This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1979

This house was built in 1902 by Lawrence Laurenson for his family. The Laurenson family continued to occupy it at least until the 1980s. The Laurenson family emigrated from the Shetland Islands arriving on the ‘Avalanche’ in 1875. This building is...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          451 College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans,...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947