Adrian Broad was General Manager of the Manawatu Standard, the local Palmerston North newspaper, from 1988 to 1997. This interview discusses his time in the role. It also outlines his life both before and after his time with the newspaper. Intervi...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney, for Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 15, 2018

Alexander McMinn was the founder of the 'Manawatu Daily Standard' (forerunner of the Manawatu Standard), the first daily paper published between Wellington and Wanganui, which produced it’s first issue on 29th November 1880. The newspaper was sold...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. On the paper's 140th anniversary, staff and former staff from the Manawatū Standard share customer services stories and back-room memories. With contributions from Lind...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          December 12, 2020

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. On the paper's 140th anniversary, past and present journalists from the Manawatū Standard share their memories. With contributions from Jon and Linsey Morgan, Janine Ra...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          November 28, 2020

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. On the paper's 140th anniversary, details of a 1909 interview with Manawatū Standard founder Alexander McMinn. Included are photographs, biographical and career details...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          November 21, 2020

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31 August 1960 "These children from the stay-at-home camp being held by the Y.W.C.A. in the city are looking at a large roll of newsprint outside the press room of the "...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26th January 1966 "Mr. R.H. Stott, chief report of the "Manawatu Standard", who has been awarded a Commonwealth Press Union Fellowship to spend five months in Britain fr...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 26, 1966

An old newspaper found behind some flaky paint in a linen cupboard inside a 1915 Villa in Ashhurst that was the home of the first Vicar of Ashhurst and every Vicar after until the mid 1950's.

Place:          Vicarage -Lincoln Street - Ashhurst
Date:          January 1, 1915

The New Zealand Large Print Weekly, was specifically designed for the partially sighted. It was pioneered by the Evening Standard and the first issue published 7 March 1980. Here Robin Watson, Group General Manager of the Manawatu Evening Standa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 7, 1980

The Manawatu Daily Standard began business in Palmerston North in 1880. This, their second building, was erected next to the Council offices. It was demolished in 1963 to make way for a new Public Library.

Creator:      Ernest R Whalley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1901

This photograph looks across the lakelet to All Saints Church, which was built in 1914-1915. The Grand Hotel, seen here on the left side of the photograph, was built in 1906. This gun was installed in 1909 and removed during the 1940s. Cannons wer...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1915 to 1920

Ray Hardmen setting display advertisments at the Evening Standard. The Manawatu Evening Standard, launched in 1880, was the first daily newspaper in Palmerston North.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

Curly Raeburn was presented with a gold watch to mark 55 years service at the Manawatu Evening Standard. Mr Raeburn continued to work for the company for a further 9 years, before he retired in September 1972. From left: Gordon Nash, Director; J H...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 1963

The caption on the front of the photograph reads "Tiritea New Road". Possibly 1917, when a new water main was laid at Turitea and a new bridge was erected over the stream on the road to the dam.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Turitea, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1917

John Coombe (J.P.) at one time was a land agent in Palmerston North. He was also part time owner of the "Manawatu Evening Standard" and later Director of the "Dominion".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1950

William Penny, born 1863 at Penrose, Masterton, was a sheep farmer in the Wairarapa and Manawatu Districts. He was an acknowledged authority on sheep breeding and Lincoln and Romney sheep breeds, and was successful in the show ring. Penny was the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

The Manawatu Times began publication 23 October 1875 in a small office in Main Street West, opposite the end of George Street. It was established by Joseph Poulter Leary and George Bond (who died after the first edition was published). Front Row: ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1884 to circa 1890

Alexander McMinn was the founder of the "Manawatu Daily Standard" which produced its first issue on 29 November 1880. The first copy was presented to a well-known pioneer and former Borough Councillor, Sylvester Coleman. The introductory leader wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Shown here is the last of the newspaper sellers in The Square. He is stationed outside the Kosy Theatre next to the Post Office on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The photograph was taken by Dr HJC Durward. He worked at Palmerston North ...

Creator:      Dr H J C Durward
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

The Manawatu Evening Standard began publishing in Palmerston North in 1880, the first daily newspaper in the town. They occupied various premises over the years until these were constructed in 1937. The building was demolished to make way for a ne...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1937

The Evening Standard building appears to have been decorated for some sort of royal event. The surrounding shops also have Union Jacks displayed in their windows.This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1954

Tina White wrote an article about Granny McDonald, horse trainer of Awapuni, for the 'Manawatū Standard', to coincide with the book launch of Jacqueline Dinan's book, 'Racing the Boys'. 'Racing the Boys' was a fictionalised account of Granny's lif...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Date:          October 31, 2016