Scandinavian Club of Manawatu Inc.
Some Recommended Links
Scandinavians in New Zealand & Australia
Dannevirke Scandinavian Club (Contains historical information on Scandinavian migration to the Seventy Mile Bush.)
Norsewood Promotions Inc. (Contains historical information on Scandinavian migration to the Seventy Mile Bush)
Ormondville Rail Preservation Group Inc. (Contains historical information relating to Scandinavians in the Seventy Mile Bush.)
Scandinavian Links in Australia & New Zealand (A link site containing the websites and email or postal addresses of Scandinavian-type clubs throughout Australasian, along with links to other websites likely to be of interest to our visitors.)
Family Genealogy websites (family trees)
Anders Christian Christensen & Marie Nilsdotter (A couple who emigrated from Norway on the 'Celaeno' 1871, and who settled in Palmerston North). See also www.tanyaburr2002.cc on a descendant of this family murdered in Rotorua three days after returning from a family wedding in the Nes Church, Romerike, Norway, where Anders & Marie Christensen married in 1868.
Noteworthy Palmerston North/Manawatu Websites
Caccia Birch House (A Historic Homestead that is now Conference & function centre, and which was built by a Norwegian in 1896)
Destination Manawatu Inc. (A district tourism organisation responsible for the facilitation and co-ordination of marketing and promotional activities for the Manawatu District)
Palmerston North City (Palmerston North City Council website)
Palmerston North City Library (The 'Living room of the City')
Palmy.Net (A web directory of Palmerston North websites and information ranging from city details to the locations of fixed speed cameras!)
Palmerston North Electric Power Station Inc (The website of the group preserving the old PN power station. It shares an editor with this website.)
Kelvin Grove, New Zealand (Part of the former Stoney Creek Scandinavian Block, near Palmerston North - history and present-day)
Whakarongo, New Zealand (Part of the former Stoney Creek Scandinavian Block, near Palmerston North - history and present-day)
Danish Emigration Archives, Aalborg, Denmark (A great source of Danish Genealogical material for people of Danish descent, including a free database of emigration lists compiled by the Copenhagen Police for the years 1869-1904 - with the years 1905-40 also to be added in due course.)
English Teaching & Travel Resources (A Danish website with links & material on NZ)
The Official New Zealand Tourism Board website (Contains a great deal of information of interest to overseas and NZ-based tourists, including listings of places to visit.)
Last updated 8/3/2005