This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1962, "Well drillers this morning started drilling a 50ft test bore for the siting of the new offices of the Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Board. Pictured i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Cook and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 19, 1962

The new Electricity Department workshop, which cost $850,000 to build, was situated on the corner of Main Street and Cook Street. Mr Holland, the Minister of Electricity, opened the workshop 16 February 1977. The workshop covered an area of 9,000 ...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Corner of Main and Cook Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s