Ministry of Transport Manawatu
Alex Cawley 1961-67
Jim Harland 1966-79
Worked out of Cuba St. On bike for about yr. Then moved to Sanson till 1979 Then to Wgton. Now retired after 40. 1/2 yrs as a cop
Val Brannan (Val Mudford) 1968-69
'Off the bike at the Opera House Service Station' from several TOs;gaining my licence;parking fines and excuses; radio responses on the day of the Wahine storm.
Carolyn Saunders 1969-70
I worked in Levin as the PMO for the town. I loved the job and made some great friends in the office. I recall David Allo, John McKimmie, Diana Rhodes, and others whose faces I recall but not their names. Left in 1970 to have my first baby.
Richard Evans 1969-71
TO on M/cycle,Chief Faulk,Senior Hoskins,Some work mates Murray,Isaccs,Booth,Tiplady,Simons.?? I was transferred to Feilding Motorcycle Patrol Senior Dallas,Work mate Wilkins.
David Cummins 1969-82
Great place to work- great workmates & lots of laughs. Bosses were never taken seriously - bark worse than their bite - enjoyed it all.
Jim Mcquinlan 1971-72
Johanna Hannah / Wilson (Johanna van Spijk) 1971-77
I was a parking meter office based at Palmerston North.
Stan Walton 1971-73
1st Traffic Officer stationed at Waiouru which came under palmerston North.
Janet Hogan (Janet Hood) 1973-74
SIN CLERK.... WORKING WITH BRODERICK/DAWN/CHRISTINE/ MET MAIDS KINANNE ETC
ENJOYED MY TIME THERE, GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE
Merv Bassett 1974-92
Geoffrey Cook 1974-79
Heather McDonald (Heather Symonds) 1975-78
Worked in the front office processing drivers licences, traffic offences and speeding tickets. Kevin Broderick ran the office administration.
Selwyn Law 1975-83
Stationed as Traffic Sergeant at Palmerston North. Field supervisor and then prosecutor
Linda Hammond 1976-81
Worked in Palmerston North, Auckland then Wellington as supervisor of EDP room. Now live in Brisbane.
Alison Templeman (Alison Stewart) 1977-81
Bill Cronin 1977-86
MOT Palmy on motorcycle. Selwyn Law, Rex Fleming and Eddie Keelan were Sergeants with Merv Bassett the S/Sgt.
Carol (Ann) Taylor (Carol (Ann) Pinfold) 1978-79
I remember some of you that are already registered. Do you remember me? Short Blonde
always happy!
I was part of the team processing those horrible things you get for speeding!
Therese Turek (Therese McQuinlan) 1978-80
Worked in the typing pool most of the time but rotated onto the comms from time to time. Merv Bassett was the chief Traffic Officer at the time.
Geoff Duff 1978-92
Taihape sole officer
Anita Smith (Anita Van den Brink) 1978-83
Jill Lynch (Jill Meech) 1980-82
Worked upstairs in the computer room, adding in the fines etc. Our boss was Merle. When I got married, they chained me to a swivel chair and put me outside with confetti in my hair, rang my fiance to save me. I still have some of the cartoon pictures someone drew for me
Helen Montgomerie (Helen Melton) 1980-84
typist, then a data entry operator
Wendy O'Keeffe (Wendy O'Dwyer) 1981-82
Wendy Jane Falloon (Wendy Jane Fitt) 1982-84
I was a temporary EDP Clerk in the Computer room of the Ministry. I made some very good friends in that room which I still keep in touch with today.
Tina Johnston (Tina Ellen) 1984-85
Jill Webley (Jill Chalmers) 1984-86
Geoffrey Cook 1986-91
Roland Glass 1986-92
Transferred from Masterton as Senior Traffic Sergeant as city STS. Worked as Staff Senior and Offence Bureau until merging with the Police in June 1992.
Alex Cawley 1988-91
Colin Thomas 1988-90
first posting after traffic college then off to deepest southland.
Les Maddaford
MOT 2102
Served in Palmerston North City from 1979 until 1983 then transferred to Feilding as a rural motorcycle officer, graduated to car officer in 1989 and then merged into police in 1992.
Levin
Barry McPherson 1965-66
Geoffrey Cook 1979-84
Brian Marshall 1988-92
Geoffrey Cook 1979-84
Brian Marshall 1988-92