Some vintage motorcycle race programmes, different districts.

Place:          Various
Date:          1900s

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 25th July 2023.    Part 1 of 2. Coming from South Africa in 1971. Why left South Africa. Apartheid. Fitting in in New Zealand, similarities and differences. Racial issues in New Zealand compa...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 25, 2023

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition but was not published.

Unknown cyclists prepare to race for the Hope-Gibbons Shield.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition but was not published.

Unknown cyclists in the distance race for the Hope-Gibbons Shield.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: Caption: “A Palmerston North Team gets away.” Racing 25 miles for the Hope-Gibbons Shield race.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: Caption: “Palmerston North B team: A. Mobberly, R. Harrison, B. Twigge, D. Grave, P. Hanson.” Racing 25 miles for the Hope-Gibbons Shield r...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: “The Palmerston North A team line up at the Kelvin Grove Hall for the start of the Hope-Gibbons Shield race of 25 miles. They are: C. Hollo...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 August 1961 "Tauranga (right), the winners, and Palmerston North, the runners-up, in the Palmerston North Rover Scouts' wheelbarrow marathon from Ashhurst to Palmerst...

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

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 February, 1959. "Entering the final straight in a race for motor-cycles at the opening meeting of the Palmerston North Three-quarter Midget Club at Milson on Saturday...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 November 1958: "These nine cyclists are at the Palmerston North starting line of the A grade road race to Wellington. They are competing for the Briscoe Mills trophy....

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1, 1958

The Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race ran down the length of the North Island. These cyclists are shown competing in the Paeroe to Tauranga stage. Left is Eric Mackenzie of Kawerau and right is Anthony Cuff of Palmerston North.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Around Tauranga
Date:          1979

Competitors in the Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race begin the Palmerston North to Wellington component at the starting line in Fitzherbert Avenue. Mayor Desmond Black is shown with the starting gun.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race ran down the length of the North Island. The final stage was from Palmerston North to Wellington. Cyclists are shown here on the starting line in Palmerston North. From left: Jack Broome, unknown, Mayor Brian Elwood, All...

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race ran down the length of the North Island. The final stage was from Palmerston North to Wellington. Cyclists are shown here on the starting line in Palmerston North.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1968

The Dulux Six-Day Cycle Race ran down the length of the North Island. The final stage was from Palmerston North to Wellington. Cyclists are shown here making their way down Fitzherbert Avenue. The man in the number 12 jersey is Roger Leaf.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1974

Competitors in the Dulux Six-Day Cycle race begin the Palmerston North to Wellington component from the starting line in Fitzherbert Avenue. The rider on the left is Paul Jesson and the right is Blain Stockwell, both of Christchurch. The official ...

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1976

The starting line of the Palmerston North-Wellington portion of the Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1973

Competitors in the Dulux Six-Day Cycle race begin the Palmerston North to Wellington component from the starting line in Fitzherbert Avenue.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

Competitors in the Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race begin the Palmerston North to Wellington component at the starting line in front of the Grand Hotel. Mayor Gilbert Rennie is shown with the starting gun. The rider in black is Tony Ineson, of Southland.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Corner of the Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The Dulux 6 Day Cycle Race ran down the length of the North Island. The final stage was from Palmerston North to Wellington. Cyclists are shown here on the starting line in Palmerston North alongside a crowd of onlookers.

Creator:      Dulux Ltd
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s