Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 30 July 1979, the Muldoon-led National Government introduced a scheme intended to save fuel. Everyone in the country had to nominate a day of the week on which they would n...

Creator:      Elizabeth Ward
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          July 8, 2023

This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 February 1973 with the caption, "It looked like a case of "if Mohammed wouldn't go to the mountain, the mountain ad to go to Mohammed" when St John's Presbyteria...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Waldegrave and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973

This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 February 1973 with the caption, "It looked like a case of "if Mohammed wouldn't go to the mountain, the mountain ad to go to Mohammed" when St John's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North,...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973

[A woman fills a car with petrol while the other washes the windscreen.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          1963-06-14T00:00:00+00:00

Shows the pumps of the Central Service Station, looking towards the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. Also shows 'Four Winds' Coffee Lounge and the Bank of New Zealand. The BNZ opened again as a branch on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

Looking across to the corner of Broadway, leading down to the Square. The roundabout was replaced by traffic lights in 1979. Diagonally across can be seen Collinson and Sons Ltd Service Station.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Intersection of Princess Street and Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960