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. Their two storey home and garden held a tennis court, where ...

Date:          circa 1910

Junior coaching at tennis in the mid-1970s, taking place roughly where the practice wall and run back are now situated. 

Creator:      Unknown - photo supplied by Awapuni Tennis Club
Place:          Awapuni Tennis Club
Date:          1974

A club which provides social tennis in Palmerston North. This club meets at its four courts located in Newbury Street every Saturday year round from 1.30pm until around 5.00pm, and on Tuesdays from 4.00pm until around 7.00pm during daylight saving...

Creator:      Alan Smeaton
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 23, 2025

History

In the years following World War 2 the western suburbs of Palmerston North developed rapidly, during which around 2.5ha of land was set aside by the Palmerston North City Council for recreation in the Awapuni sub...

Creator:      Alan Smeaton
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 23, 2025

The courts photographed in 1993 when submissions were made to increase the number of courts from four to six.

Creator:      Awapuni Tennis Club
Place:          Awapuni Tennis Club
Date:          December 1993

Carnarvon School tennis court, swimming pool and school in 1955.

Stan Holmes was Headmaster of Carnarvon School from 1955-1961. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those years.

Creator:      Stan Holmes
Place:          Carnarvon School
Date:          1955

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 13th of July 1974.

"Palmerston North's Mayor, Mr. B. G. C. Elwood, this afternoon officially opened the Awapuni Recreation Centre. With an overall cost of about $4...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          July 13, 1974

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1st April 1963. "Senior singles tennis champion R. Armitage (centre) and the twins K. Elliot (left) and M. Elliot, doubles champions of the Palmerston North Boys' High S...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 1, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 January 1958, page 12: Mr. A.B. McSweeney, the manager of the Wellington lawn tennis team, is shown accepting the Howe Shield on behalf of the successful Wellington b...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 30, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 December 1960 "Some of the competitors in the junior coaching school tennis tournament yesterday, who took time out to have their photographs taken."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 January 1958, page 11: Miss J. Glenie of Auckland presented with the cup for the under 19 years girls' singles. Miss Glenie beat a fellow Aucklander, Miss E. Bryant i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 7 January, 1959. "G. Woodruffe (left) and A. Woodruffe congratulate V. Milligan and M. Brown on winning the final of the women's doubles event at the Manawatu open tenni...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 March, 1959. "The former American Davis Cup player and 1955 Wimbledon champion, Tony Trabert, waves to the crowd as he comes off the court after partnering Mervyn Rose...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 October, 1959. "Since the inauguration of the school for youngsters by Mrs F. S. Keys at the Manawatu Club's courts, there has been a steady increase in the interest ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 December 1962, "The Waikato players, K. Mueller and R. Rioden ?, congratulate P. Kelly and P. Rush on winning the semi-final of the Mary Bartlett trophy in t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 27, 1962

[Photograph of a bowling green (and possibly a tennis court.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 February 1961 "Visiting tennis players watching the games in progress before starting their own during the Manawatu-Wanganui Catholic tennis championships today. The ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1961-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

A group of about twenty students pose with tennis rackets. The Palmerston North Technical High School was opened in September 1909 on what is now Princess Street, Palmerston North. In 1956 the school moved to the Rangitikei Street site and became ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1955

A group of eight students from the Palmerston North Teachers' College pose with tennis rackets. 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
Place:          Palmerston North Teachers' College
Date:          1959

A group of eight students from the Palmerston North Teachers' College pose with tennis rackets. 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
Place:          Palmerston North Teachers' College
Date:          1956 to 1959

A group of eight students from the Palmerston North Teachers' College pose with tennis rackets. 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
Place:          Palmerston North Teachers' College
Date:          1956 to 1959

A group of nine students pose with tennis rackets. The Palmerston North Technical High School was opened in September 1909 on what is now Princess Street, Palmerston North. In 1956 the school moved to the Rangitikei Street site and became known as...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1951

A group of twelve students pose with tennis rackets. The Palmerston North Technical High School was opened in September 1909 on what is now Princess Street, Palmerston North. In 1956 the school moved to the Rangitikei Street site and became known ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1954

A group of eight students at the Palmerston North Teachers' College pose with tennis rackets. 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
Place:          Palmerston North Teachers' College
Date:          1956 to 1960

Photo boards from Palmerston North Technical School (now Queen Elizabeth College) displaying the school Prefects, Hockey, Tennis, Netball, Rugby and Athletics teams, and female and male pupils.

Creator:      Queen Elizabeth College
Place:          Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1948

This photograph came from a small photograph album that belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "Marjorie and Self Esplanade April 6th 1928."

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 6, 1928

Four men in World War One New Zealand uniform jackets over tennis 'whites', perhaps during WWI.

Huia Mackrell is seated at left. The names of the four players are signed on the photograph but are hard to distinguish. On the back is written "Read ...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          August 6, 1918

This may be Mr John Jarvis. According to his obituary, he was "one of the oldest settlers of the Manawatu" and "most prominently identified with the Manawatu and West Coast A&P Association and with pig and poultry breeding associations." He came t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1909

This image comes from a collection of unidentified negatives taken by H M Griffiths in the early 1900s, probably 1910-1920. Many of these negatives are labelled as having been taken in Tokomaru, but many have no information with them. They were do...

Creator:      H M Griffiths
Date:          1910 to 1920

Manawatū Representative Tennis Team 1980-1981

Back Row (L-R): Ross McDonald (Manager), Michael McDonald, Kevin Clarke, Reg Walker, Eric White (Captain), Gordon Campbell, Stuart Harvey, Leighton Bristol.

Front Row (L-R): Jill Hall, Elizabeth Kind...

Creator:      John Cleland
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          1980 to 1981