Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the Palmerston North Surf Life Saving Club. The first patrol operated at Himatangi Beach in 1947 and the first competition team attended a surf life saving carnival...

Creator:      Kathryn Fraser
Place:          Himatangi Beach
Date:          October 14, 2023

The Floral Festival was a weeklong series of events organised by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation between the 17th and 22nd of February 1958. The events were well attended, and many businesses got into the spirit of the occasion ...

Creator:      Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 22, 1958