Papaiōea Park is used as a football and cricket ground by the lower club grades. It is walled on the Featherston Street and Ruahine Street boundary, which makes an unusual feature. This dates to 1920 when the Palmerston North Borough Council decid...

Creator:      A Taylor
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen is shown talking to elderly residents, escorted by Mayor Black and other dignitaries.

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

An engineering display was held at Linton Camp for Army Officers, to show the engineering capabilities of the New Zealand Army.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          Linton Miliary Camp, Palmerston North
Date:          June 18, 1975

This horse-drawn wagon loaded with wool bales is thought to have been from G. Young’s farm at Awahuri.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Awahuri, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1913

The plane on the right is the same as that in 2014N_Av42_009527. Milson Airport was established in 1936, on the site of the Palmerston North Aero Club.

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

A painter puts the finishing touches to the new hostel before 130 boys move in. The hostel took 2 years to build and cost about $1 million.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          120 North Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1976

The house was constructed by Jacob Nannestad c1892 and sold to John Strang in 1903. In 1921 the Strang's sold the property to W.C. Caccia Birch. It remained in the Caccia Birch family until gifted to the Government in 1941. After various uses it w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

Palmerston North Intermediate Normal was opened 5 Feb 1941. It was one of the earlier intermediate schools established in New Zealand, whereby it took the pupils of the last two years of primary school, to better prepare them for secondary school....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The Palmerston North Ambulance Division attending the opening of Milson Airport. The Ambulance Division was registered in Palmerston North 7 October 1931.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 5, 1931

The 1960s saw the introduction of paper bags which were provided for householder's refuse collection. "Previously residents put out their own metal rubbish bins for collection and emptying by The Council. 'Safer, quicker and more hygienic bags' wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

A group of representatives seated for a formal photograph outdoors.

Creator:      J E Lewis
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

This colour postcard looks across The Square towards Main Street East. The two-storey building with a tower is the old Post Office. Built in 1906, the Post Office was Palmerston North’s fourth. Due to the risks in an earthquake, the clock tower wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906 to 1909

This composite panorama was published in the Auckland Weekly News on 23 June 1904. The realism of the panorama is marred by the presence of the same children on both sides of the frame.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904

This stretch of track is thought to be in Otaki.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Waikanae, Kapiti
Date:          circa 1910

People on the riverbank and swimming. Unidentified but possibly Manawatū River near the Ballance Bridge.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū River
Date:          circa 1930

Shown here is the Mauriceville West Dairy Factory, with several groups of farmers waiting to unload their deliveries.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Wairarapa Region
Date:          1901

A view from above the dam workings showing the workmen's huts.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1924

A road was constructed through the Gorge, linking Manawatu with Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, in 1871-1872, and a railway line was opened in 1891.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1930 to circa 1940

The factory, established in 1900 by McMillan and Frederick, was taken over by Dalgety and Co. Ltd. and then sold to the newly formed Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd in 1909. The Shannon Co-op ran the factory until 1929, when a new building was ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

This traction engine was owned by Mr John Matthews and is seen cutting timber on his farm, "Burnam", on Stewart's Line, Mt Stewart. The engine is being driven by Hector Matthews, a son of John. The timber was macrocarpa and was used for making gat...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Mt Stewart
Date:          1910

Mr Hurst used to fit his truck with seats and canopy and taken groups like this one to picnics and to Palmerston North for special occasions.

Creator:      W Hurst
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          1927