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
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: 1970s
A studio photograph of the players and their coach.
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 1970s
Creator: John Cleland
Date: 1970s
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: 1920s
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
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
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 May 1958, page 9: "The Kia Toa and Manawatu line-out specialist, W. Hearn, reaches far greater height than any of his team mates or opponents in a match between Old B...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date: May 19, 1958
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Arena 4, arts and culture fund, bicycle parking, bus station, ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 2002
The 'Old Boys' football team playing an undentified team at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. Also see 2011G_ELMAR-2-B3_005156
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
Supporters of the Palmerston North High School Old Boys football team arriving for game, at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. Also see 2011G_ELMAR-2-B3_005155
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
A ladies basketball team accompanied by their coach, in Pahiatua. Women's indoor basketball was still a new sport in 1947. In 1946 the New Zealand Women's Basketball Association (Inc.) was formed and National and Island championships began in 1947...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Tararua District
Date: circa 1947
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
The photograph was taken at Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School. It is likely that the Team was associated with...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950s
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1951
View of the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics Summer Games, held at the Showground Oval. Palmerston North Mayor Paul Rieger stands on the left of the stage in the foreground.
Date: December 1990
View of the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics Summer Games, held at the Showground Oval. Palmerston North Mayor Paul Rieger is standing on the far right of the stage.
Date: December 1990