Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 24th May 2022. Part 2 of 2. Work on local writers. Elizabeth Smither. NZ writers as a group, the local scene. Alison’s view on NZ writers and of Britain. John’s view of his time in England. Wind turbines and p...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 24, 2022

‘catch and release: Poems from Manawatu’ is the first e-publication from Palmerston North City Library. As part of the experimental poetry programme KUPU - PoetryBeyondWords, the book is one of a series of initiatives designed to engage the comm...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          August 2015

Mr Apthorp joined the Palmerston North City Corporation as Deputy Town Clerk in 1963 from the Nelson Harbour Board. Peter was appointed as Town Clerk in 1974 (on the retirement of Mr A. M. P. Hall) until his retirement in 1989. He died 23 May 2009.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1975

The new Cook Street Fire Station, to be built for $1.8 million, replaced the out grown premises in Cuba Street. The Chairman of the Palmerston North Fire Board, G R Kear (left) signed on behalf of the Board and T L Ferris, Hawke’s Bay area manager...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 14, 1974

Mr Rockstraw was a Prussian born in Effurt, Germany. As a young man he migrated to a older colony of New Zealand, where he practiced medicine in the goldfields of the West Coast. In 1873, Prime Minister Fox persuaded him to go north and serve as m...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1892

Letter from the Tadeusz Zażuliński, Minister of Poland, stationed at the Legation de Pologne in Cairo, Egypt, to Mrs Ann Jacques of the Polish Army League. The letter thanks the Polish Army League for gift parcels. The Polish Army League, founded ...

Creator:      Tadeusz Zażuliński, Minister of Poland
Place:          Egypt
Date:          April 27, 1942

The Railway Station moved from the centre of The Square to Main Street in 1890. This postcard reads, "With love from Meta".

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1904

Shows a staff member, bicycle and some equipment used by the company. Holben and Kirk was a dairy, refrigerating and electrical engineering business in Rangitikei Street, somewhere between Cuba Street and Maire Street.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910 to circa 1920