City at the Centre ‘It is my hope that

‘It is my hope that by the time you have walked that path that you are now a different reader and will read those words in a new way

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‘Drawing upon a professional lifetime of research

City at the Centre ‘It is my hope thatA richly illustrated history of an ambitious city Once a small town sited at Te Papaiea, a clearing in the bush that cloaked the Manawat Plains, Palmerston North has always had big city aspirations. Critical to its growth was the railway that runs through it, farming and education. Originally settled by Rangitne, today Palmerston North is home to people from many parts of the world. Why they chose to come to the city, and what they did when they got