The grove is named to honour the contribution of the Macpherson family to commerce in Palmerston North. April 2018.
From the late 1890s, Macpherson family businesses have included: grocery, apparel,...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 2025
A line of shops on Main Street East, between Te Marae o Hine the Square and Princess Street. Occupied by: Hutchins Furniture Warehouse; Falks NZ Ltd; The Post Office Fish Shop; Opportunity Shop; The Rubber STamp Co. Ltd.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1950s
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 May 1961 "The Premier Department Store (P.D.C.) hosted the annual meeting of one of New Zealand's largest retail buying organizations: United Stores Ltd. The chairman...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 24, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 September 1960 "A combined deputation consisting of representatives of the Manawatu Retailers' Association and the Manawatu Automobile Association waited on the Palme...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-09-20T00:00:00+00:00
Buildings from left: C C Miles and Co, auctioneers; Wollerman and Company, Wine and Spirit Merchants (established in the 1880s); Trocadero Restaurant or Tearooms, which could be related to the Wellington Restaurant of the same name; The Furniture ...
Creator: Solomon Abrahams [?]
Place: Church Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1891 to 1900
Interview with Barry Parker, Board Chairman of the Co-op from 1982. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 25 minutes
Creator: Lee Matthews, interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
Interview with Arthur Bartlett, General Manager of the P.D.C./ Co-Op 1972 -1980, and Maureen Patchett, Director of Consumers' Co-Op, during the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op. Arthur Barlett talks of the history of the Co-Op movement and Pa...
Creator: Philip Liner, interviewer for National Radio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 22, 1986
Interview with Arthur Bartlett, General Manager of the Co-op/P.D.C. 1972 - 1980. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 26 minutes
Creator: Lee Matthews, Interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
An oral recording of "An Evening in the Archives" meeting at the Palmerston North Public Library (on the corner of Main Street and The Square). Talk is about the archives, and the Consumers' Co-Operative Society (Manawatu) Ltd and their records wh...
Creator: Palmerston North Public Library (?)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 17, 1992
Interview with past employees of the Consumers' Co-Operative Society in Palmerston North at the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op. Talking are: Edna Hoseason, worked at PDC from 1966 - 1988 (17 minutes); Jane Freeman, Share Registrar of the Co...
Creator: Lee Matthews, Interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
Interview with Bill Roach, MBE. He worked for the Co-Op from 1971 - 1985 and retired as Chairman of the Board. Interview took place at the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op in 1992.
Interviewer: Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evenin...
Creator: Lee Matthews, Interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992