Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of radio listening since 1924. By the 1930's, it is estimated that more than half of New Zealand homes had a radio. Tuning in to the 'wireless' became a communal a...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 30, 2022

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the late 1970s, Radio 2ZA staff created costumed character Morrie the Mouse and family. Initially the voice of a children's radio programme, the costumed human sized mouse ...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 20, 2024

Creator:      New Zealand Broadcasting Service
Date:          August 27, 1958

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A snapshot of life in Palmerston North in December 1953. The city was looking forward to a visit from the new Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 15, 2020

This colouring competition entry was given to Paul Fairless from a child called Jimmy H. at Guy House, Kimberley Centre Levin, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities. Paul visited the centre to judge the competition.

Paul Fairless b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū, Whanganui, Horowhenua
Date:          November 19, 1976