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Back Issues: Sailing into a 'mysterious future'

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. European refugees, displaced persons after World War 2, started arriving at a camp in Pahīatua in 1949. This article describes the journey and October 1950 Wellington arrival ...

Creator:      Dr Tania Kopytko
Place:          Wellington Palmerston North Pahīatua
Date:          November 1, 2025

Lyndhurst Street, Name and History

Name: Lyndhurst

Suburb, Takaro


Lyndhurst Street was a Mr Frederick Bryant subdivision. His wife, Mrs Mary Ann Bryant, was born near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, and the Bryant family moved there in 1899. This road is named after the st...

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

"Farewell to Popular Teacher"

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 8 August, 1959. "A farewell from Palmerston North Girls' High School pupils was given to Mrs D. Smith, an American exchange teacher at the Palmerston North Railway Station las...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

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