Lest we forget - Dawn service ANZAC Day, 2019. This work was created by The RENA Movement.

Creator:      Melissa van Leeuwen
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 25, 2019

This ANZAC Day quilt was created by staff and customers of the Palmerston North City Library in 2017. Each year it is hung in the library around the ANZAC Day time period.

Creator:      Alexander Robertson for PNCC
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          2019

The army helped Santa out at the Ashhurst Christmas parade 2019.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          82 Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst
Date:          December 14, 2019

Name: Cuba

Suburb, Palmerston North Central

The origin is unknown. It is assumed to be named after Cuba Street in Wellington, which was named after the ship, "Cuba."

The image is a derivative of this <a href="https://manawatuheritage....

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date:          2024

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Anders Jensen was presumed dead after he vanished in the Manawatū bush in May 1881 for more than three weeks.He survived despite having no food, blankets or suitable cl...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          October 9, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. In the 1890s, women all over New Zealand were doorknocking for signatures on votes for women suffrage petitions. In Palmerston North, 500 names were collected and sent ...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          September 18, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Billy Larkins (1896-1971) was a dance band leader and talented pianist. By the 1920s, he had formed the Larkins' Elite Orchestra, which performed around Manawatū and be...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          January 24, 2009

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Charlotte Warburton (1883-1961) born in Palmerston North, was a notable community leader. In her memoir "Changing Days and Changing Ways", she wrote about her childhood...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 2, 2010

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2025

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2025

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2025

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2025

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. When Darren Trask started renovating his country cottage, he found historic newspapers dated 1887 in the wall linings. The cottage, address 1033B Napier Road, is class...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 11, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Pam Rush shares memories of her mother Frieda McDonald and the recipe book Frieda started in the 1920s.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 24, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Brian Dredge recalls his father Cyril Dredge's war time experiences and career. Cyril Dredge joined the Manawatū Home Guard during World War II. He was an active member...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          September 4, 2010

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Book review of "Early Medical Practitioners in Manawatū and Palmerston North" by Dr Richard Rawstron. The book describes a background of early medical services in Mana...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          December 14, 2013

Name: Macpherson

Suburb, Kelvin Grove

The grove is named to honour the contribution of the Macpherson family to commerce in Palmerston North. April 2018.

From the late 1890s, Macpherson family businesses have included: grocery, apparel,...

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2025

Manawatū Standard article. On 19 October 1966, US President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson arrived at Ōhakea air base for the start of their New Zealand visit. Amongst the welcoming crowd was air force recruit Ray Mankelow, who capt...

Creator:      Jimmy Ellingham
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          September 18, 2021

Creator:      Ralph Body
Date:          February 24, 2024

Creator:      Ralph Body
Date:          February 24, 2024

The craft group "Wooly Riot" claimed responsibility of the yarn bombing of Charles Monroe statue. The group also yarn bombed the "Who's Afraid" sculpture in front of The Regent Theatre, the entrance to The Esplanade, and the concrete boulders at t...

Creator:      Robyn Wilson
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 24, 2012

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2020, the prospect of large numbers of citizens catching Covid-19 and dying as a result drove the government to mandate a nationwide lockdown to halt the spreading of the v...

Creator:      Karis Evans
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          May 31, 2025

A school float leaving Railway Lands down Church Street towards The Square.

Creator:      
Date:          December 4, 2016

View of the Tararua Ranges, from the 3rd floor of the Palmerston North City Library. looking across The Square, with the clock tower in the foreground.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Date:          August 16, 2011

For two days and two nights in June 2017, George Street and Coleman Mall were open to Pedestrians only for the Winter Festival, featuring live music, food, fun activities and building-sized projections. The weather was unusually fine and tempted t...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Date:          June 30, 2017

Name: Cuba

Suburb, Palmerston North Central

The image is a derivative of this NZ Cadastral Map - Town Series: Palmerston North Map ...

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date:          2025

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Minnie Sabina Thomas (1898-1974) began collecting autographed books and pamphlets in 1934 after obtaining the signatures of the Lord and Lady Bledisloe. By the time of ...

Creator:      Tina White
Date:          December 21, 2013

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Stage and screen star Gracie Fields (1898-1979) performed at Ohakea Airforce Base on 2 August 1945. A CM Ross Department Store worker reported Miss Grace driving past t...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          January 11, 2014

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life and career of actress and singer Nellie Stewart (1858-1931). Nellie performed at Palmerston North's new Opera House in its first week of opening, July 1905.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 15, 2008

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of The Palmerston North Opera House. Built in 1905 in Church Street, it put the city's two earlier live venues, the Theatre Royal and the Lyceum, out of busine...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 8, 2005