Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17th September 2024.
Anne Weir – first days at school were different from anything she had experienced. The school had an outdoor unheated swimming pool. Enjoyed go...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 17, 2024
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 6th August 2024. Part 1 of 5. Born in Kairanga the youngest of three. Was fearful of the Korean war in 1950s. Father said if it came to New Zealand they would head for the hills. Two sets of gra...
Creator: Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place: Linton
Date: August 6, 2024
Two polaroid photographs showing students on road patrol duty outside Awapuni Primary School. The young girl on the left in both photos holding the road patrol sign is Tina Falloon, daughter of Zona Falloon (née Broughton).
Date: 1970s
College Street School was established in Palmerston North in 1893, on the west side of College Street opposite the present buildings.
Creator: F A Tier (?)
Date: 1950
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879, with Mr F. Whibley as the temporary head teacher. The first permanent head teacher was Mr Alfred Gower (1880-1887).
Date: May 1906 to June 1924
A typed list on the reserve provides the following names:
Back row: Wilton Hall; Lecil Hall; Arthur Whittaker; Horace Mitchell?; Harold Mai.
Middle row: Olive Mai; Queenie Mitchell; Mabel Matthews; Marjorie Matthews; Olive Hall; Mary Coombs; Ail...
Date: 1909
A typed list of the reverse provides the following names:
Back row: Jack Matthews; Walter Matthews; Bernard Deiderick; Percy Coombs; Pat Hanlon; Jack Dale; Oscar Callesen; Fred Callesen; Toby Sandilands; Alfred Dale.
Middle row: Phyllis Arlidg...
Date: December 6, 1912
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. During the 1940s the headmaster was Mr. R. Norm Finlay who held the position from c.1935-1954.
An inscription on the reverse provides the following names: Unknown; Max Davis; Harold He- [possibly Herion];...
Date: 1940s
This film documents Ashhurst School's centenary celebrations, held between 19 to 21 October 1979.
Ashhurst is a state co-educational full primary school in the Manawatū region. Ashhurst School officially opened in September 1879, with Mr F. Whi...
Creator: Clem King
Date: October 1979
This photograph was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 July 1986 about the Highbury School production about the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. 44 children took part in the musical. The original music for the product...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Date: July 1986
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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th February 1963. "Starting school for the first time today was Kerry Winder (centre). With Mary Procter (left) and Lynley Figg, he began the year today at the new High...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 4, 1963
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The headmaster at the time of this photograph was Mr Ray Poskitt, who held the position from c.1967-1985.
Creator: Bells Photo Service Ltd.
Date: 1970
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The headmaster at the time of this photograph was Mr Ray Poskitt, who held the position from c.1967-1985.
Date: 1971
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The headmaster at the time of this photograph was Mr Ray Poskitt, who held the position from c.1967-1985.
Date: 1971
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. These photographs comes from the collection of Mrs Joan Crawley (née Butchers), a former teacher. They depict school pupils, both in their own clothes and dressed in costume for a school concert.
These ph...
Date: 1944
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The head teacher at the time of these photographs was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954. Other teachers included Mrs M. E. R. Finlay, Miss M. E. Edwards and Miss H. M. Nicholson. Th...
Date: 1951
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. It celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1939.
Creator: G. F. Framjee, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. Celebrations were held to celebrate its 85th Jubilee in 1965.
Creator: Ritchies Studios, Dunedin
Date: 1965
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. Celebrations were held to celebrate its 85th Jubilee in 1965.
Date: 1965
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879.
Creator: Ritchie's Studios, Dunedin
Date: 1965
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. These photographs show the opening of the school swimming pool in 1957. Joseph James Tamblyn, a teacher, is shown speaking at the opening.
Date: 1957
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879.
Creator: Embassy Studios, Palmerston North
Date: 1947
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The head teacher at the time of these photographs was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954. The school had a roll of 158 in 1953.
Date: 1953
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The head teacher at the time of these photographs was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954.
Date: 1952
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The head teacher at the time of these photographs was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954. The school had a roll of 146 pupils in 1950.
Date: 1950
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The head teacher at the time of these photographs was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954. The school had a roll of 135 pupils in 1949.
Date: 1949
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The head teacher at the time of these photographs was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954. Other teachers included Misses P. M. O'Neill, L. M. Drummond and M. M. Thompson. The school ...
Date: 1948
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879.
Date: 1947
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The headmaster at the time of this photograph was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954.
Date: 1939
Ashhurst School opened in September 1879. The headmaster at the time of this photograph was Mr R. Norm Finlay, who held the position from c.1935-1954.
Date: 1937