Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 31st March 2020. Friends of the Regent set up in 1995, volunteers to support the renovation and running of the Regent Theatre. Raised $1.7m in just over a year. Earlier use of the theatre. Authe...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: 53 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 31, 2020
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2023, it has been 25 years since restoration was completed of the Regent on Broadway. Originally opened in 1930, its beauty astounded people. By the 1940s it became part of...
Creator: Dr Tania Kopytko
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 29, 2023
An article by Ian Ogier, that appeared in New Zealand Historic Places, no. 68, May 1998, pp.6-8, describing the restoration of The Regent Theatre on Broadway Avenue.
Creator: Ian Ogier
Date: May 1998
Black and White photographs of Caccia Birch taken pre-restoriation circa 1980. The purpose of the photographs was to show the state of the house and grounds before submissions were made to council and the Ministry of Works. First built in 1892 by ...
Creator: PNCC
Place: Caccia Birch, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1980
Nancey Kinross (front right) is seen here with some friends outside her newly restored house at 56 Brightwater Terrace. The house was built in 1880 and is notable as a typical example of 1880s architecture. Nancey bought the house in 1979 and sinc...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 56 Brightwater Terrace, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This cottage, built in 1880, belonged to Nancy Kinross in 1979 who restored it. The cottage is listed in Category 2 of the city register of historic buildings.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 56 Brightwater Terrace, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Date: September 17, 1979
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the workers who helped early on in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Sup...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014
Pou whenua being removed from Te Marae o Hine side of Palmerston North City Council building for renewal and refurbishment by Detlef Klein. Installed in 1990, the 3 carvings resemble Rangitāne and his grandmothers, Reretua and Hinerau. The pou wer...
Creator: Tina Hodges - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: October 9, 2017
Part of the karakia process of blessing the pou whenua being removed from the Te Marae o Hine side of Palmerston North City Council building for renewal and refurbishment by Detlef Klein. Installed in 1990, the 3 carvings resemble Rangitāne and hi...
Creator: Tina Hodges - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: October 9, 2017
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows one of the old race course buildings adjacent to the memorial on the day of some of the early work in c...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014