The Honourable Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-1974 opening St Peter's College on August 18, 1974. The Roman Catholic School was Palmerston North's fifth secondary school, and was blessed by the Archbishop of Wellington, the most ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          1 Holdsworth Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          August 18, 1974

Two boys pose with their bicycles on the second Ashhurst bridge, built in 1909. The original bridge was lost due to flooding in 1895, but was not replaced until 1909. In the interim, a ferry was used to take passengers and transport across the Man...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst,
Date:          circa 1924

This was the second bridge over the Manawatu River in Palmerston North, replacing the original structure built in 1877. It was constructed by Fletcher Construction and remained until 1986 when it proved too small for the volume of traffic, particu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1933 to 1935

The Rongotea Dairy factory was established in 1895. The battery driven electric trucks were operated by the Rongotea Co-op Diary Co Ltd 1918-1925, when it began the collection of home separated cream for butter making, instead of receiving whole m...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          circa 1918 to circa 1925

Digging a drain to take stormwater system from the gasworks in Napier Road to the river.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Terrace End, Palmerston North
Date:          1960

The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen is shown chatting to the crowd.

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1977

This photograph, looking west towards Featherston Street from Rangitikei Street. On the left of the photo is a two-storey brick building erected by Bett and Bayly in 1915 and occupied in 1927 by Selwyn Motors (part of section 263). On the adjoinin...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1925

“Whare-Ona” was built by Adam Burges of Palmerston North in 1905 and was one of Foxton Beach’s first holiday 'batches'. The Burges family, of “Huntly” in Featherston Street, regularly travelled to the beach for holidays, taking the train to Foxton...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton Beach, Manawatu
Date:          July 19, 1982

This two roomed settlers cottage was probably built c 1910. It has vertical planking and is built with of pit-sawn timber. The cottage consists of a sleeping room and an eating room. Cooking was done on an outside stove. It was restored by the Api...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Apiti, Manawatu
Date:          1981

Mrs Eileen Revere Wright, artist, (left) and Mrs Edith Doretta Woodhouse, author, produced the book “Colonial homes of Palmerston North” in 1975. They are seen here autographing copies of their book in the Manawatu Evening Standard Bookshop. The h...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1975

The centenary of municipal local government in Palmerston North was formally recorded at the new Civic Administration building site on 14 August 1977. The Mayor, Mr B G C Elwood (pictured) unveiled a plaque officially marking the beginning of work...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1977

Wellington and Manawatu Railway bridge over Waikanae river [between 1885 and 1888]. See http://www.ipenz.org.nz/heritage/itemdetail.cfm?itemid=625 for more information about this bridge.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Waikanae, Kapiti
Date:          circa 1885 to circa 1888

Built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, the house was bought by John Henderson Pollock Strang in 1903 and extensively renovated and extended. During 1908-1910 the house was leased by Strang to the Crown for use as the residence of Lord Plunket, Go...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

Arthur Stanhope Aldrich (Junior) farmed “Matsubara” farm near Bunnythorpe. He married Susanna Sent (of England) in 1900. The family was resident in Takapau in 1908. Kathleen Agnes Aldrich was the eldest daughter. She married Mr P L Dignan, son of ...

Creator:      A S Aldrich
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

The Palmerston North Mounted Rifles, formed in 1891, watched by a crowd as parade around the corner of Church Street and The Square, followed by a Brass Band. The buildings shown are from L to R: W Pegden’s Furniture Warehouse; Frederick Ireland &...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1891 to 1901

Emily Bartholomew was the wife of Peter Bartholomew, the pioneer sawmiller of Palmerston North, Feilding and Levin. Mr Bartholomew and his partner, Mr Manson, established the first sawmill in Palmerston North in 1871 and three years later, Mr Bart...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1890

Palmerston North was represented by three members of the Palmerston North Hospital Board. Christian Voss (5th from left, fourth row); David Buick, Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1908 – 1918 (6th from left, second row); Sir James Wilson...

Creator:      Muir and McKinley, Wellington
Place:          Wellington
Date:          circa 1905

Workman using a hand crank to start the trailer mounted air compressor. A number of houses are visible along Ferguson Street.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1955

the Gorge road was constructed in 1871-1872, opening up Manawatu with Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay. Although this photograph is labelled "Manawatu Gorge shortly after opening", it is thought it is actually some time after 1891 given comparisons with s...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1890 to 1910

The lakelet was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North at the time, opened the Lakelet before a crowd on October 27 1909. The Lakelet is shaped as a but...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909 to circa 1910

Pipes, being transported by rail for the construction of the Mangahao electric power scheme. After being delayed by the first world war construction began in late 1919 and the station opened in November 1924. The Managahao Scheme provides hydroele...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          December 24, 1923

Includes some of the adjoining suburbs near the Railway Station and Queen Elizabeth College. This, the third railway station for Palmerston North, was opened 21 October 1963. It was designed by the Architectural Section of the Railways Chief Civil...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1967 to 1969