These men are involved in bush felling across the river from the small settlement at Komako.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Pohangina Valley
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

The first Fitzherbert Bridge constructed in 1877 crosses the Manawatu River at Palmerston North. Fitzherbert Street [Fitzherbert Avenue] can be seen running to the centre of the town.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1884

The Occidental Hotel was erected c.1887 and was destroyed by fire in 1891. A second Occidental Hotel erected on the same site, was also burnt down in 1927. On the far left is the Club Hotel. The four two-storey buildings in the centre of the photo...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

This postcard shows a view of Fitzherbert Street [Fitzherbert Avenue]. The exact location of this photograph is unknown. The street was named after Mr W A Fitzherbert, civil engineer and first mayor of Lower Hutt.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The location of this two storey house in Fitzherbert Avenue is unknown.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Māori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

R S Barry was an ironmongery and hardware shop, established in Palmerston North in 1893.From left: Unknown, Samuel Barry (later an optometrist in Auckland, ‘Barry & Beale), and Robert Snowden Barry.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

One of the world’s aviation pioneers, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (Smithy) landed at Milson Airport, Palmerston North, 10 September 1928 just a few months after he and Charles Ulm made the first crossing of the Pacific in the “Southern Cross”. Pi...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          September 10, 1928

Three children posing in fancy dress outside a house. Probably related to the Pike family.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          194X

This photograph consists of two views. One is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the Post Office (erected 1905-1906 in the background. The second is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the with the Occidental Hotel in ...

Creator:      A Rickard, Palmerston North
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1910 to 1925

Looking north over the city from the top of the old Public Library building on Main Street. In the distance at right can be see the multi storey Palmerston North Hospital. St Patrick's Cathedral spire is the other notable landmark. The building on...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1980

This postcard shows The Square in the early 1900s with Main Street running off at centre top. During this time the railway ran down the centre of Main Street and through the centre of The Square, as seen behind the band rotunda. Prominent features...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

This postcard is of The Square - Main Street is shown running through the middle of the image. Prominent features of this postcard are the band rotunda and the old Post Office. The original, smaller, structure was built 1899 and moved to the Victo...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909

This engineering display was to show Engineering Officers and Senior Officers the capabilities of equipment used by the New Zealand Army. The building of an infantry assault bridge, across the lake at Linton Camp, was part of the display.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1975

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Crown Studios
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

The Square was extensively remodelled for the 1971 centennial celebrations. Additions included a raised flower bed at the Fitzherbert Avenue end and the construction of the Centennial Pavilion.

This photograph was one of four scenes of Palmersto...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

The Koehler's arrived in New Zealand onboard the "Gutenberg" in 1875 and farmed in Palmerston North. Anton is pictured wearing the War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871 (Franco-Prussian War) and the The Königgrätz Commemorative Cross (1866) for Loy...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

John Lithgow was born in Wanganui and educated at the Wanganui Collegiate. He worked in stock firms for three years and farmed in New Zealand and Australia before attending Lincoln Agricultural College, where he completed a diploma in agriculture....

Creator:      National Publicity Studios, Wellington
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1976

The presents were packed at the offices of the Manawatu Racing Club, alongside the premises of Reid & Grey Ltd, to be distributed by a number of Father Christmases with the help of local citizens. This was to mark the first Christmas after the end...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1918

Looking down Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North, from the corner of The Square and Broadway, showing Christmas decorations strung across the street. The photograph features the three buildings that comprised Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd, establish...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

The Victoria Esplanade gardens were opened in 1897. The phoenix palms were first planted along Victoria Drive in the late 1930s, although many of them have since been replaced.

Creator:      Massey University
Place:          Palm Drive, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2000

Niels and Ragnhild Hansen's newly built house at Whakarongo, situated nearly opposite James Line with the bush line beyond. Niels, an immigrant from Denmark, met and married Ragnihild Gudmudsen in Palmerston North in 1884. They moved to this house...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1895

These flats were designed by Reginald Thorrold Jaggard, a local architect, for Mrs M S Curle in 1938. The flats, on the corner of Rangitikei Street and Wellesbourne Street, stand beside Palmerston North Boys' High School. Plans are held in Ian Mat...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

In 1952 Palmerston North celebrated 75 years since being proclaimed a Borough. Heading the procession down Cuba Street are four marching drum “Majorettes”. Directly behind them is the Scottish Society Pipe Band, followed in turn by a group of marc...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 1952

The cenotaph, constructed 1926, was unveiled by the Prime Minister of the day Mr J F Coates. The memorial, a copy of one found in Folkstone, England, was for the men who died in the First World War, (WWI) and as such faced north-west towards the b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

The float, created by the Palmerston North City Council, is pictured in Cuba Street. A procession of nearly 100 floats took place as one of the highlights of the celebrations of 75 years since the establishment of the Borough of Palmerton North.

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1952

There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. Celebrations began on Saturday and included a display of floats. Shown here is Garners department store float in Cuba Street.

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1952

The Manfeild Motor Circuit was built by the Manawatu Car Club Inc. in 1973. It was 3.033km long, with pit and garage areas, and hospitality and toilet facilities for the public. In 1990 the track was extended to international standards. In October...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          197X