This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. It was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. This image must come from 1905, before the clock face had been installed. The cl...
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
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 1904
The Government Tourist Bureau on the corner of Corner of Queen and Rangitikei Streets, Palmerston North.
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: Corner of Grey and Rangitikei Streets, Palmerston North
Date: 1955
Two young girls stand on the veranda of this villa, thought to be 'Tuatahi' in Williams Terrace on the Fitzherbert hill area in Palmerston North.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
The junction of Duke Street (now Princess Street) and Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) is in the foreground of this colour postcard. The large house on the left stands on the site of the present "Princeway Buildings", on the corner of Princess S...
Creator: G H Bennett and Co.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The royal couple can be seen on the balcony of the Grand Hotel on the Square where they stayed overnight. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North as part of their tour of New Zealand 1953-1954.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 7, 1954 to January 8, 1954
Three young "Bush-whackers" of Tiriraukawa, near Taihape. From left: Bill, Jack and Peter Munro, the three sons of Mr Alex Munro, who was a builder in Palmerston North during the 1880s – 1890s.
The three Munro brothers were the children of Alexan...
Creator: G E Archer, Tiriraukawa
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
H I Christensen with a team of horses ready to make a delivery from his Pohangina Store. See 2007n_poh8_rtl_0854 for an earlier view of the store.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Pohangina, Manawatu
Date: circa 1913
This photograph is of a bus driver with one of the Municipal Motor Service buses, evidently bound for the Victoria Esplanade.In the late 1950s, several Bedford Omnibuses were purchased by the City Council to complement the public service fleet. T...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1950
This photograph was part of a set of smaller photographs, showing portraits of the firemen in uniform. The following information is found on the back of the photograph: 'Present to Mrs D.H. MACARTHUR [wife of the Member of Parliament for Palmersto...
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1888
Shown here are the Wellington Provincial District Farmers Union Delegates to conference held in Masterton on the 24th and 25th of May 1904.
Creator: Winzenbert, Masterton
Place: Wairarapa Region
Date: 1904
The Reverend James Duncan, played by Nevil Hunt, the bearded figure on the right, speaks to the chief during the re-enactment.
Creator: The Times
Place: Foxton
Date: October 22, 1955
Part of the 'Final Battle Campaign for Sick and Wounded Soldiers' fund raising procession outside the Soldier's Club which was built at the corner of Cuba and George Streets by the Patriotic Society in 1917, later known as Returned Servicemen Asso...
Creator: Allen Studios, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1918
On 1 August 1918, MacKinnon was made Palmerston North's first District Commander [1918-1923] and promoted to Inspector.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1918
The original wooden bank building burned down in 1910 and this one was built 1910-1911, on the corner of The Square and Coleman Place. This building is still standing and is the location of a restaurant and bar [2020]
Creator: F W Young
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910 to circa 1911
Members of survey party and dog on the Otaki River. The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Otaki Forks, where it is j...
Creator: Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place: Otaki River, Horowhenua
Date: circa 1900
This punt was in operation from 1895 until 1909. It was the second punt to operate on the Manawatu River at Ashhurst, the first being in use from 1871 until the construction of the first bridge in 1886. The bridge (in the background) was damaged i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date: circa 1900
On the third of February 1931, Napier experienced a disastrous earthquake, which resulted in damaging or destroying nearly every building in the city, with fires to follow. This image shows road damage along the Westshore Embankment.
Creator: G and R
Place: Westshore, Napier, Hawkes Bay
Date: February 1931
When the Palmerston North Bowling Club formed in 1889 it rented a private Green in Lombard Street, at which this photograph must be taken. In 1901, land in Taonui Street was purchased, adjoining the Lombard Street Green, which was later purchased....
Creator: J Beauchamp
Place: Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 16, 1895
Gough Gough and Hamer first opened a branch in Palmerston North in September 1936. Their premises were in Rangitikei Street.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
This was the fourth Palmerston North Court House. The first Court House was constructed in 1874, and replaced in 1881. In 1895 a third Court House was built and the second one moved to Church Street for use as the Police Station. The third buildin...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The Boating Club float featured oars and a rower , in the parade at the Palmerston North Showgrounds in Pascal Street.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1958
A parade of stock and horse-drawn vehicles at the showgrounds, watched by the crowd. Commercial exhibits, in the background were also a large part of the show. The Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association was set up in Palmer...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
In the foreground is the Palmerston North Teachers' College, constructed on this site in the 1960s, and the Manawatu Golf Club to the right. Victoria Avenue, in Hokowhitu, can be seen running from the left top corner, ending at the footbridge over...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Taken from above Centennial Lagoon, Palmerston North
Date: January 1973
Professor Keith Thompson presented a Tewhatewha to the Museum at the opening of the new Museum at 321 Church Street. Mr Brian Elwood, Mayor of Palmerston North, is seated behind him.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 321 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 8, 1975
A severe storm which crossed the North Island 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 Awapuni ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1936
Standing: Brothers T Parr; C O Osman; C Lee; D J McClure; PA Brother R Stewart; Brother E R Rowland; PA Brother W A Lanksbear; Brothers E Todd; A S Boote. Sitting: Secretary Brother W L Adams; ADB Brother A McDonald; JPA Brother J P Ella; AD Brot...
Creator: Anderson's Studio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1915
This photograph shows the remains of a Royal Australian Airforce F-111 swing-wing aircraft after being taken to a hangar by truck. It crashed at the southern end of the runway. The plane was taking part in a Tasmanex exercise, the work crew member...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ohakea, Rangitikei Region
Date: August 1979
Mr Peter Nightingale (pictured) collected the parts of the original Woodville fire engine for 2 years and restored it at his home in Levin. He hoped to have it finished in time for Woodville's centennial celebrations from 9 - 19 March 1975. The ca...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Levin
Date: 1974
A C W Orange became the Chief Stationmaster in June 1963, taking over from Mr W G Brown. He retired in April 1965.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 22, 1963