The 17th franchise in New Zealand of Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its doors in Palmerston North on July 31 1974. Pictured here are guests of the grand opening tucking into some KFC boxes being handed out by hostesses, wearing the signature gingha...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          Corner of Church and Princess Streets, Palmerston North
Date:          1974

Group of Palmerston North Council workers and their partners at a fancy dress ball, believed to be at at the Opera House. Far left: Ian Robertson, partnering Francis Laurenson, library staff member, standing in front of Ian.

Creator:      Argosy Industrial Photos
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 1959

Print showing the Palmerston North Technical School class of 1935. The back of the print reads, "PN Technical School 169 Boys - 1935" and "[?] Thomson".

Palmerston North Technical School was founded in 1902, with art classes conducted by the Wang...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          24 Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1935

This image show the construction of Northcote Office Park, on Grey Street, by Fletcher Challenge and Corporeal Holdings Ltd.

The negative comes from a file compiled by M. D. (David) Evans when working for the PNCC Planning Department. Evans was e...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Planner's Department
Date:          circa 1987

A set of photographs taken on a Box Brownie showing various views of The Square covered in snow.

The Manawatu Times covered the event with the following report:

"Snow in the City

VEHICLES SKID IN SLIPPERY STREETS

Some 15 years ago the...

Creator:      Eva Crafts (nee Olson)
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          July 27, 1939

This photograph shows construction nearing completion on a six-storey building on the corner of Main Street West and Te Marae o Hine The Square. The building was designed by Cantlon & Co. Architects of Palmerston North and constructed by McMillan ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Planner's Department
Date:          circa 1987

Creator:      Hobday Photo
Date:          1949 to 1950

This family portrait is believed to be taken by G. W. Shailer, and depicts the Macarthur family of Broxt Cottage in Feilding.

From left to right the people in the photograph are:

1. Mary Lilius Louise (Hannay) MACARTHUR (1857 Toronto - 1930 Moun...

Creator:      G. W. Shailer
Date:          1889

The Felixstowe was a barque trading into Ōtaki. She was wrecked on 13 October 1878 when - like the Hydrabad in June of the same year - she mistook the northern end of Kāpiti, on which there was no lighthouse, for Stephens Island in Cook Straight. ...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1878

View of the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics Summer Games, held at the Showground Oval. Palmerston North Mayor Paul Rieger stands on the left of the stage in the foreground.

Date:          December 1990

View of the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics Summer Games, held at the Showground Oval. Palmerston North Mayor Paul Rieger is standing on the far right of the stage.

Date:          December 1990

This prize winning cockerel was owned and bred by Reverend W.Lea, Aramaho, Wanganui. The date is thought to be 1923. The cockerel won prizes in poultry shows in Christchurch, Palmerston North, Hawera, Taihape, Waikato, Woodville, Levin and Wanganui.

Creator:      C.F. Newham
Place:          Manawatū, Whanganui, Horowhenua
Date:          circa 1923

This photograph was taken by a Manawatū Evening Standard photographer on 2 December 1990, but never published.

Palmerston North hosted the Special Olympics National Summer Games from 30 November to 2 December 1990. Popular entertainer, Howard ...

Creator:      Maurice Costello
Date:          December 2, 1990

Palmerston North Plunket rooms 1994. There were several Plunket Society sub-branches located throughout the city. The Roslyn-Kelvin Grove Plunket rooms premises address was 177 Vogel Street.

Creator:      P. Jenkins
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1994

Palmerston North Plunket rooms 1994. There were several Plunket Society sub-branches located throughout the city. The West End-Awapuni rooms premises address was 18 Newbury Street, Awapuni.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1994

Palmerston North Plunket rooms 1994. There were several Plunket Society sub-branches located throughout the city. The Highbury rooms premises address was 119 Highbury Avenue, part of the suburb's small shopping centre.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1994

Palmerston North Plunket rooms 1994. There were several Plunket Society sub-branches located throughout the city. The Milson rooms premises address was 1 McGregor Street, Milson.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1994

Palmerston North Plunket rooms 1994. There were several Plunket Society sub-branches located throughout the city. The Hokowhitu Plunket rooms premises were in Franklin Avenue, with the suburb's kindergarten next door.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1994

Tiger was a Great Dane belonging to Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf (Ngā Puhi), of the Māori Battalion. Harding and Tiger trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds between January and May of 1940. The images were taken by Keith Collinson, of the fa...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds ...

Creator:      Keith Collinson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940

Creator:      Ralph Body
Date:          February 24, 2024

Copied from an original print, the original photograph was taken in February 1931. The architects were believed to be on a visit to Napier to see earthquake damage.

Back row: Unknown, Unknown, Newton Hood (Whanganui), Robin Hood (Palmerston North...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū-Whanganui
Date:          February 19, 1931

Image from about 1935, this bakery was on the corner of Main Street and Victoria Avenue. The site was leased from Hopwood's by the Bridewell family. On the far left is Reginald (Reg) Bridewell with his young son Maurice. His son-in-law Ron Siegel ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

Image from about mid 1950's, when Bridewell's Bakery operated from 729 Main Street, Terrace End. The bakery was a family owned business.

Shown on the left is Reginald (Reg) Bridewell, the original owner and Master Baker from London, born in Wiltsh...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

This image was taken for a story that appeared in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 21 December 1994, published with the caption: "A bronze tablet to commemorate the first 100 years of the Palmerston North Hospital was unveiled last night. Hospit...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          December 21, 1994

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 9 November 1981, titled 'Concrete in the Garden.' It describes the installation of the same name by the Palmerston North artist Paul Dibble (1943-2023) that was on vie...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          November 9, 1981

Born, Harald Nilius Anderson in Oslo, Norway, 16 March 1869 - Harold Anderson settled in Palmerston North. He was joined by his sisters who worked with Harold at his photography and art business, Anderson Studios, in Main Street (opposite the then...

Creator:      John Cleland Photography
Place:          Palmerston North

Sue Morrison and Barry Rosser grabbed a few belongings and canoed away from their flood stricken home rather than get wet.

The floods of July 1988 occurred after Palmerston North experienced the highest 24 hour rainfall on record. It fell mostly...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 25, 1988

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Tribute to distinguished historian and teacher Brian Mather (1928-2008), founder of the Local History Study Group which later became the Palmerston North Historical Soc...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1, 2008

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of influential and distinguished music teacher, Evelyn Mary Rawlins (1889-1977). Her financial legacy funded the Evelyn Rawlins Room and continues to support the de...

Creator:      Tania Kopytko
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 12, 2022