He hui mō te whakamaumaharatanga o te taenga mai o ngā tauiwi i te tau 1871. I tū te hui i muri i te whakaritenga karakia ki YMCA Stadium. Ko Meihana Durie ko te kaumātua o te iwi Rangitāne me Ngāti Kauwhata. Ko ia hoki e whaikōrero ana. I noh...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

On the 3rd of February 1931, Napier experienced a disastrous earthquake, which resulted in damaging or destroying nearly every building in the city, with fires to follow. Shown here is the wreckage in Hastings Street.

Creator:      Arthur Bendigo Hurst
Place:          Hastings, Hawkes Bay
Date:          February 1931

Shown here is the 150 acre Lake Puki Puki, near Himatangi, which dried up during the drought of 1969 - 1970, for the first time in living memory. The lake was one of several resulting from the formation of sand dunes along the coast which prevente...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pukepuke Lagoon, Himitangi
Date:          March 12, 1970

Anti All Black tour demonstrators were addressed by the National President of HART, Mr. Trevor Richards, at the Clock Tower in Palmerston North’s Square. Mr. Richards spoke to the 200 strong crowd for about 45 minutes before they marched to the Sh...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          May 20, 1970

The aircraft was a 90 h.p. de Havilland DH6 owned by the Walsh Brothers of the New Zealand Flying School of Auckland, and piloted 23 year old Captain Richard Russell (at right with back to the camera). The aircraft landed at "Gillespie's Paddock",...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1920

The bowling and croquet greens were laid out in 1918-1919 and then leased to the Manawatu Bowling and Croquet Club, which was formed in 1917.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

'Cluny Park' was originally built by the Hobner Brothers for William Manson, near Palmerston North. The Looman family bought the property in 1959. The old barn and stables, built c1897, is set to the rear of the property, with a puncheon floor mad...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rangitikei Line, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

This building appears to be of the first Court House in Palmerston North, which was constructed in 1873 and replaced by a larger structure in 1881. The building stood in Main Street east, on the site of the present Court House. The present Court H...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1877

A severe storm which crossed the North Island on 2 February 1936 caused substantial damage in and around Palmerston North, one of the hardest hit towns. Houses lost roofs, chimneys were blown over, the grandstands of the A&P Association, the Awapu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Queen Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1936

The donor believed that this photograph of an unpaved road is Rangitikei Line, somewhere in the Skerman Road - Aranui Road vicinity. However, the stop sign and raised surface clearly visible in the background would indicate the presence of a railw...

Creator:      Arthur E Hobbs
Place:          Palmerston North, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company was a private railway company that built, owned and operated the line between Thorndon in Wellington and Longburn, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, between 1881 and 1908. New Zealand Railways Photo...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Otaki, Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1888

People being evacuated by boat from the Morrison’s house on Albert Street, near the corner of St Albans Avenue, Palmerston North. The man with his back to the camera is Mr Killiman.

Creator:      Arthur J Shailer
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1941

The quarter scale miniature railway in the Victoria Esplanade was opened on the 1 November 1969 by Mayor Desmond Black. It is still running today [2015].

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 1969

There was a week of celebratory activities to mark Palmerston North's beginning as a Borough in 1877. On Wednesday 19 March a scene depicted the arrival of the first train from Wellington at the site of the original train station in The Square. Sh...

Creator:      W W Stewart
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 19, 1952

Leila Adair was a hot-air balloonist who traveled around New Zealand making balloon ascents as a money making spectacle. Montage of 3 photographs showing the balloon and Leila Adair during her ascent from The Square in Palmerston North.

Creator:      Attwood and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 1894

The old Opiki toll bridge photographed from the west bank looking eastward towards Palmerston North. It runs across the Manawatu River at Opiki and was constructed by the Tane Hemp Company in 1917-1918 (engineer Joseph Dawson, Pahiatua). It was k...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Opiki, Horowhenua Region
Date:          November 21, 1969

Levin is situated in Southern Manawatu and the largest town in the Horowhenua District. It was still in bush in the 1880s and began to develop with the establishment of the Prouse Brothers second sawmill at Weraroa in the 1890s.

Creator:      J W Thompson
Place:          Oxford Street, Levin, Horowhenua Region
Date:          1913

This photograph looks south-west. The old goods shed is directly opposite the station building. A train engine can be seen making its way down the track in the centre of the photograph. On the right hand side are businesses on George Street. This ...

Creator:      Schwarz [?]
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1895

Built as a Public Hall in 1911 to mark the Coronation of George V, it served as such for the next 50 years. In 1962 the Coronation Hall was bought by the Palmerston North Little Theatre Society (later Manawatu Theatre Society) to became a playhous...

Creator:      A Taylor
Place:          801 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The accompanying information with this photograph says ‘taken from grandmother’s flat - at 487 Main Street [Palmerston North] – to the circus across the road”.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1948

This photograph shows a burst water main at Harry Palmer's residence on the corner of Lombard and Featherston Streets. Water is being pumped from the trench where the main outlet sewer is being laid.

Creator:      N C Nielsen
Place:          Corner of Lombard and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

This photograph is the earliest known photo of Palmerston North's first public school. The photo was taken after 1878 because the first Presbyterian Church (erected in that year) can be seen in the background on the far right. This school was the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Princess and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880

On Christmas morning in 1918, 50 Father Christmases distributed 5,000 presents to the children of Palmerston North. This was a large-scale charity venture sponsored by the citizens of Palmerston North. The presents were packed for distribution in ...

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

This building was constructed as the Colonial Bank in c1892. It was used as a Public Library 1900-1905 and then converted into the administration building of the Palmerston North Borough Council. It was increased in 1925 by the addition of the two...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Corner of the Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

The Imperial and Indian Contingent of the Imperial Troops toured New Zealand after a conflict in China. The Imperial Troops disembarked in the north side of the Square. From there, they marched around the Square and then to the Showgrounds, where ...

Creator:      E S Pegler
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          February 12, 1901

The crowd standing around the main ring and seated in the grandstand, at the A & P show at Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association was formed in Palmerston North in 1886, and the first show held that year.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

A humorous group called the 'Darktown Fire Brigade' giving a demonstration of a fire rescue at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The 'Fire Brigade' was raising moeny for the A & P Association.

Creator:      J H Daroux
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          1924

This view shows the Town Hall,a large wodden building constructed in 1903. The building housed the local cinema and Moore and Kerse, General Agents. Beyond can be seen a land agent and church.

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Marton, Rangitikei Region
Date:          circa 1905

Firemen fight the flames that gutted an old converted house next to Electrolux Ltd in Fitzherbert Avenue. At left, Deputy Fire officer, O Poppleton.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          November 26, 1969

The 18 member council from 14 contributing authorities at the inaugural meeting of the Manawatu United Council in the Palmerston North Council chambers. Brian Elwood was elected first Chairman of the Manawatu United Council at this first meeting o...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          June 25, 1981