A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson depicting areas visited by plane and car in Zealand during the 1960's

The index with the film says it includes ""Greenmeadows Kiwi, Flight to Auckland via New Plymouth, Return by car, floods at R...

Date:          1960s

This photograph is from a set of 7 entitled "Grass-Seed Raising in the Manawatu". The accompanying caption reads: “Carting Seed into the Store. This picture tells us the seed has, so to speak, reached a ‘temporary home.’ We see the lorries full...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904

The Fire Brigade was established in Palmerston North in 1883. The first Fire Station to be built in Cuba Street was officially opened by J.A Nash, Mayor, on the balcony. These premises were replaced by another building near by, in 1926.

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 31, 1910