| 1970 |
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- William Henry Brown elected as MP for Palmerston North
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- The Clockwork Orange discotheque closes for financial reasons after seven months operation
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- One Way traffic flow around The Square abandoned
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| 20-May |
- Monro Memorial opens at Massey University to honour the man who introduced rugby union to New Zealand and a prominent early settler in Palmerston North
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| 26-Jun |
- Natural gas is first piped into Palmerston North from Taranaki
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| 30-Aug |
- Palmerston North's 12 months of Centennial Celebrations commenced
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| 1971 |
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- Brian George Conway Elwood elected Mayor
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- Centenary of Industry and Commerce held – part of City's Centenary Celebrations
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| 27-Apr |
- Architectural competition to design new Civic complex for the old railway land won by Wellington architects Maurice and John Patience
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| 1972 |
August |
- YWCA closes its hostel due to overwhelming maintenance requirements
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| 27-Nov |
- City Council resolves to build new civic complex
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| 1973 |
15-Jun |
- Part of Bulls bridge collapses into Rangitikei River
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| 1974 |
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- Work commences on the Civic Centre
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- St. Joseph's Convent High School closes
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- St. Patrick's Parish School closes
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- Marist Brothers High School closes (Catholic)
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| 22-Jan |
- Centrepoint Theatre holds first production (City's first professional theatre company
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| 18-Aug |
- St Peter's College officially opens – a new Catholic secondary school
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| 13-Dec |
- Approval given to construct a $1.3m Fire Station in Cook Street
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| 1975 |
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- Atawhai childcare centre set up by the YWCA for the children of families under stress
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- Two 4500m 3 low level water supply storage tanks are built 3km downstream from the water treatment plant
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| 26-May |
- City Council and Feilding Borough Council agree to establish a joint forestry venture in Scott's Road (Gordon Kear Forest)
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| 8-Jun |
- Museum officially opens in Church Street
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| November |
- Work starts on Post Office telephone exchange (Telecom Tower) on Main Street
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| 1976 |
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- Manawatu side wins Ranfurly Shield from Auckland
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| 29-30 June |
- Flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua rivers requires evacuation of some Palmerston North and Feilding residents, 24 hour rainfall records in Feilding and Palmerston North are exceeded
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| 1-Dec |
- Awatapu College officially opens (fifth secondary school for City)
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| 1977 |
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- Royal visit by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to City
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| 10-Jan |
- Bus Station opens in Church Street for City and rural bus services
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| 15-May |
- Cattle Pavilion at Showgrounds destroyed due to arson
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| 3-Jul |
- Art Gallery officially opens in purpose built building in Main Street
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| 13-Jul |
- Andrews Furnishers premises destroyed due to arson
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| 13-Aug |
- Centennial Celebrations of Palmerston North City Council – 100 years of municipal local government
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| 7-Nov |
- New Zealand Motor Bodies factory in Keith Street officially opens
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| 12-Nov |
- New Fire Station officially opens in Cook Street
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| 1978 |
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- Joseph Albert Walding elected as MP for Palmerston North
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| 31-Jul |
- Toyota National Parts Distribution Centre officially opens on Roberts Line
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| 14-Nov |
- National Mutual building officially opens on the corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue – at 10 storeys high it is the tallest building in the City at the time
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| 1979 |
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- Sam Mihaere dies having served as a Councillor continuously since his election in 1962
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- The Public Library introduces a computerised circulation system
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- Milson Airport terminal extensions completed, Airport runway is resealed
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| 18-Dec |
- Special Council meeting held in new Council Chambers to celebrate the completion of the Civic Complex – the new Council building on The Square, sometimes referred to as ‘Elwood's Battleship', marks the completion of the ‘Civic Complex', later Civic Centre', later ‘Civic Administration Building' (CAB)
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