Web Directory > NZ > Regional > Manawatu-Wanganui

Includes Palmerston North, Taumarunui

• Access Manawatu
  Radio station with information about schedules, shows and community notices.
  
  
• Air Force Museum : New Zealand's premier military aviation collection
  The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museums site. It gives the history, programmes and locations of the RNZAF Museum at Wigram, Christchurch and the Ohakea Wing RNZAF Museum at Ohakea.
  
  
• Awa FM Whanganui : 91.2, 93.5, 100
  Radio station which uses the dialect of the Whanganui iwi. Provides an outline of programmes, events, promotions etc. and online audio link.
  
  
• Bing Turkby Ensemble
  Includes a list of recordings, with sound tracks; reviews; a gig guide; and a brief biography.
  
  
• Bushy Park Trust
  About the Trust and its work caring for the 90ha forest of Bushy Park. Covers its conservation work with native birds, and includes information about Bushy Park Homestead, and the conservation programme for students.
  
  
• Cemeteries database
  An ongoing community project that enables local burial records to be searched. People can find out where their friends and family are buried.
  
  
• Centrepoint Theatre
  Past and current productions at Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North. Booking information for productions, articles and reviews are included.
  
  
• Coast Access Radio 104.9FM : Kapiti and Horowhenua
  About the Kapiti and Horowhenua community radio station and its programmes.
  
  
• Community Arts Palmerston North
  Site features local Manawatu artists, performers, events and arts related activities. Includes searchable arts database and arts trail.
  
  
• Creative Sounds Society Inc.
  Creative Sounds is a non-profit voluntary organisation based in Palmerston North. It is dedicated to the enhancement of local artistic talent and to the encouragement of musical, artistic and performance activities from high school bands to choral groups to metal bands to singer/ songwriters.
  
  
• Culture
  A web-based directory of culture, arts and heritage in the Whanganui region.
  
  
• Dannevirke Heritage Project
  This project was to encourage people to make use of the resources of the Gallery of History and elsewhere, to create a project, using one or more forms of media, about an aspect of local Dannevirke history. The projects were completed in 2002.
  
  
• Dannevirke Scandinavian Club
  Outlines the activities of the Dannevirke Scandinavian Club. Information on the history of Scandinavian immigrants in Dannevirke, Norsewood and Ekatahuna.
  
  
• Environment Network Manawatu
  ENW is a network that fosters and encourages environmental initiatives, in areas ranging from sustainable living to wildlife conservation. Site has details of member groups and includes events calendar, projects list, environmental information and sustainable action suggestions.
  
  
• Feilding and District Steam Rail Society
  As the Society was formed with the intention of rebuilding New Zealand steam locomotives, most of the site is dedicated to the history and description of the restoration work of the Society's current project, the Wab 794. Provides links to other New Zealand rail sites; New Zealand railway videos and overseas rail links. Also inclues an online membership form.
  
  
• Feilding Public Library
  Information about Feilding Public Library opening hours, services, collections, programmes and charges. Includes access to an online catalogue.
  
  
• Film Wanganui
  Details of assistance offered to film production companies that may wish to locate a project in the greater Wanganui region. Includes details of the River City Film Festival for New Zealand short films and the associated workshops held yearly in Wanganui.
  
  
• Haonga mai : Whanganui River Māori Trust Board newsletter / Whanganui River Māori Trust Board
  Each issue available in full-text.
  
  
• Helen's page of New Zealand history
  The site focuses on Wellington and mid to lower North Island genealogical resources such as passenger lists, pioneers, shipwrecks, registers, etc.
  
  
• Horizons Regional Council
  Information about the council and the Manawatu-Wanganui region, including rivers and rainfall; emergency management; resource consents; environmental management, and transportation. Access to publications, plans and strategies, and bus timetables.
  
  
• Horowhenua District Council : the best rural lifestyle district in New Zealand
  Information about the Council, its activities and services, with some information about the district. The Council's publications are available online.
  
  
• International Pacific College New Zealand : tertiary education for the internationally minded
  The International Pacific College is a residential tertiary college situated in Palmerston North. It caters for many overseas students, offering diplomas and degree programmes which are accredited by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). IPC aims to prepare students from Pacific Rim countries for full participation in the new international environment in which they find themselves.
  
  
• Journeys on the Whanganui, Aotearoa, New Zealand
  Information about activities for tourists in the Whanganui River Region, including river tours, accommodation, cultural activities, events and other attractions.
  
  
• KCE : King Country Energy
  KCE is a small electricity retail company based in Taumarunui. It owns 4 hydro power stations and 50% of the Mangahao station. It has a retail service entity which services KCE and Bay Of Plenty Electricity.
  
  
• Kete Horowhenua : the stories of the district as told by its people
  A digital library of images, audio, video and documents which have been collected and catalogued by the Horowhenua community, using open source software.
  
  
• Koriniti Marae
  Information on the marae on the Whanganui River; accommodation; outdoor adventure and nature based activities; places of interest; and a history of the hapū.
  
  
• Manawatū & Horowhenua
  Information in English or Māori from Te ara, the online encyclopedia of New Zealand, describing Manawatū and Horowhenua, its landscape, plants and animals, people, history and industry. Includes a map.
  
  
• Manawatu : no limits
  Destination Manawatu, a District Tourism Organisation site provides tourist information for the Manawatu, including an events calendar, conference venue details, and information on accommodation and activities.
  
  
• Manawatu Chamber of Commerce
  RepresentS business people and business within the Manawatu region. Includes details of board members, press releases and constitution document.
  
  
• Manawatu District Council
  Provides information on the structure, services and facilities of the Manawatu District Council. Includes a district history, a cemetery records search and rating information. Council documents are available in PDF format.
  
  
• Manawatu Speleological Group
  Small but active caving club based in Palmerston North with members also in the Wairarapa. Brief outline of club operations and procedures, trips, meetings etc. Map of main caving locations. Copies of newsletter Resurgence from Mar. 1997-May 1998. General caving information, hints and tips, huts, images of Waitomo and other caves in New Zealand, video clips of Waitomo (requires MPEG software). Links to Wellington Caving Club and New Zealand Speleological Society. Includes contact details.
  
  
• Manawatu standard
  The website of the Manawatu Standard, which serves the Manawatu-Wanganui region. The site provides access to selected articles from the current day's issue, as well as information on accommodation, activities and events in the Manawatu-Wanganui area, links to affiliated Stuff.co.nz websites, and information on subscribing to the print edition. Access to archived articles is available on a user pays basis.
  
  
• Manawatu, our region
  Aims to provide an online "window" to the district and its history, includes maps.
  
  
• Marton : the hub of the Rangitikei
  Information about services and facilities in Marton, Bulls, Hunterville, Ohingaiti, Mangaweka, Taihape, Turakina and Ratana.
  
  
• Massey University = Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
  Home site for the university. Organisational information includes brief history, locations of campuses, mission and goals, facts and figures etc. Academic information includes courses of study, enrolment details, student life, access to personal information held by the University (requires ID). News and up-coming events. Directory of staff. Details of all departments including the Library.
  
  
• McNarmara Gallery Photography : Wanganui, New Zealand
  A note on the Gallery's establishment and how to get there. Lists artists alphabetically and displays examples of their work. Prices of the artists' works and more biographical information can be obtained on request. Lists past exhibitions and publications and displays works from the current exhibition in the gallery.
  
  
• MidCentral District Health Board
  MidCentral District Health Board is a funder and provider of health and disability services in the wider Manawatu region. The Board has two key functions: planning and funding of health and disability services; governance and management of Crown owned hospital and associated services.
  
  
• Mt Ruapehu eruption resources
  Lists resources about one of New Zealand's active volcanos, Ruapehu. Brief outline of the events of the last eruption and links to multi-media and technical reports.
  
  
• National Army Museum = Te Mata Toa
  About the museum in Waioru, New Zealand and its exhibits. Includes information about New Zealanders at war information for children and teachers.
  
  
• National Park Village : Tongariro World Heritage area
  Information about Tongariro & Whanganui National Park for tourists, including accommodation, dining out options, activities, services, events and sports.
  
  
• Palmerston North City Library
  Information on the Palmerston North City Library and its services. The site includes access to the library catalogue.
  
  
• Palmerston North Electric Power Station Inc.
  The Society's aim is to preserve and maintain the power station's own plant in working order, to present electrical history (regionally and in general), display older electrical equipment (including domestic appliances) and to educate in these matters and in relation to safety with electricity. The site provides information on activities associated with this aim.
  
  
• Palmerston North Film Society
  An incorporated non profit organisation affiliated to the NZ Federation of Film Societies Inc. In addition to information about the society, the web site includes the programme and a link to the New Zealand film festival site.
  
  
• Palmerston North International Airport
  Provides information about the airport and its facilities, with links to sites giving airline schedules, information about the region and hints for travellers. Includes historical information and copies of corporate reports.
  
  
• Palmerston North
  Provides information about the Council and its services, and general information about the city of Palmerston North for residents and visitors, including sections on sports facilities, shopping and events. There are also directories of clubs and groups. Council documents are availabel online.
  
  
• Palmy.net
  Information about Palmerston North including an online directory.
  
  
• Rangitikei District Council
  About the Council and the services it provides. Includes council plans, documents and general information.
  
  
• Ruapehu bulletin
  Online edition of the community newspaper, covering Ohakune, National Park, Raetihi, Waiouru, and surrounding rural areas. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Ruapehu District Council
  Provides information about the council and has council documents and publications available online. Also includes information for people living or intending to live or work in the area and a section for visitors.
  
  
• Ruapehu Volcano, New Zealand
  Provides images, eruption reports, government and media releases, and related information on the 1995 and 1996 eruptions.
  
  
• Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
  About the art gallery in Wanganui. Includes information about the collections,; exhibitions; history and artist in residence. Latest newsletter available in PDF format.
  
  
• Scandinavian Club of Manawatu : including the Wellington Scandanavian Club
  Outlines the activities of the Scandinavian Club of Manawatu and its affiliated club the Wellington Scandinavian Club. Includes information on the history of Scandinavian immigrants in Manawatu, genealogical information, a list of books about Scandinavians in New Zealand, and photographs.
  
  
• Scanpower
  Scanpower Ltd was formerly the Dannevirke Electric Power Board, a community-owned electricity supplier in the southern Hawkes Bay. Details of the company; services; power costings; publications.
  
  
• Sisters of Compassion = Ngā Whaea Tapu Pūaroha
  These pages give the history and work of the Sisters of Compassion, a Catholic order of nuns founded by Sister Suzanne Aubert in 1892 in Jerusalem/Hiruharama, near Wanganui. Their work continues today as mission and outreach projects to those in need.
  
  
• Sport Manawatu
  Sport Manawatu is a trust which promotes physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Tararua and Horowhenua. The site includes information for sport clubs and coaches and programmes for school children.
  
  
• Tanenuiarangi Manawatu Incorporated : mandated iwi authority for Rangitaane O Manawatu
  Fosters the cultural, physical, spiritual, educational and economic wellbeing and development of the Iwi of Rangitaane O Manawatu.
  
  
• Tararua District Council
  Council news; reports; publications; information and services. Also includes rates information; road status reports and maps of the area.
  
  
• Tararua District Council. Libraries
  Library services in the district. There are four branches - Dannevirke, Eketahuna, Pahiatua and Woodville. Information about activities, branches and hours, friends, resources, services and charges.
  
  
• Taumarunui : heart of the King Country
  Provides information on events, services, activities, shopping, real estate and accommodation. Includes a directory of clubs and organisations, maps, and news items. Links to local sites are available.
  
  
• Te Manawa : museum, gallery, science centre : life, art, mind
  Palmerston North's combined museum, gallery and science centre. Information about collections and exhibitions; exhibition calendar; educational services.
  
  
• Tokomaru Steam : New Zealand's original steam heritage attraction
  The Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum is a private collection of machinery open to the public. Includes the origins of the museum; tour of the museum; summary of the history of steam power in New Zealand and information on historic Tokomaru.
  
  
• UCOL : Universal College of Learning
  UCOL, the Universal College of Learning has four main campuses - Palmerston North, Wanganui, Masterton and Levin. The website features: courses; free online courses; online support and general information; information for overseas students and access to the library catalogue online.
  
  
• UCOL library news section
  Gives information on UCOL library hours, access to catalogue and library related sites as well as the main UCOL site.
  
  
• Vision 100 FM, Palmerston North
  The site provides information on the history of the stations and programmes. The station may be listened to online. A shop provides CDs available to buy online.
  
  
• Vision Manawatu
  Provides a detailed overview of the Manawatu. Describes Vision Manawatu's activities aimed at creating more jobs and investment in the region. Provides links to local businesses.
  
  
• Visit Ruapehu
  Contains information about the towns, activities; attractions and accomodation in the Ruapehu District. Covers Taumarunui, Ohakune, Waiouru, National Park, Owhango, Raetithi and Tongariro World Heritage Park.
  
  
• Wanganui : your source for information on New Zealand's historic river city
  Tourist and business information.
  
  
• Wanganui Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.
  The Wanganui Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded in 1885 and is a non-political, non-profit organisation which represents the full spectrum of business interests, small, medium and large throughout Wanganui and the District. The site features its services, facilities and activities.
  
  
• Wanganui chronicle
  Website of the Wanganui Chronicle, the Wanganui area's daily newspaper. Site provides access to selected articles from the print edition.
  
  
• Wanganui District Council
  Provides information about the Wanganui District Council and its services as well as information about the district. Includes publications to download and a property information search (online mapping) which allows a search of any property in the Wanganui District.
  
  
• Wanganuilibrary.com
  Lists library services and gives access to the catalogue, information about the collections. Online services available.
  
  
• Whanganui artists open studios : Whanganui artists in their natural environment 21st/22nd/28th/29th March
  Programme for open days for artist's studios in Wanganui in 2009. Includes profiles of artists and locations, along with workshop information.
  
  
• Whanganui District Health Board
  Responsible for providing publicly funded health services for Wanganui, Taihape, Raetihi and Marton. Online publications; vacancies.
  
  
• Whanganui Regional Museum
  Provides information about events, exhibitions, collections and education programmes.