Pictured is the demolition of the gymnasium and playing courts at the former Massey Hokowhitu Campus / Teachers College. They are being replaced by a housing subdivision.
The gym was noted to be state of the art during its ti...
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Hokowhitu
Date: March 2021
Pictured is the campus' auditorium building (left) and the Tower Block (right) with the campus' courtyard in front of it.
These buildings will be torn down and replaced by a housing development before 2030.
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Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 40°22'12.4"S 175°37'51.7"E
Date: December 2021
Pictured is the campus' auditorium building (left) and the KA North Lecture Theatre building (right) which form the entrance to the campus' courtyard area. They are unique examples of modernist brutalism in the city; note the different concrete...
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 40°22'14.3"S 175°37'51.1"E
Date: December 2021
Pictured is the demolition of Kura Awa / Manukura School (foreground) and the gymnasium (background) at the former Massey Hokowhitu Campus / Teachers College. They are being replaced by a housing subdivision.
The gym was noted to b...
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Hokowhitu
Date: March 2021
Pictured is the Ruahine building at the former Hokowhitu Campus. Note the mural on the wall next to the entrance. A closer photo of this can be found on this website.
The building will be torn down and replaced by a housing develop...
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 40°22'13.0"S 175°37'51.1"E
Date: December 2021
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 14th June 2022. Part 3 of 3. (90 second overlap with Part 2) Resoling his own shoes, details. Darning socks. How poverty shaped Ivan’s values. Leisure activities. 7 in a car for a big trip to Dannevirk...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 14, 2022
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 19th December 2023, Part 2 of 2. Interest in sports as a youngster in Christchurch in the early 1940s. Rugby league first then hockey. Sport has been a massive part of his life. Wasn’t involved ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 19, 2023
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th September 2022. Part 3 of 3. In Wales, cross country medals, then moved on to rock climbing. Played soccer in NZ, leather footballs. Anecdote about Stanley Matthews. Hunting in retirement. ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: September 20, 2022
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 September 1958: "Mrs. L.B. Ogilvie presenting the Devil's Own Cup to J.F. Goldfinch at the conclusion of the legal golf tournament yesterday at the Manawatu golf link...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 23, 1958
These American roller dance champions were in Palmerston North to give a performance at the Waldegrave Skating Rink. They toured the country for two weeks giving performances and seminars.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
The local YMCA Palmerston North Gymnastic Team performing a public formation display. The YMCA formed in Palmerston North in 1905.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1924 to circa 1937
This photograph relates to the Voss family of Karere. Marx Voss (c.1850-1923) and Maren Voss (c.1854-1934) emigrated from Denmark with Bishop Monrad's scheme in 1874. They settled and farmed in Karere, where they raised their nine children. Effie ...
Date: circa 1910
Geoffrey Watchorn is in the second row, sitting seventh from the right next to the first of the women. See the rest of the Watchorn Collection for more information on his sporting career. This picture was taken in front of the Municipal Opera Hous...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1951
A studio photograph of the players and their coach.
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 197X
A studio photograph of the players and their coach.
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 197X
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 197X
This image comes from a collection of glass negatives found in the attic of 'Lovelock's cottage' by 'Keebles Farm' near Massey University. The people in the images are possibly the Lovelock family, but their identities have not been confirmed.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1890 to 1910
Creator: Smokefree Women's Recreation Festival Manawatū Steering Group
Date: February 1992
Creator: PNCC & Manawatū Sports Foundation
Date: November 1990
Date: 1993
Possibly the Oroua team. Sam Hart (?) far right, back row (son Vernon farmed Umutoi between Schools and Pipiti)
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The Palmerston North Golf Club was formed in 1930 and was originally sited in West End, off the corner of Botanical and Park Roads where this club house was built. In the the early 1960s the City Council acquired the land for housing and the Club ...
Creator: L G West Son and Hornbrook
Place: Corner of Botannical and Park Roads, Palmerston North
Date: November 1936
Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size. The fence still exists around the park today (2020).
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Streets, Palmerston North
Date: 192X
Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1923
The Palmerston North Golf Club was formed in 1930 and was originally sited in West End, off the corner of Botanical and Park Roads. This plan shows the existing layout in 1945.
In the the early 1960s the City Council acquired the land for housing...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Botannical and Park Roads
Date: May 7, 1945
This pavilion was used by the Hokowhitu Bowling Club, which is located next to Hokowhitu Park at 279 Albert Street. The pavilion was built by, and the green laid down by, the Palmerston North City Council. It was then leased to the Club.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: 279 Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 6, 1937
PNBHS rugby team.
The coach, standing on the left is Guthrie Wilson (1914-1984), who taught English, History and Latin at the school between 1946 and 1955.
According to The Palmerstonian (1947 yearbook), the following were members of the 2nd X...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1947
Date: 1983
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. From the late 1970s, Palmerston North became one of the leading centres for indoor hockey in New Zealand. The game was played in summer. At its peak in the 1980s, the competit...
Creator: Geoff Watson and Dennis Slade
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 14, 2024