A sign printed on cardboard produced for and on behalf of the Palmerston North City Corporation, designed to be displayed where it would be visible to staff. It offers advice on ways to keep "the moral standard of the nation high."

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Date:          circa 1941 to 1945

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Māori Battalion trains at the Palmerston North showgrounds in 1940.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 2006

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Margaret Tennant

p. 5 To bridge or not to bridge...? / Jill White

p. 17 Money for my boy: the story of Katherine Wilson's will / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 25 The final battle / Simon Johnson

p. 35 An indeterminate sente...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2016

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Māori Battalion trains at the Palmerston North showgrounds in 1940. Abridged from original article, 22 April 2006.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 21, 2006

Tiger was a Great Dane belonging to Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf (Ngā Puhi), of the Māori Battalion. Harding and Tiger trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds between January and May of 1940. The images were taken by Keith Collinson, of the fa...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds ...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds ...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

Correspondence between Stella Petersen of the Manawatu Women's Patriotic Committee and J. R. Hardie, concerning the Patriotic Shop that the group had run during the Second World War. During this time they succeeded in raising £25,288 in support of...

Date:          1946

Back row: Peter Field, Joe Meyrick, Tom Dickins, Bert Kendrick, George Blenkiron, Tony Pedersen, 'Ween' Lancaster. Middle row: Captain Stewart (instructor), Ernie Brungar, Lester Field, Jack Brill, Dick Tate, Norman Chowen, Walter Gosling, Leslie ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939 to circa 1945

Letter from K A Henderson, Deputy Chairman of the 2nd Liberty Loan Committee, regarding the setting up of a local women's recruiting committee, to assist the voluntary recruitment of women for service in the Army, Navy , Airforce and Land Corps du...

Creator:      2nd Liberty Loan Committee
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 14, 1942

Palmerston North City Council programme of events to celebrate victory over Japan in WWII. Signed by A E Mansford, Mayor of Palmerston North. The programme was devised in the event of the surrender so no date is attached. The actual surrender took...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Date:          August 1945

Letter to Charlotte Warburton, Chairwoman of the Palmerston North Women's War Service Auxiliary, requesting attendance at a meeting to form a Women's House Committee in conjunction with the Army, Navy and Air Force Club. From J R Hardie, Secretary...

Creator:      J R Hardie, Secretary, A.N.A. Club
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 26, 1941

Letter from A E Mansford, Mayor of Palmerston North, to Charlotte Warburton, requesting a meeting to discuss concerts at Linton Camp during World War II.

Creator:      New Zealand Military Forces
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 27, 1943

Minutes of meeting, regarding administration of  the auxiliary and their activities during WWII. Signed by C E Warburton, chairperson.

Creator:      Womens War Service Auxiliary
Date:          August 11, 1942

The Mayor of Palmerston North, A. E. Mansford, (fifth from left in the back row), Councillors, offical staff and visiting Australian Airmen at Ohakea during World War II.

Creator:      Royal New Zealand Airforce
Place:          Rangitikei Region
Date:          May 17, 1943

Programme for ANZAC Day 1943, as conducted by the Palmerston North Returned Services Association.

Creator:      Palmerston North Returned Servicemens Association
Date:          April 25, 1943

Letter from Major, 2 i/c 2nd Field Regiment, New Zealand Army, to Charlotte Warburton, chairwoman of the Women's War Service Auxiliary, inviting her and other officers of the Auxiliary, to a Regimental Dance at the Coconut Grove in Palmerston Nort...

Creator:      Major, 2 i/c 2nd Field Regiment, New Zealand Army
Date:          June 23, 1942

Back row: Edna Crowe, Eleanor Field, Dorothy Durden, Gussie Brill, Eva Tate. Middle row: Mrs Meyrick, Enid Orr, Doris Harrison, Ester Price, Mary Hutchinson, Kath McFarlane, Phoebe Pinfold. Front row: Thelma Dickins, Irene Anderson, Zillah Orr, Mr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date:          1944

Letter from the Polish Ministry of War in London, to Mrs A k Jacques, as Secretary of the Polish Army League of Palmerston North. The Minister thanks the League for their support of Polish soldiers fighting with the allies in World War Two, i...

Creator:      Minister of War, Polish Ministry of War
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 4, 1942

Programme and additional information regarding ANZAC Day 1943. Held under the auspices of the Palmerston North Returned Soldiers Association.

Creator:      HQ 4 Div.
Date:          April 20, 1943

Letter to the Secretary of the A. N. A. Club of Palmerston North asking if the ladies of the Army, Navy and Air Force Club can serve supper to the 2nd Provost Company residing at the Esplanade Motor Camp.

Creator:      New Zealand Military Forces
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 8, 1943

Letter from the president of M&EC Agricultural and pastoral Association to members, appealing for subscriptions to recommence near the end of WWII. The A & P Showgrounds in Cuba Street, were taken over by the New Zealand Army for the duration...

Creator:      Manawatu and East Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association
Date:          August 1, 1945

Letter to Miss Warburton of the Womens War Service Auxiliary of Palmerston North, asking if the Auxiliary can serve supper at the camp of the Second Prevost Company. Signed by J R Hardie.

Creator:      Army Navy and Air Force Club
Date:          January 19, 1943

Letter from the Dominion Secretary of the Women's War Service Auxiliary in Wellington, to Charlotte Warburton, Chairwoman of the Palmerston North District Branch, thanking her for conducting a meeting at Rongotea.

The Women's War Service Auxiliar...

Creator:      Dominion Secretary, Women's War Service Auxiliary
Date:          September 10, 1941