Fitzherbert Bridge News Today

Palmerston North chopper rider cycles for hope to save lives and mental health.

In the Matariki star cluster, Puanga is often the brightest and easiest to spot. Ngāti Hineaute hapū chair, Chris Whaiapu, of Rangitāne, organised the celebration in partnership with the council’s acting head of events, Luke McIndoe. It will be held along the glowing pathway, Tini whetū ki te rangi, ko Rangitāne nui ki te whenua, from 4pm to 7pm on Saturday. There were many layers of importance to Matariki that could not be captured in one evening, Whaiapu said, but the festival was a ...

Janine Rankin16:01, Jun 01 2021 Murray Wilson/Stuff Massey University Foundation wants help to establish a botanic garden to dwarf Bledisloe Park. The Massey University Foundation has pitched an ambitious botanic garden plan to the Palmerston North City Council, asking ratepayers for a cool $300,000 in seeding money. Foundation director Mitch Murdoch led a presentation to the council’s long-term plan hearing, describing the proposed botanic garden as the first of its kind in New Zealand. It...

Motorists have been warned to plan ahead as work to the main bridge into Palmerston North gets under way.

But the impact of cancer on the lives of people around him has never really stopped, rekindling the motivation. He and team-mates, including wife Karen, daughter Abby and friend Basil Dustin, have never stopped thoroughly enjoying the 24-hour community event of celebration, honour, support and hope. “It’s kind of addictive,” he said. Leishman has put his body through the wringer with his fundraising efforts. One year, he walked the track for the full 24 hours, apart from toilet and s...

Palmerston North CITY LIBRARY Anders and Marthe Ihle, with their 10 children. Peter Forsters grandmother, Minnie Collier, is seated in front on the right. Among this group of Scandinavian settlers were Anders and Marthe​ Ihle, and two of their children. Anders would leave his mark on his new home, building the first Fitzherbert Bridge over the Manawatū River. But in February 1871 he was in a new, unfamiliar land, having responded to an advert in a Norwegian newspaper the year before. The...