Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 16th September 2025. Part 1 of 2. Born in Sydney but lived in a small town about 250km from Sydney then lived in Parkes. Attended secondary school in Sydney. Her brother joined the Royal Australian Navy and...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 16, 2025

This paper comes from the Berry Bird Papers, held in the Palmerston North Community Archives. Berenice (Berry) Joubert Bird (1934-2020) was a nurse and leading advocate of infection control inititatives in the New Zealand healthcare system. In Nov...

Creator:      Berenice Bird
Date:          November 18, 1985

Name: Waldegrave

Suburb, Palmerston North Central

This street is named for Mr John James Waldegrave, who owned the land. Mr JJ Waldegrave put through nine chains (chain = 66 feet/20.12 metres) from the Cuba Street end in 1875, D.P. 22, se...

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

This paper comes from the Berry Bird Papers, held in the Palmerston North Community Archives. Berenice (Berry) Joubert Bird (1934-2020) was a nurse and leading advocate of infection control inititatives in the New Zealand healthcare system. In Nov...

Creator:      Berenice Bird
Date:          July 24, 1990

This paper comes from the Berry Bird Papers, held in the Palmerston North Community Archives. Berenice (Berry) Joubert Bird (1934-2020) was a nurse and leading advocate of infection control inititatives in the New Zealand healthcare system. In Nov...

Creator:      Berenice Bird
Date:          1981

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 22nd October 2024. Part 4 of 6. Sir Mason Durie and Hapai Winiata spoke during Marise’s training and made her think how she could make a difference for all the Maori people she worked with. Did curative and...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 22, 2024

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 23 October 2018.

Bev Quinn. Summary: What is Hospice? How got into hospice – other nursing training and experience, including UK and Zimbabwe, district nursing in Palmerston North. Setting up the PN Hospice. ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          October 23, 2018

Jill White grew up in Feilding. Throughout her busy life she has been a nurse, secondary school teacher, Labour Party Member of Parliament and Mayor of Palmerston North. she has also been involved in many community activities.

Interviewed by Lea...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          March 25, 2021

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 January 1961: "Nurse N.M. Bergen, who gained top honours in New Zealand for the State final nursing examinations held in November-December last year, photographed at ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1961-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 September 1958: "Nursing graduates of the Palmerston North Hospital who receives their medals last-night from the Supervising Matron (Miss W.S. Train) are seen before...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 3, 1958

This photograph came from a small photograph album that belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "Nurse Parmer Northcote Private Hospital PN May 1928." The woman meant is perhaps Gertrude Palmer, a nurse wh...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1928

Children's wards 6 & 7, were additions completed in 1939.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 25, 1974

The St John Ambulance District Nursing Guild was originally set up in 1904, to provide home nursing services for the poor. It was later known as the Palmerston North District Nursing Guild.

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Creator:      St John Ambulance District Nursing Guild
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          unknown

There was no accompanying information with this photograph and the nurses are unidentified. Written on the back is ‘Reaston PBB’

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1948 to circa 1954

The St John Ambulance Nursing Guild was set up to administer to the poor and needy. The rules list the employment conditions and requirements of the District Nurse.

Creator:      St John Ambulance Nursing Guild
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904