The photograph for this postcard was taken soon after the opening of the new Palmerston North Post Office in 1906. It was built on the site of previous one, on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The building was later extended along Main St...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1, 1906

The old gasworks were located near the railways sheds. For a full account of the event, see Manawatu Standard, 5 August 1913, Page 5 in an article entitled "Explosion and Fire" (available online on www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz).

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          August 5, 1913

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in 1897, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, . The pergola was built in c1916-1917 and demolished c1940. The winding complex of pathways was developed under Peter Black, Curator of Reserves from...

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

Charles Kingsford Smith damaged his aircraft when taxiing at 5mph along the Milson Aerodrome runway before take off. The left wheel sank axle-deep in a boggy patch of ground. The left wing and port propellor were damaged taking several weeks to be...

Creator:      G F Framjee [?]
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          February 4, 1933

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

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

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Mayor, Desmond Black, walks past a line of young girls in The Square gardens. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerton North for about one and half hours as part of their New Zealand tour.

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

Originally known as 'Manawatu Buildings', this structure on the corner of George and Cuba Streets was erected in 1929 for Messrs. A. H. White, E. D. Berry and R. A. Port. The architect was C. Tilleard Natusch of Wellington. The three-storey buildi...

Creator:      F A Tier
Place:          Corner of George and Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Parked outside the City Council administration building is one the new CNG fuelled passenger buses, built by NZ Motor Bodies Ltd. They began operating in Palmerston North 16 July 1980, and were believed to be the only ones in passenger service in ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 20, 1980

This wooden bridge replaced the original swept away by flood waters in 1896. A punt was used for crossing until it was constructed in 1909. It was replaced in 1969. The Ashhurst Domain is on the lower left hand side of the photograph.

Creator:      George W Anderson [?]
Place:          Manawatu River, Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date:          1913

The abattoirs opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Brough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers for lease. the abbatoir was demolished in 1969 and ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date:          1939

The school was opened in Fitzherbert Avenue in 1920. Previously girls and boys were educated together at Palmerston North High School.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1920 to 1928

A four wheeled Phaeton waits outside a cottage.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Miranui Flaxmill, owned by A & L Seifert Flaxmilling Company Ltd, was opened 16 November 1907 by the Hon, Robert McNab (Minister of Lands and Agriculture). The man on the far right is the mill cook, known as ‘Immortal Phipps’. Miranui Flax mill...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date:          November 16, 1907

The Agricultural Science building dominates the Massey Agricultural College campus, with student facilities and training farm behind. In the foreground can be seen 'Wharerata', the Russell homestead, which was acquired by the College in 1951. Mass...

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          Massey College, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

The remains of the Palmerston North High School in Featherston Street. The fire was said to have been one of three set by Joseph Powelka, an escaped prisoner, on the night of 5 April 1910. Powelka denied the charges but was convicted of the fires.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 1910

Joseph Nathan and Company established their dried milk factory in Bunnythorpe in 1904.'Glaxo' became the brand name for their baby milk product and Glaxo Laboratories was formed in 1937. The factory continued operating until 1973, when Glaxo centr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Bunnythorpe, Manawatu
Date:          1904

This business was located on section 263 (once occupied by The National Bank, now the ANZ Bank, on the corner of Cuba Street and Rangitikei Street). The building was destroyed by fire in September 1894, but was subsequently rebuilt in Cuba Street ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1891

In this photograph, we see the members of the Borough Council and their wives at the annual Mayoral Picnic at Tiritea. The newly built Tiritea Dam was also officially declared open by the Mayoress, who cut the ribbon. After inspecting the dam the ...

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          Turitea, Palmerston North
Date:          February 17, 1913

These men were employed by New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, the contractors for the reconstruction of the road between Foxton and Foxton Beach. This firm owned a bitumen factory in Wellington and employed Mr L C Eggers (photographer) as ove...

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

This photograph shows the main totalisator building (TAB) 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:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

A group of men stacking oats into two large piles on a farm in the Feilding area.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1900 to 1910

Te Manawa is Palmerston North's Museum of Art, Science and History. In 1996 sculptor, Elizabeth Thomson, was commissioned by the Manawatu Art Gallery Society to create this sculpture paid for by the Gertrude Raikes Bequest. The bronze painted scul...

Creator:      Massey University
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1996

The land at this corner (underwater in the photograph) has since been subdivided and many houses built on it, as well as Pioneer Reserve. The Women's Division Federated Farmer's Rest Home was the former 'Shalimar' homestead. It was burnt down in 1...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Maxwell's Line and Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

This photograph shows a bustling street scene on Main Street West. The advertisement for the Convent Carnival dates this to sometime in 1905 - the carnival itself took place in early November. A crowd has gathered outside Childs Commercial Hotel a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Mr Bill Hughes (Borough Foreman) is standing on the left (with hat), J R Hughes is standing on right (wearing a suit). J R Hughes was Borough Engineer from 1919-1937. This photograph appears to be taken beside the old sewage ponds at Awapuni.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

A view looking north from Otaki showing the Main Road to Palmerston North and Tararua Mountains in the distance.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1900

Photographed outside the old Opiki Hall. B A Norman, front row far right; Jack Percy, third from right, back row; Mrs Percy, fourth from right, back row; Mrs Fred Nagel, sixth from right,back row; Mrs George Larsen, sitting (front row with white h...

Creator:      Mr George Larsen, Opiki (probable)
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1930s

Property of Bishop Monrad, former Prime Minister of Denmark and family. Translated from Danish on rear of photograph, and written by Olga Monrad, daughter in law of Bishop Monrad: ”The little enclosure where my little boy is buried. We have made ...

Creator:      T Bloch, Nelson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1868

Wool press in the woolshed of "Matusbara", A S Aldrich's farm near Bunnythorpe, north of Palmerston North. The “Matsubara” homestead of Mr G H Aldrich was located two miles out of Bunnythorpe, on the Bunnythorpe – Ashhurst road. The homestead was ...

Creator:      A S Aldrich
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904

The seated solider is Frederick Chafe Kennedy, of Palmerston North. The person standing is unidentified - possibly Frederick's brother Isaac. Frederick Chafe Kennedy was awarded the King's Medal which signified that he completed 18 months service ...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1899 to circa 1902