The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened and r...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

A midsummer festival named “Carnival of the Lake” was held on the Centennial Lagoon (Hokowhitu Lagoon), Palmerston North, January 17 – 20, 1964. A variety of activities ensured the public were well entertained during the four-day festival. In the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Hokowhitu Lagoon, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 7th and 8th of January 1954. This image shows them standing at the back of a train, waving to the crowds who came to farewell them.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 8, 1954

People, dressed in Japanese costumes, took part in a floral fete to raise funds for the Public Hospital in Palmerston North. Mr J A Nash is standing, fifth from the left in the back row. For an account of the event, see Manawatu Standard, Volume X...

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 17, 1909

In this photograph, pupils play sport outside Palmerston North Girls' High School. The school was opened in Fitzherbert Avenue in 1920. Previously girls and boys were educated together at Palmerston North High School.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          238 Fitzherbert Avenue, West End, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

"J" Battery was formed in 1911. This photograph was taken at Oringi Camp in 1913. The officers include Major Mounsey (centre front) and Lieutenant H M Garner.

Creator:      S C Smith, Wellington
Place:          Oringi, Tararua District
Date:          1913

This photograph shows two unidentified men transporting provisions by horseback, across the ford before "Black Ridge". Kahuterawa Valley is located near Palmerston North in the foot of the Tararua Ranges. One of the earliest European owners of the...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Kahuterawa Valley, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1896

Adam Burges's Implement Works was situated on the corner of Rangitikei and Queen Streets, Palmerston North. Adam Burges established and operated the business 1892-1918. It was then run by his sons, Duncan and Alan, until 1942 when they closed and ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei and Queen Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1896

The ficiticious Darktown Fire Brigade were supporting their Queen, Miss H Adair, and raising money for the Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

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

Fire destroyed the cattle pavilion at the Showgrounds in Palmerston North in the early hours of 15 May. This photograph shows the destruction caused by the fire.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 16, 1977

Councillors at the meeting from left: M K M Wynks; Gordon A Brown (Chairman); Bernard J Forde; Joyce M Dunmore; J B Booth.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 17, 1973

The buildings on Douglas Square from left to right are: Mrs Clarke's Transport Depot, Bakers shop, Baylis Shoe Shop and Tea Rooms. Behind the shoe shop is Gould's Drapers Shop.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1920

This photograph shows a footbridge over the river associated with the power scheme workings. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1924

Messrs Wilfred and Leroy Henson state that these reapers and binders were owned by their father “John Henson” and were photographed on his farm on Penny’s Line, Mount Stewart. The driver of the machine on the far right appears to be Wilfred Henson.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905 to 1910

William Westcombe Corpe (1836 - 1923) was one of the pioneers of the dairy industry in the Manawatu. He arrived in the Feilding district about 1881 and was a sawmiller for some years before constructing a butter and cheese factory at Makino, near...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

The newly built Turitea Dam was officially declared open by the Mayoress, who cut the ribbon. After inspecting the dam the party were given afternoon tea. In July 1888, the Palmerston North Borough Council accepted a scheme to bring water from the...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 17, 1913

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:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          1936

The “Matsubara” homestead of Mr G H Aldrich was located two miles out of Bunnythorpe, on the Bunnythorpe – Ashhurst road. The homestead was built about 1888 and destroyed by a fire in the late 1910s.

Creator:      A S Aldrich
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1904

Mr Alex McDonald is driving the tractor and Mr "Snow" Stewart is spraying. They were sealing the reconstructed road between Foxton and Foxton Beach.

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          April 1939

Bunnythorpe is a small community near Palmerston North. The Glaxo factory, seen left, was opened there in October 1904 and was operated by Joseph Nathan and Co. of Palmerston North. In 1920 the name was changed to the “Glaxo Manufacturing Company”...

Creator:      R E Clevely
Place:          Bunnythorpe, Manawatu
Date:          1959

A group of senior pupils of the Technical School, that later became Queen Elizabeth College.

Creator:      Elmar Studios
Place:          Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

This photograph shows a group of women at an unknown civic reception. Back row, from left: Unknown; Mrs G. Tremain, Mayoress 1947 – 1956; Unknown x 2; Lady Oram, wife of Sir M H Oram, MP for Palmerston North 1943 – 1957; Unknown x 6. Front Row: Mr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1947 to circa 1956

This photographs shows the flood waters on the "Main Road" (now State Highway 57), near the junction with Kara Road outside Shannon.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1895 to 1905

This is the third site of the Central School. There were four main incarnations of Central School - the Original School (corner of Main and Princess Streets, 1873-1890), Campbell Street School (1890-1922), Central School (Featherston Street, built...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

A burst water main on the street caused flooding in the Palmerston North Municipal Library. This library building was built by the City Council on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, on the site of the Occidental hotel which was destr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1956

The photograph was taken on Opawe Road, about one mile from the junction with Pohangina Valley East Road. The photograph is one of a series showing the supply of railway sleepers. The sleepers were cut from Crown Land (part of the Totara Reserve) ...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina Valley
Date:          circa 1904

This photograph shows a large crowd at the winter meeting at the Awapuni Racecourse. The decision to begin race meetings in Palmerston North was made at a meeting of sportsmen in October 1880. D H McArthur was to be President. The first race couse...

Creator:      W B Watt
Place:          67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Shown here is the paddling pool in the Esplanade, paid for by the Returned Servicemen’s Association and presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937. The paddling pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North by the local Returne...

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

A double photograph of the King Edward VII Memorial Fountain, often referred to as the Coronation Fountain. The monument was built to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward 7 August of 1902, but plaques were also added to celebrate the 25th ann...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Shown here is the second gasworks, built by the Palmerston North Borough Council and opened 21 December 1923. The original gasworks were opened in 1889 on the corner of Cook and Main Streets. The Napier Road coal-based Gasworks went out of operat...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939