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Palmerston North

British  

noun

  1. a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Andrew Rori Moore of Palmerston North, a town on New Zealand’s North Island, told The Times, he and his friend had decided to walk and take rideshare everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

James Faber, a warehouse operator and part-time property investor in Palmerston North, spent months trying to sell a property as the market dropped.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2023

"We were calling ourselves the juggernaut. We got through to play Palmerston North, a much bigger school in a massive cricket area. We were on a hiding to nothing, 100-1 and drifting."

From BBC Feb. 22, 2023

Much of the research is taking place at a Palmerston North campus, which some have jokingly taken to calling Gumboot Valley, in a nod to Silicon Valley.

From Seattle Times Nov. 13, 2022

Four hundred and eighty copies are sent direct from the publishers to the Country Library Service offices in Hamilton, Palmerston North, and Christchurch, and are sent out regularly to 93 affiliated libraries.

From Report of the National Library Service for the Year Ended 31 March 1958 by New Zealand. National Library Service

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