NZPF Central Region established 1922
Meetings
Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North 1st Wednesday monthly February to December at 7:30pm. Visitors are always welcome. Please bring items of interest for display to each meeting
Calendar of events
2025
May 7 – Stephen Jones 'NZ issues 1900-20'; 1-page 'Churches and Cathedrals'May 10 – Central Districts EXPO
Jun 4 – Denys Nichols 'Mauritius stamps and postal history'; 1-page 'Famous Scientists and Innovators'
Jul 2 – Colin Dyer 'Axis Occupations of WWII'; 1-page 'South Pacific Cultures'
Sep 3 – Stephen Chivers 'Leeward Islands'; 1-page 'Entertainment'
Oct 1 – John Annabell 'Canada 1946-1994'; 1-page 'Writers and Composers'
Oct 13 – Interclub with Manawatu; 1-page 'Nobel Prize winners'
Nov 5 – Invited members 'Our Other Hobbies'; 1-page 'Festive'
Nov 5 – Ross Fletcher 'St Helena'; 1-page 'The Weather'
Club activities and services
EXPO and Convention 2025
The 62nd Annual EXPO and Convention is to take place at the Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North on Saturday 10 May 2025.
For more details check out Expo flyer 2025.
Library
Members have access to New Zealand’s third largest philatelic library. Housed at Te Manawa, 326 Main Street, Palmerston North. All members are issued with library cards which must be shown whenever they wish to use the library.
National Philatelic Literature Exhibition Library Holding
Members of New Zealand philatelic societies have access to the material exhibited in the biennial literature exhibits held in Palmerston North until 2013. These publications are held as part of the Manawatu Philatelic Society’s library and information on who and how material can be borrowed should be addressed to the Librarian at the Society’s address.
Details of these holdings for each exhibition can be accessed at:
- First Exhibition 1989;
- Second Exhibition 1991;
- Third Exhibition 1993;
- Fourth Exhibition 1995;
- Fifth Exhibition 1997;
- Sixth Exhibition 1999;
- Seventh Exhibition 2001;
- Eighth Exhibition 2003;
- Ninth Exhibition 2005;
- Tenth Exhibition 2007;
- Eleventh Exhibition 2009;
- Twelfth Exhibition 2011;
- Thirteenth Exhibition 2013.
Subscriptions
Annual Subscriptions are as follows:
Town members (24 km radius from city centre) $22.5
Country members $15.00
Plus an additional $15 for members receiving newsletters by post.