This booklet was produced by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It argues the case that Palmerston North's Milson Airport should have been the home to the Trans-Tasman Air Terminal due to the city's status as the "geographical centre of New Zealand" ...
Creator: Junior Chamber of Commerce
Date: November 1944
Douglas DC-3 ZK-APA aircraft [Puweto], thought to have been taken at Milson Airport, with the Royal Mail insignia panted near the cockpit.This airplane was used for military and civilian purposes. This photograph was almost certainly taken after 1...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940s
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 7th June 2022. Part 2 of 3. Woodville School in 1940s, large classes, school milk. Childhood drinks. Times tables. Handwriting. School picnic. Swimming. Driving through the Manawatu Gorge. Family never...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 7, 2022
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st June 2022. Growing up in Palmerston North in the 1950s. Benefits of being youngest child. Father Christmas. Enjoyment of sport. Flatting in Wellington and working for an accountant at 17, social ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Linton
Date: June 21, 2022
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th February 2024. Part 2 of 2 In early days social life at Taikorea included outdoor bowls and indoor bowls. Bowling green on Keith’s farm. Indoor bowling involved other rural communities. Als...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 20, 2024
This photograph shows the damage done to the "Southern Cross" when it landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 22nd April 2025. Part 2 of 4. As a signalman he travelled on a NZ Navy cruiser to Sydney, Newcastle and Darwin. In the Darwin harbour he saw many ships sunk by the Japanese during the seco...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 22, 2025
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.
Caption: “Miss Helen Wilson with airhostess Miss Sargeant on the steps of the N.A.C. plane which took her on the first step of her journey to A...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Milson, Palmerston North
Date: September 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.
Caption: “This happy group was photographed at Milson Airport on the occasion of Cr. Dearsley’s departure for England to attend a Boy’s Brigade...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Milson, Palmerston North
Date: September 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.
Caption: “The Manawatu ‘B’ Grade Basketball team photographed at the station before leaving for Ashburton to compete in the National ‘B’ Grade ...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 1960
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 14th April 2020. Part 2 of 6. Travel to Scotland via America. Oregon sheep farming. 6 months in US, travelling in a 1942 Plymouth car. Delivering cars, mail. Canada, various jobs, powder packer, poultry far...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 14, 2020
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th July 2022, Part 2 of 5. A forward observer in Vietnam. The 1968 Tet offensive. Little contact with local Vietnamese. Problem fighting terrorism. A helicopter in Afghanistan. Politicians and...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Ashhurst
Date: July 12, 2022
One of the world’s aviation pioneers, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (Smithy) landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 10 September 1928 just a few months after he and Charles Ulm made the first crossing of the Pacific in the “Southern Cross”. Pi...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date: September 10, 1928
Repairing the wing of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" aircaft with 3-ply wood in a Palmerston North Agricultural and Pastoral showground building in Waldegrave Street. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VI...
Creator: T C Benfell
Place: The Showgrounds. Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
The 'Southern Cross', flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew, shortly before its departure from Milson Aerodrome. The Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft was delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after its wing was damaged during taxiin...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
The 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, was delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after its wing was damaged during taxiing at the Milson Aerodrome 4 February 1933. It was repaired by voluntary labour at the A & P Associat...
Creator: T C Benfell
Place: The Showgrounds, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
Sightseers view the damaged 'Southern Cross' aircraft at Milson Airport. The wing of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s famous aircraft was damaged while the aircraft was taxiing to a halt at the aerodrome 4 February 1933. The wing was repaired at an ...
Creator: T C Benfell
Place: Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
The engine of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's aeroplane at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, being removed for repair. Kingsford Smith and his crew of the Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the a...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the aeroplane's wing was damaged during taxiing at Milson Aerodrome 4 February 1933.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1933
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 december 1956: "Extensive travel test: In eight months this suitcase has travelled over 80,00 miles and has visited more than a dozen countries." In collaboration, a ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 11, 1956
"Karoro" a DH86 airliner was owned and operated by Union Airways out of Milson Airport, Palmerston North. A commercial air service began between Palmerston North and Dunedin in 1936. This photograph may have been taken at the inauguration of the s...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1936
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive in Palmerston North, leaving their N.A.C. Friendship at Milson Airport.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date: March 20, 1970
The aircraft was a 90 h.p. de Havilland DH6 owned by the Walsh Brothers of the New Zealand Flying School of Auckland, and piloted 23 year old Captain Richard Russell (at right with back to the camera). The aircraft landed at "Gillespie's Paddock",...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1920
This plane was a 90hp de Havilland aircraft, owned by the Walsh brothers of Kohimarama, Auckland and piloted by 23 year old Captain Richard Russell. It landed in a farm paddock on the corner of Gillespies Line and Boundary Road (now Tremaine Avenu...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 31, 1920
The first International Agricultural Aviation Show was held at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 9 - 10th November, 1956. The aeroplane shown here is possibly a Cessana Model 180. The show attracted thousands of spectators and featured flying disp...
Creator: H Newth
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 9, 1956 to November 10, 1956
The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen and Prince Philip are shown at Milson Airport boarding their flight to Wellington.
Creator: John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place: Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date: 1977
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip departing from Main Street, Palmerston North on board the Royal Train for an official visit to Whanganui.
Creator: Unknown
Date: January 1954
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip departing from Main Street, Palmerston North on board the Royal Train for an official visit to Whanganui.
Creator: Unknown
Date: January 1954
The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen and Prince Philip are seen talking with Councillor and Mrs Gordon Kear at Milson Airport before departing to Wellington.
Creator: John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place: Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date: 1977
The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen and Prince Philip are at Milson Airport before departing to Wellington.
Creator: John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place: Airport Drive, Milson, Palmerston North
Date: 1977