Found 20 results

“Specials make change unlikely”

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 28th of November 1981 but was not published. It depicts the National Party's candidate for Manawatū Michael Cox and his wife Jenny with supporters during election night.

The article “Specia...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          November 30, 1981

“Specials make change unlikely”

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 28th of November 1981 and was published on Monday the 30th. It depicts the National Party's candidate for Manawatū Michael Cox and his wife Jenny with supporters during election night.

The ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          November 30, 1981

“Beetham hopes only short-lived”

These images were taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 14th of July 1984 but were not published. They depict Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham and his wife Beverley visiting the National Party Headquarters to concede the election for the Ran...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Senior Citizen's Hall, Feilding
Date:          July 16, 1984

“Beetham hopes only short-lived”

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 14th of July 1984 but was not published. It depicts a young boy with a feline friend at the Social Credit headquarters at the Little Theatre in Feilding. The Social Credit leader Bruce Beeth...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          The Little Theatre, Feilding
Date:          July 16, 1984

“Beetham hopes only short-lived”

These images were taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 14th of July 1984 but were not published. They depict Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham and his wife Beverley arriving at the Social Credit Headquarters in Feilding in anticipation of th...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          The Little Theatre, Feilding
Date:          July 16, 1984

“Beetham hopes only short-lived”

These images were taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 14th of July 1984 but were not published. They depict Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham speaking to reporters at the Social Credit Headquarters in Feilding in anticipation of the electio...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          The Little Theatre, Feilding
Date:          July 16, 1984

“Beetham hopes only short-lived”

These images were taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 14th of July 1984 - the first of which was published on Monday the 16th. They depict Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham and his wife Beverley visiting the National Party Headquarters to c...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Senior Citizen's Hall, Feilding
Date:          July 16, 1984

“Battlelines drawn in Rangitikei”

This image was taken by the Evening Standard, but a slightly different image was published on the 19th of June 1984. It depicts National’s candidate for Rangitikei Denis Marshall, Labour’s candidate Geoff Waolpole and Social Credit’s candidate, pa...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Taikorea Hall, Taikorea
Date:          June 19, 1984

“Battlelines drawn in Rangitikei”

This image was taken by the Evening Standard, but was not published. It depicts Social Credit party leader Bruce Beetham during a pre-election public meeting at Taikorea Hall. Mr Beetham was standing in the Rangitikei Electorate.

The article “Bat...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Taikorea Hall, Taikorea
Date:          June 19, 1984

“Beetham hopes only short-lived”

This image was taken by the Evening Standard on Saturday 14th of July 1984 and was published on Monday the 16th. It depicts Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham awaiting results of the 1984 snap election. He narrowly lost his Rangitikei seat to the ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          The Little Theatre, Feilding
Date:          July 16, 1984

"Economic Problems Outlined to [National] Party"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 June 1961 "The Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Finance (Mr. Seath) was the guest-speaker at a luncheon held today by the Palmerston North branch of t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 15, 1961

Correspondence for Government Departments - Elections (Government)

This collection of letters relates to organisations wishing to make use of public spaces or council-managed facilities in association with the 1946 general election.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Town Clerk's Department
Date:          1946

John Lancelot Lithgow, National Member of Parliament for Palmerston North, 1975

John Lithgow was born in Wanganui and educated at the Wanganui Collegiate/ He worked in stock firms for three years and farmed in New Zealand and Australia before attending Lincoln Agricultural College, where he completed a diploma in agriculture....

Creator:      National Publicity Studios, Wellington
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1976

John Lithgow on Election night, 1978

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 27th November 1978 “Walding makes political history: Smiles in the face of defeat from the former Palmerston North M.P., Mr John Lithgow, and his wife, Ann, at th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 27, 1978

"A Night To Remember" Presentation and curtsy

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 9 May, 1959. "Debutante presented to the Leader of the National Party (Mr K. J. Holyoake) and Mrs Holyoake last evening at the annual National Party Ball held in the Astoria B...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          54 George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

"A Night To Remember" Semicircle of Debutantes

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 9 May, 1959. "Debutantes presented to the Leader of the National Party (Mr K. J. Holyoake) and Mrs Holyoake last evening at the annual National Party Ball held in the Astoria ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          54 George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

"A Night to Remember" Debutantes Assembling Before Presentation

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 May, 1959. "Daintiness and dignity of the nine charming debutantes presented to the Leader of the National Party (Mr K. J. Holyoake) and Mrs Holyoake last evening at t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          54 George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

Prime Minister Rob Muldoon opens the National Mutual building

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 November 1978 “Inflation No. 1 foe, Muldoon tells city”. Prime Minister Muldoon interrupted his election campaign to open the National Mutual Life Association centre,...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 1978

"Debutantes at National Party Ball"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 June 1958, page 15 : "Prior to their big moment when they were presented to Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Holt at the National Party Ball in the Winter Gardens last evening. Th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 12, 1958

'Star Flats' - State Apartment Buildings, Highbury

These two 'star flats' were built between 1955-1965 as the National Party's attempt at medium density social housing. This was to reduce urban sprawl and appease the rural voting base. They were built all over the country. They were 3-4 storeys wi...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Corner of Botanical Road and Brentwood Ave, Palmerston North
Date:          July 10, 2020

Narrow search results