1980 |
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- Marae established at College of Education
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| May |
- $5 million Post Office telephone exchange (Telecom Tower) opened on Main Street
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| 28-Sep |
- Convention Centre 3rd and final stage opened
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1981 |
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- Trevor Albert de Cleene elected as MP for Palmerston North
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- Square Edge community arts centre opens in the restored Council administration buildings on corner of The Square & Church Street
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| 2-Apr |
- Sports Stadium (‘Rainbow Stadium') opened at Showgrounds by HRH Prince Charles
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| 1-Aug |
- Springboks versus Manawatu rugby game played, 15 minute stand off with protesters in Cuba Street ends peacefully & the game goes ahead; City Council fails to stop the match with a court injunction; 1000 police are brought to the City – 20% of the nations forces
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1982 |
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- Marae established at St Michaels Anglican Church
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1983 |
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- Caccia Birch House gifted to PNCC by the Government
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- Palmerston North Technical School becomes the Manawatu Polytechnic
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| 12-Apr |
- 83 year old Showgrounds grandstand destroyed by fire
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| 16-Apr |
- John Boldt Indoor Swimming Pool ($1.2m) opened at the Lido by Mayor Brian Elwood
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| 26-Jul |
- State Insurance building opens on Main Street, tallest building in the City at the time
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1984 |
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1985 |
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- Paul Warren Reiger elected Mayor
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- Work starts on the Downtown shopping mall and cinema complex on Broadway Avenue
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- First Foodtown supermarket opens in City
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1986 |
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- An artesian bore is sunk on Roberts Line to supplement the water supply for the Kelvin Grove suburb
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- Around this time K&M Print moves to Andrew Young Street
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| 21-Apr |
- PDC Plaza shopping centre opened by PM David Lange
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| 7-Nov |
- New Showgrounds Grandstand opened by the Governor General Sir Paul Reeves
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| 6-9 November |
- A&P Association (Local Branch) celebrates their Centenary and hosts the Royal Show
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1987 |
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- Longburn Freezing Works closes after a long running industrial dispute with the loss of 100s of jobs
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- Third Fitzherbert Bridge over Manawatu River opened, this is the bridge in use today (2008)
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| 29-Aug |
- Whanau Resource Centre opened in Highbury
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| 20-Oct |
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1988 |
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- School of Maori Studies starts at Massey University
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| 23-Mar |
- New Zealand Insurance (NZI) building opens on The Square
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| 24-27 July |
- Flooding causes a state of emergency to be declared after 24 hours rain, 1200 evacuated from SW area of City, $2-3 million in damages
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| 31-Aug |
- PDC Consumers Co-Op is wound up after going into receivership in February
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1989 |
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- Original 1889 Post Office building moved to the Victoria Esplanade where it is now used as a Café (2008)
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- LATEs (Local Authority Trading Enterprises) established by Council to carry out bus, gas and electricity services
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- Palmerston North Cosmopolitan Club moves to new premises in Pitt Street, women first become members
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- Trust Board formed for Caccia Birch House and renovation begins
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- 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment relocates from Singapore to Linton Camp
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| 20-Apr |
- Glaxo pharmaceutical factory opens on Botanical Road
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