Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio 30 July, 2019. Kevin Burrows and Rod Watt, Part 1 of 2.

Time at school together from 1948. Polio epidemic. Discipline, mischief. Palmerston North Technical College. Burning the teacher’s cane. Palmerston Nort...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 30, 2019

Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio 30 April, 2019. Tom Stoneley, part 2 of 2. With Gwen Stoneley. Gwen left school in 1950. Office work. Tom had identical twin brother. Little social life. Worked long hours. Ewe fairs. Holding paddocks. Size of ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 30, 2019

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th November 2019. Part 2 of 3.   Moving into a state house. Father getting rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, then office work. Brian and brother getting odd jobs while at school (9 years old)....

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Feilding
Date:          November 12, 2019

Broadcast on Access manawatu, 12 June 2018.

Abbeyfield residents Beryl Ludlam, Bev Marsh, Elaine Morse and Peggy Pedersen describe their experiences. Topics include: School in the war years, air raid practice and shelters, power blackouts, fear ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          June 12, 2018

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 13th December 2022. Part 1 of 2.   Born in Palmerston North. Family farmed in Glen Oroua. Walked to school, 1945, no shoes. Conflict with lady teachers. The strap. Desks, inkwells. Biked to Rongot...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 13, 2022

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

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

Caption: “Class 28 and 29 of the School Drivers Course after being presented with their drivers’ licences. The course, which began as an experiment ...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th June 2024. Part 1 of 4. Born in Hamilton and lived in Claudelands until about eight years old. Developed an interest in drama. Father was in the Anglican ministry and family shifted to Auckland. Faith ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Turitea Valley
Date:          June 11, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The teaching and learning of te reo and te ao Māori in schools from late 19th century to early 20th century.

Creator:      Dorothy Pilkington
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          June 23, 2023

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 13th August 2019. Derm Buchanan part 1 of 4. Grew up in Feilding. Impact of WWII. Rode a horse to school. The Boarding at Wellington College, many rules about behaviour. The cane. Big attendance at reunions. T...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          August 13, 2019

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 30 October 2018. Margaret Beere. Summary: 1951 to State House in Ross Block (now Roslyn), could buy. “Ross Block kids”. Primary schools, zoning. Then Intermediate, long way to go. Get meat from butcher first t...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          October 30, 2018

Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 17th September 2019. Keith Clark, part 1 of 4. Born Nelson 1928, early pioneer family. Tricycle to shop for sweets, whitebaiting. Spearing flounder. First day at school. Aratika dairy factory. 2 mile walk to s...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          September 17, 2019

Broadcast on Manawatu People’s Radio, 17th October 2023. Always lived in Palmerston North. Started school about 1950. Catholic school. Playing behind the YMCA in Grey Street. Family bought State house in Ascott St. Building standards then and now....

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          October 17, 2023

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th November 2023, Part 1 of 5.  Part 1 of 5. Early years in Wanganui. Father a jockey. School life, sports. Chart on achieving in life. In race commentators’ box. To Christchurch Teachers’ College, th...

Creator:      Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          November 7, 2023

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 11 September 2018.

Barry Slade, Part 1 of 2. Summary: Childhood in Palmerston North, 1930s, 1940s. Tricycle to school. Nuns, school dentist, lunches. Wartime. Using a slate, inkwells. Subjects taken. School un...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Date:          September 11, 2018

The Fitzherbert East School, near Palmerston North, was built in 1889 by Messrs Perrin, Oakley and Meyrick, and opened to the first pupils March 19th 1889. The school as first built comprised of a single classroom and porch. The photograph shows c...

Creator:      Attwood and Co.
Place:          169 Fitzherbert East Road, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

[Photograph of a range of floral compositions on display at (possibly Tokomaru) School. Parents and children are admiring the presentation]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 December 1962, "With school over for a few weeks, these children found much enjoyment with this old wreck at the Takaro kindergarten in Botanical Road. From the left...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Takaro, Palmerston North
Date:          December 26, 1962

[9 ex-pupils, first day attendees of Hiwinui School are being photographed at the 70th year jubilee, outside the school hall]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Watershed Road, Hiwinui
Date:          May 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 February 1958, page 8: "The Minister of Education (Mr. Skoglund) performed his first official duty in Palmerston North since he was elevated to Cabinet rank when he o...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Freyberg Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 15, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 March 1958, page 15: "These competitors in the boys under 12 years two lengths freestyle event were away in practically a straight line at the Palmerston North Interm...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          56 Linton Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 5, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 February 1958, page 8: "Not many children of the present age have the chance to be present at the official opening of their own school. Here the first pupils of Ross ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          25 Freyberg Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date:          February 15, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 December 1958: "The official party at the annual breaking-up and prize-giving ceremony of the Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School yesterday. From left to righ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          56 Linton Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 18, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 December 1958: "This little girl was one of the many visitors to the West End School's gala day on Saturday. She is feeling the Christmas decorations made by the pupi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1958: "That is what these boys appear to be saying, but they seem to forget that there is next year yet. They are pupils of the Intermediate Normal School."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 19, 1958