Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Māori Battalion trains at the Palmerston North showgrounds in 1940.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 2006

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Māori Battalion trains at the Palmerston North showgrounds in 1940. Abridged from original article, 22 April 2006.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 21, 2006

Tiger was a Great Dane belonging to Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf (Ngā Puhi), of the Māori Battalion. Harding and Tiger trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds between January and May of 1940. The images were taken by Keith Collinson, of the fa...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds ...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds ...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The story of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force Entertainment Unit, also known as the Kiwi Concert Party, in World War 2. It entertained the troops overseas and pu...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 22, 2020

Shown here is a display put up by "The Times" newspaper asking for donations of food to help keep Britain fed in the time during and after World War Two. “Tin and a Sixpence" refers to a tin for the fundraising and sixpence for a cup of tea and th...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

From the Griffiths collection. Number 6 Works County, N.Z.E. Number 2 Section. A copy of "The Engineers Song". From World War Two.

Creator:      Kerry Griffiths
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          circa 1939 to 1945

These unidentified soldiers are part of the 2nd Field Ambulance Section.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2, 1942