Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th April 2021. Part 3 of 3.  Climate change and the environment. Adaptation. Urbanisation. RSE scheme (Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme). Mechanised dairying. NZ as a Pacific/Asian country. Popula...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          April 20, 2021

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 June 1961 "The Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Finance (Mr. Seath) was the guest-speaker at a luncheon held today by the Palmerston North branch of t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 15, 1961

Saturday 12 September. 1.30 March and Rally. Stop The '81 Tour. Fight apartheid. Assemble Amesbury St.' Part of a collection of posters that were displayed in the Public Library in the 1970s - 1980s.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          September 1981

Approximately 5,000 people showed their opposition to the pending Springbok rugby tour by marching down Broadway then into The Square. They assembled at the Lions Den where they were addressed by a variety of speakers. The march was headed by Labo...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 2, 1981

The McGillicuddy Serious Party was a political party active between 1984 and 1999 which aimed to poke fun at New Zealand's political system. The party stood candidates in both the general and local elections. In 1993, the party recieved 0.61% o...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          The Square
Date:          1987

Mr William Henry Brown (1899 - 1967) was born 18 June 1899 and died in 1967. He was Member of Parliament for Palmerston North from 1960 - 1967.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

John Lithgow was born in Wanganui and educated at the Wanganui Collegiate/ He worked in stock firms for three years and farmed in New Zealand and Australia before attending Lincoln Agricultural College, where he completed a diploma in agriculture....

Creator:      National Publicity Studios, Wellington
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1976

Born 18/6/1926, died 1985. Represented Palmerston North as Labour MP 72-75, 78-81. Former Minister of Overseas Trade, Minister of Recreation and Sport, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs 1973-1975. Served briefly as High Commissioner for New Ze...

Creator:      National Publicity Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970

Crowds watch, by street lighting, as the 1938 election results are put up in Palmerston North on the Manawatu Evening Standard Building in The Square.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1938

People would watch the election results for the whole of New Zealand as they were posted on a board at the Manawatu Evening Standard Office.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1935

Judith Collins, leader of the National Party, attended a meeting at the Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre on 27 July 2020. Over 400 people were in attendance. She attended in support of William Wood and Ian McKelvie and to promote ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2020

Judith Collins, leader of the National Party, attended a meeting at the Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre on 27 July 2020. Over 400 people were in attendance. She attended in support of William Wood and Ian McKelvie and to promote ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2020

Judith Collins, leader of the National Party, attended a meeting at the Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre on 27 July 2020. Over 400 people were in attendance. She attended in support of William Wood and Ian McKelvie and to promote ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2020

Judith Collins, leader of the National Party, attended a meeting at the Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre on 27 July 2020. Over 400 people were in attendance. She attended in support of William Wood and Ian McKelvie and to promote ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2020

Judith Collins, leader of the National Party, attended a meeting at the Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre on 27 July 2020. Over 400 people were in attendance. She attended in support of William Wood and Ian McKelvie and to promote ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2020

The Wizard of New Zealand is a comedian, activist, and public speaker who is famous for his talks in Christchurch's Cathedral Square. He is the official Wizard of Christchurch and New Zealand. 

He is pictured here in the Square, lea...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          The Square
Date:          1987

The New Zealand Poppy Places Trust has been established to develop, promote, and oversee a nation-wide project to commemorate and recognise as part of the heritage of New Zealanders, the participation of New Zealand in military conflicts and milit...

Creator:      Evan Greensides
Place:          Carroll Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 11, 2014

Johannes, the second son and fourth child of the celebrated Bishop D. G. Monrad, was born in Denmark August 1849 when his father was a Minister in the Danish Cabinet, shortly before he was made Bishop in the Luthran Church. Johannes became a Naval...

Creator:      T Hammerom, Copenhagen
Place:          Denmark
Date:          1865

"No. 1. The Spectre - Being a Few Things Amusing and Otherwise about Palmerston... and Palmerstonians. By The Spirit. Illustrated by The Spook. Price Sixpence." This booklet includes a great deal of political satire about the Borough Council, alon...

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Jacinda Ardern made a campaign stop to The Plaza in Palmerston North on August 23 2017. Palmerston North MP Iain Lees-Galloway is shown on her right.

Creator:      Heather Glasgow
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 23, 2017