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Presbyterian Bible Class Study Group

A Presbyterian Bible Class study group at a Manawatu District Committee Girls Easter Camp. From left: Jocelyn Caughley; Unknown; Beverley Newton; Isabel Langford, group leader and teacher at Palmerston North Girls High School; Margaret Robertson; ...

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

Our Lady of Lourdes First Communion

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 7, 1965

The Opening of St Peter's College

The Honourable Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-1974 opening St Peter's College on August 18, 1974. The Roman Catholic School was Palmerston North's fifth secondary school, and was blessed by the Archbishop of Wellington, the most ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          1 Holdsworth Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          August 18, 1974

The Manawatū Journal of History: Issue 18

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 4 ‘Simple everyday dishes’ from the Town & Country Patriotic Women Workers’ Cookery Book ...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2022

Mercy Convent, Fitchett Street

The Fitchett Street Convent was the third built for the Sisters of Mercy in Palmerston North. It was designed by Clere and Clere and built by Trevor Bros in 1925 -1926. It was originally part of a complex of buildings, with two primary schools and...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitchett Street, The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1982

Rātana Church

The Rātana movement was established by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana in the early 20th century.

Creator:      John Wheeler
Place:          Waipounamu Street, Rātana
Date:          March 2000

Jean McCready

Jean McCready in her white first communion dress. Jean was the daughter of Frank (Francis Henry) McCready Sr (1908-1988), founder of Elmar Studios and his wife Pearl Mary McCready (1907-1995). She was the second youngest of their five children, Pe...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946 to circa 1947

Shamrock First Holy Communion

A group of children making their First Holy Communion, photographed outside Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Shamrock Street.

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1954

St John's Presbyterian Church Moves to Highbury

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:          Brentwood Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973

St John's Presbyterian Church Moves to Highbury

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

St John's Presbyterian Church Moves to Highbury

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:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973

St John's Presbyterian Church Moves to Highbury

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

St John's Presbyterian Church Moves to Highbury

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:          Brentwood Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973

St John's Presbyterian Church Moves to Highbury

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:          Corner of Waldegrave and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1973

"Important Catholic Visitor"

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 April 1963, "An important visitor to the Roman Catholic community in Palmerston North this morning addressed a large audience in the Amesbury Street Hall. He was Mr. ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Amesbury Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 17, 1963

All Saints Church, Church Street

The current brick building is the third church to be constructed on the site since 1875. In 1905, Archdeacon C Coleridge Harper commissioned Frederick de Jersey Clere to design a new church. Clere had designed over 120 churches in New Zealand in h...

Creator:      B. Turner
Place:          Church Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1963

Interior of the Rangiātea Māori Church, Otaki

Rangiātea Church in Otaki, New Zealand was the oldest Māori Anglican church in New Zealand. In 1848, Te Rauparaha who had just returned to Otaki from Australia, issued the challenge of building the church to the chief of Te Wehiwehi, who accepted....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kapiti District
Date:          unknown

Interior of the Rangiātea Māori Church, Otaki

Rangiātea Church in Otaki, New Zealand was the oldest Māori Anglican church in New Zealand. In 1848, Te Rauparaha who had just returned to Otaki from Australia, issued the challenge of building the church to the chief of Te Wehiwehi, who accepted....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kapiti District
Date:          unknown

Māori Anglican Church, Moutoa

The Historic Turongo Anglican Church was originally built from local timber c1879 at Moutoa. Being built upon a small hill with somewhat sandy foundation, Turongo fell into decay. This building is said to be the third on the same site. In the 193...

Creator:      Manawatu Daily Times
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1950s

Māori Anglican Church, Moutoa

The Historic Turongo Anglican Church was originally built from local timber c.1879 at Moutoa. Being built upon a small hill with somewhat sandy foundation, Turongo fell into decay. This building is said to be the third on the same site. In the 193...

Creator:      Manawatu Daily Times
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1950s

Rangiātea Māori Church, Otaki

Rangiātea Church in Otaki, New Zealand was the oldest Māori Anglican church in New Zealand. In 1848, Te Rauparaha who had just returned to Otaki from Australia, issued the challenge of building the church to the chief of Te Wehiwehi, who accepted....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kapiti District
Date:          unknown

Montage of Palmerston North churches

Top left shows St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, built 1893, alongside the original church, in Church Street. The right hand building and bottom left show the exterior and interior of the second St Patrick's Roman Catholic church, built 1890 in Bro...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1900s

"Generation 20/20 : Agents for Change"

This book is a product of two interfaith forums, held at the Cafe Royale , Square Edge.

At the forum, young Palmerston North leaders talked about changing the world they will inherit. Forum topics were global climate change and racism.

Young lea...

Creator:      Palmerston North Interfaith Group
Place:          Global
Date:          2020

All Saints Church

All Saints Anglican Church is in Church Street, on the edge of The Square. It was built in 1914, replacing the former Anglican Church. It is currently designated an earthquake risks and plans are underway to strengthen the building, add additional...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2018

Salvation Army Group

A group of young people associated with the Salvation Army movement. The Salvation Army Band established themselves in Palmerston North in 1884.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Salvation Army officers

An unknown group of Salvation Army members. The Salvation Army was established in Palmerston North in 1884.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1944

Stained glass window of the Wesley Methodist Church

Stained glass windows as photographed from the inside of the Wesley Methodist Church. The two-piece stained glass memorial window is in honour of John Cunninghame, of Palmerston North department store Collinson and Cunninghame fame.

This church...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          264 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970

Stained glass window of the Wesley Methodist Church

Stained glass windows as photographed from the inside of the Wesley Methodist Church. The two-piece stained glass memorial window is in honour of John Cunninghame, of Palmerston North department store Collinson and Cunninghame fame.

This church, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          264 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970

Gerald Huntly Corrick, Mayor of Feilding

In November 1975 Mr G. H. Corrick was awarded the M.B.E. for services to local government and the community. He was in his 15th year with the Feilding Borough Council, having been mayor since 1968. He is a member of the Manawatu Branch of the We...

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Date:          November 20, 1975

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