Two unidentified members of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles, on horseback, at an encampment, possibly the Hokowhitu Rifle Range.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1891 to 1893

There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. Here, the Army salute the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr G. Tremaine. The Parade troop was made up of a detachment of the engineers, infantry and army s...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 17, 1952

Governor General Sir Willoughby Norrie meets local Returned Servicemen at the dedication of Fitzroy Memorial Park. From about 1951 the eastern end of Fitzroy Park was developed as a memorial to those who died in World War Two, and a war memorial w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 3, 1954

'Atawhai', meaning 'warm welcome', was built for Edwin Keiller, a widower, as a healthy place to raise his children. It was designed by C.T. Natusch, the architect, and built by Arthur Bennett at the top of the bluff across the bridge from Palmers...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Massey College, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Arena Manawatu was built at the Palmerston North Showgrounds on the site of the cattle pavilion destroyed by fire May 1977. The multipurpose pavilion, completed in 1981, was designed for sports but is also used for large events. It is large enough...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 5, 1980

Peter Cullinane was born in Dannevirke and was ordained priest in 1961. He was ordained New Zealand’s 7th Roman Catholic Bishop by the Metropolitan of New Zealand, Archbishop Thomas Williams of Wellington. Bishop Cullinane headed the Central Nort...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 23, 1980

The Mangahao Power Scheme provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being delayed by the first world war construction began in late 1919 ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          February 4, 1925

Mayor James Nash (seated 5th from left) with Heads of Departments and Palmerston North Borough Council staff.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1923

J. P. Leary was the pioneer printer and newspaper proprietor of Palmerston North. In partnership with Mr George Bond, he founded the "Manawatu Times" in 1875 and although he soon sold his interest in the newspaper he continued in business as a pri...

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

Ann Maria Spry (nee Woolford) with her eldest daughter Alice and youngest daughter Edith in front of their house on Medway Street in Rongotea. Ann Maria was married to Thomas Spry - a blacksmith, who died 29 September 1901 at 45 years of age. Her ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          circa 1914

This photograph shows the stretch of The Square between Coleman Mall and Church Street West. Buildings from right: Commercial Building; Commercial Hotel - a Commercial Hotel operated on the corner of Main Street and The Square from 1881-1986, and...

Creator:      Photorama Magazine
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1963

The Phoenix palms that line one of the many roads that run through. The Victoria Esplanade underwent a variety of improvements under Peter Black, the Curator of Reserves from 1908-1946. These included various footpaths, Victoria Drive, mass planti...

Creator:      G R Kay
Place:          Palm Drive, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

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

Creator:      Evening Post, Wellington
Place:          238 Fitzherbert Avenue, West End, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

Geoffrey Watchorn was involved in many sporting activities and competed in the Australasian Boxing Championship in 1910. He was awarded the gold medal for the most scientific boxing in the tournament. According to papers from the time, he won the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1909