Showing: Events for September 1, 2009 - September 30, 2009
Sep 14, 2009
A Local History Week talk by Margaret Tate
This talk focuses on the houses, gardens and community life of the early residents, and draws on recollections of people...
Sep 14, 2009
Speaker: Dr Huhana Smith
Huhana Smith is the senior curator Mâori at Te Papa, as well as a practising artist and active environmentalist. Her passion for eco-restoration...
Sep 14, 2009
Everyone with a special interest in local history is invited to an informal opening of Local History Week.
Take the opportunity to mix with the historical community of...
Sep 14, 2009
Invitation to tea and tales …..
Bring along an historical object – something special to you, that evokes a memory – and share it with us all....
Sep 14, 2009
This tour offers an overview of the treasures in the collection.
Tour Guide: Cindy Lilburn
Limit: 15
Sep 14, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Take a walk around the Caccia Birch property and hear the history of this wonderful historic home, and the families who have resided there. Finish the afternoon with a...
Sep 15, 2009
A Local History Week talk by Geoff Watson
This talk examines the role of sport in the emerging town of Palmerston North at the dawn of the twentieth century...
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 16, 2009
A jaunt around historic Terrace End
Meeting at: Melody's New World Car Park, cnr of Albert Street & Broadway.
Tour Guide: Garry O’Neill...
Sep 16, 2009
This tour offers an overview of the treasures in the collection.
Tour Guide: Cindy Lilburn
Sep 16, 2009
Sep 16, 2009
A Local History Week talk by Brigitte Te Awe Awe-Bevan
Brigitte Te Awe Awe-Bevan belongs to Te Rangitepaia and Hineaute hapû of Rangitâne. Her marae is...
Sep 16, 2009
From 2003-2009, Leith worked for Culturenet Cymru and was responsible for managing a number of national digitisation projects in Wales including Gathering the Jewels,...
Sep 17, 2009
A walk and talk on the history and features of the Victoria Esplanade
Meeting at: Education Centre, The Esplanade.
Tour Guide: Kevin Street
All...
Sep 17, 2009
A Local History Week talk by Joan Barnes from the New Zealand Society of Genealogists
An account of how one genealogist discovered what really happened to her...
Sep 17, 2009
A practical opportunity to learn how to use a scanner to create electronic copies of your family photographs, negatives and other records. You will learn how to scan and store...
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 18, 2009
The Square Monuments: A Walk Around a Square
If the statues and monuments could talk they would tell a great deal of the history of early Palmerston North. Join us for...
Sep 18, 2009
A Local History Week talk by Fiona McKergow
On Thursday 15th August, 1912, headlines in the Manawatu Evening Standard ran hot. "Interesting Discovery at...
Sep 18, 2009
This tour offers an overview of the treasures in the collection.
Tour Guide: Cindy Lilburn
Limit 15
Sep 18, 2009
Home movies, newsreels and documentary clips from 1901- 1959
A 70 minute programme drawn from The Film Archive's collection, with piano accompaniment by Susan...
Sep 19, 2009
Behind plain facades lie hidden treasures
This bus trip celebrates the heritage of the many small halls that have for years been home to Palmerston North’s clubs...
Sep 19, 2009
A stroll around the Cemetery, including the history and background of a few of the personalities buried there.
Meeting at: Terrace End Cemetery Main Gates,...
Sep 19, 2009
A practical opportunity to learn how to use a scanner to create electronic copies of your family photographs, negatives and other records. You will learn how to scan and store...
Sep 20, 2009
A tour of the powerhouse with description and commentary.
Meeting at: The Powerhouse, Keith Street (opposite Cessna Road).
Tour Guide: Bruce Burr
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Sep 20, 2009
The AGM will be followed by a brief talk by Lesley Courtney and Margaret Tate on the history of the Esplanade Gardens and the Old Post Office building.
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