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State Housing new builds in Highbury

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

It is bel...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Brentwood Avenue/Croyden Avenue corner, Hokowhity, Palmerston North
Date:          1960

The Manawatū Journal of History: Issue 15

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 5 Serving the people: work and life at Palmerston North's premier department store / Simon Johnson

p. 17 Awapuni Medical Corps camp and 'the scourge' of 1918 / Leanne Croon Hickman

p. 29 The Methodi...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2019

Back Issues: A model state housing area

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Savage Crescent housing precinct was built between 1938 and 1945, the first state housing project in a provincial area. It showcased the First Labour Government's commitme...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          West End, Palmerston North
Date:          August 6, 2022

"Cluster Houses" on Church Street - Kitchen

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1979

"Cluster Houses" on Church Street

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1979

Aftermath of Yesterday's Gale

[Image of a young man leaning on his car, which has the front right fender bent out of shape. Possibly caused by the hut which over turned on Tremaine Avenue in the gales of the 29th December 1965.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 30, 1965

"Cluster Houses" on Church Street

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1979

"Cluster Houses" on Church Street

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Near corner of Church and West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1979

"Cluster Houses" on Church Street - Interior

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1979

Oral Interview - Rosalie Butters

Rosalie Butters was interviewed as a long time resident of 8 Mansford Place, Palmerston.

She was interviewed by Di Stewart as part of the Savage Crescent Heritage Study in 1993.

Currently this interview is only available by transcription.

Creator:      Di Stewart
Place:          Savage Crescent, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1993

Oral Interview - Nora Holroyd

Nora Holyroyd was interviewed as a long time resident of 33 Savage Crescent, Palmerston.

She was interviewed by Di Stewart as part of the Savage Crescent Heritage Study in 1993.

Currently this interview is only available by transcription.

Creator:      Di Stewart
Place:          Savage Crescent, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1993

Evans Family Collection: John and Michael Evans off to school, 5 Mansford Place

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          5 Mansford Place, West End, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

119 Savage Crescent

119 Savage Crescent is part of a planned housing project undertaken by the New Zealand Government in the late 1930s to early 1940s. When the house was offered for sale in 1957, the then tenants purchased this property from the Housing Corporation ...

Creator:      Gordon Family
Place:          119 Savage Crescent, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1957

Evans Family Collection: Evans Family, 5 Mansford Place

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Jack and Bet...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          5 Mansford Place, West End, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

'Star Flats' - State Apartment Buildings, Highbury

These two 'star flats' were built between 1955-1965 as the National Party's attempt at medium density social housing. This was to reduce urban sprawl and appease the rural voting base. They were built all over the country. They were 3-4 storeys wi...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Corner of Botanical Road and Brentwood Ave, Palmerston North
Date:          July 10, 2020

Evans Family Collection: John and Michael Evans off to school, 5 Mansford Place

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Evans Family Collection: Savage Crescent Conservation Area, a garden suburb

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Jack and Bet...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

127 Savage Crescent

The donor's family moved into this house in Savage Crescent on Christmas Eve 1939. This photograph was taken about six months later, with fences and gardens established. Saavge Crescent was developed by the Government as state housing 1937-1944. I...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          127 Savage Crescent, West End, Palmerston North
Date:          1940

Evans Family Collection: Mrs Evans vacuuming the living room, 5 Mansford Place

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans,...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Evans Family Collection: Betty Evans at the letterbox, 5 Mansford Place

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Tony Evans Collection: Jack, Betty and Aaron Evans and Rita Collins, 5 Mansford Place

Grandparents, Jack and Betty Evans, with Aaron Evans, who is the son of Tony Evans. To the right is Rita Collins, sister of Betty's mother, Mrs Edith Shortt. Included is Nicky, the dog. Jack and Betty married in 1936 and were early and long term r...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965 to circa 1966

Savage Crescent Conservation Area, a garden suburb

Photographed from 86 Savage Crescent, home of Mrs Beryl Walker from 1939-1994, shows houses 80 Savage Crescent (far left), 85 Savage Crescent (centre) and 87 Savage Cresent (right). Savage Crescent, a state housing area, which was designed on the ...

Creator:      Lee-Johnson Photos, 17 Clevedon Road, Otahuhu, Auckland SE7
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1943 to circa 1944

Evans Family Collection: Visit by Doctor to the Evans home, 5 Mansford Place

A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Rangiora Avenue

Suburban street in Roslyn, Palmerston North. Note the house on upper left ("Rangi Marie" 3 Rangiora Avenue) listed by New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Rangimarie was the home of C M Ross, a prominent retailer in Palmerston North, for whom the Ro...

Creator:      F A Tier
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

11 Anderson Place

11 Anderson Place, Palmerston North was the home of Freda and Thomas Hayes and family in the 1950s.

Creator:      Thomas Hayes [?]
Place:          11 Anderson Place, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Savage Crescent state housing precinct

A copy of an original plan by R B Hammond (town planner and housing consultant for the Department of Housing) for the Savage Crescent state housing precinct, showing house design numbers. Savage Crescent is in the West End area of Palmerston North...

Creator:      R B Hammond
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

Tony Evans Collection: Evans family, 5 Mansford Place

The Evans family was gathered for the filming of the Ediface television programme, a documentary on New Zealand's architectural heritage. As long time residents of the Savage Crescent state housing precinct in Palmerston North they were part of th...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 4, 1993

Savage Crescent State Housing Precinct - Cultural Significance Report

"This report was commissioned by the Palmerston North City Council in response to submissions received to the 1990/91 and 1991/92 Palmerston North City Council annual plans which requested that Council initiate a strategy to encourage the retentio...

Creator:      Di Stewart and Associates (for PNCC)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1993

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