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Modern archaeology favours a date for the first settlement of New Zealand by Polynesian people about 1150 AD when population was concentrated on the east coast of the South Island. There is a substantial early settlement site of the Archaic or moa hunter phase of Māori culture near Palmerston on the sea coast at the mouth of the Shag River. It ...
Palmerston North is perceived as being better for cycling than most New Zealand cities, with 2001 figures putting it a close second only to Blenheim in terms of bicycle modal share. [98] However, by 2006, cycling to work had almost halved in a decade to 5.4% [ 99 ] and the 2013 census found that, in the central city, only 6 cycled, but 690 ...
Palmerston North Police Station (Former) Church Street 351-361 Category:Former Police Station, Palmerston North on Wikimedia Commons: II Post Office (early portion) Park Road, Victoria Esplanade Gardens Category:Post Office (former), Palmerston North on Wikimedia Commons: II Queen Elizabeth Technical College (Former) King Street 135
Te Manawa (' The Heart ') is a museum, art gallery and science centre in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It is operated by the Te Manawa Museums Trust, a charitable trust incorporated on 20 August 1999. From that date, the trust assumed responsibility for art works and heritage assets transferred to its care but held on behalf of others.
Pahiatua (Māori: Pahīatua) [3] is a rural service town in the south-eastern North Island of New Zealand with a population of 2,860. It is between Masterton and Woodville on State Highway 2 and along the Wairarapa Line railway, 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Masterton and 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Palmerston North.
Awapuni is a suburb of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is located south west of Palmerston North Central. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "blocked-up river" for Awapuni. [3] Te Hotu Manawa Marae and its Tūturu Pumau meeting house are located in Awapuni.
Thus, Palmerston Island is the only island in the Cook Islands for which English is the native language. Palmerston was annexed by the British Empire on 23 May 1891 and in 1892, the British Government granted William a 21-year lease which was extended until 1954. [6] Palmerston came under New Zealand administration in 1901.
Puketapu is a prominent hill in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island, overlooking the town of Palmerston.The name Puketapu is Māori meaning "sacred hill". [1]There is a memorial cairn to the 19th century Otago politician Sir John McKenzie.