Creator:      Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1971

A group of about 20 recruits pose with shovels alongside a completed trench, the walls of which are lined with sandbags. The track of the Awapuni Racecourse is visible in the background. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps...

Date:          circa 1918

A group of recruits eat and drink outdoors, somewhere in the vicinity of the Awapuni Military Training Camp, one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Zealand Medical Corps staff. ...

Date:          October 1918

A group of recruits perform stretches alongside the track at the Awapuni Racecourse. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Zealand Medical Corps staff. The ins...

Date:          September 1918

A large group of soldiers stand on parade in front of what appear to be the betting windows at the Awapuni Racecourse. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Ze...

Date:          circa 1918

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

A display of poppies made of flax and woven by the community for ANZAC Day 2016 in The Square, Palmerston North.  

Creator:      Steph
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 2016

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

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 25, 2018

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          April 25, 2018

A women standing on a horse during the 2002 Christmas Parade.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2002

The group that later formed the Palmerston North branch of the Anglican Church Embroidery Guild commenced meeting informally at St Peter's Church in September 1951. Mrs R L Bennett, who had trained with the Royal School of Needlework, visited Palm...

Creator:      Anglican Church Embroidery Guild, St Peter's Church
Date:          1951 to 1959

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

Family photo of Arthur Kearns’ first shop at 48 Limbrick Street, showing Julia Kearns outside the shop. When the streets were renumbered in 1936, 48 Limbrick Street became 64 Limbrick Street. In 2026, the business on this site is numbered 56A Limb...

Place:          64 Limbrick Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1933-04-25T00:00:00+00:00

Norah Temperton wrote this letter on Wednesday 29th July 1977, and deposited it in a stove being covered up in kitchen renovations. It was uncovered in 2025. Norah and her husband Eric owned a property known as Laughing Prince Lodge, and the pair ...

Creator:      Norah Temperton
Date:          July 29, 1977

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

A Presbyterian Bible Class study group at a Manawatu District Committee Girls Easter Camp. From left: Jocelyn Caughley; Unknown; Beverley Newton; Isabel Langford, group leader and teacher at Palmerston North Girls High School; Margaret Robertson; ...

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

Katherine (surname unknown) from Turakina Māori Girls College, who was attending a Presbyterian Bible Class at Terrace End, organised by the Manawatu District Committee.

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

Preparing a meal at the camp held in Terrace End, Palmerston North. From Left: Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Judith Dunlop; Unknown; Beverley Newton; Joy Goodfellow. In front: Carol Cleaver.

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

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

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

Creator:      James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date:          1975 to 1976

Creator:      James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date:          1975 to 1976

Creator:      James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date:          circa 1976

Creator:      James Lashbrooke
Date:          October 1976