn (Palmerston North), on a CH/A.J.S., who led all the way to win the final race of the Guild Leaf international moto-cross se...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Woodville
Date: January 31, 1966
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th December 1965 "In New Zealand for the Gold Leaf Moto-Cross series, beginning in Woodville on Sunday are, from the left: F. Underwood (England), B. Lundin (Sweden) an...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Woodville
Date: December 3, 1965
Peter Thomson developed his own museum from his collection of motorcycles, at 1154 Rongotea Road Kairanga. It has over 100 motorcycles on display, dating from 1904 to present day, as well as motorcycling memorabilia, brochures, motor cycle magazin...
Creator: Leith Haarhoff
Place: Rongotea Road, Palmerston North
Date: July 6, 2019
Contains images relating to speedway motorcycle racing circa 1940s - early 1950s.
Creator: Frank Ridding - Feature Publications Ltd
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1954
A programme from the Palmerston North Speedway's third meeting of the 1960-61 season. An annotation in the programme, mentions that Lindsay Meyers died as a result of injuries sustained during a TQ Midget race, with the remaining races cancelled.
Creator: Palmerston North Speedway
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 18, 1961
Maury McHugh on his restored speedway motorcycle. McHugh was an active member of the motorcycle speedway community. He raced nationally and abroad during the 1940s and 1950s and worked as a speedway official at the Palmerston North Showgrounds dur...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1990s
Seated on the motorcycles from left to right: Maury McHugh, (possibly) Norm Morgan, unidentified, and Bruce Abernethy. McHugh was an active member of the motorcycle speedway community. He raced nationally and abroad during the 1940s and 1950s and ...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1953
Members of the 1953 North Island Speedway Team, Maury McHugh (L) and (possibly) Norm Morgan (R) are seated on their motorcycles. McHugh was an active member of the motorcycle speedway community. He raced nationally and abroad during the 1940s and ...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1953