Whakarongo ‘Bridge to Nowhere”. The last remnant of the Whakarongo Deviation, the unused railway bridge/ culvert, behind 29 Kelvin Grove Road… As at April 1999 and after some debate, it is fated to be preserved as a lawn ornament. ‘A Time of T...

Sheep dipping on the 'Siberia' Station, near Ashhurst. The Station was owned by the Harding family from 1906 to 1915, although they had leased the land for some years prior to these dates.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert East Road, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1900

Many of the people in this photograph are unidentified. Back row: With one of his daughters (probably Cissie or Alice) on his shoulder, Thomas Wilmer McKenzie (third from right). Front row: Mrs Snelson (third from right); Mrs Leah McKenzie (fourth...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1800 to 1899

Mr. and Mrs D Black, Mayor and Mayoress of Palmerston North, open 'Totaranui' in The Square. “Totaranui”, constructed at 49 Fitzroy Street c1875, was built for Peter Manson, a sawmiller, farmer and Borough Councillor, and his family. It was bought...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 5, 1970

Milson Aerodrome, Palmerston North, became the headquarters of Union Airways (later merged with National Airways Corporation which became Air New Zealand) when the Palmerston North – Dunedin service was inaugurated 15 January 1936. The three Unio...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          January 15, 1936

View taken looking South towards the Tararua Mountains. Tremaine Avenue (then Boundary Road) runs across the centre of the photograph on this side of the city and is noticeably underdeveloped compared to today. Flygers Line is running right from t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

A permanent branch office was established in Palmerston North in 1919 with this particular building opening in 1922. An additional storey on a portion of the premises and extensive improvements on the ground floor of the building were carried out ...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1937

The Reverend James Duncan came to Foxton from Wanganui as a missionary in 1848. In the late 1850s he resigned his position as a missionary and became employed as a Minister in the district. He is credited with being the founder of Foxton, which o...

Creator:      A S Bragge, Manners Street, Wellington
Place:          Foxton, Manawatu
Date:          1890s

The Imperial Troops arrived by train and disembarked in The Square, after which they paraded at the Showgrounds. Large crowds attended the display.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          1900

Cattle and horse judging and a tractor parade in the main arena at the Agricultural and Pastoral Association Showgrounds in Palmerston North. The Annual Show was held yearly in November. The Showgounds were first used for A & P shows in Palmerston...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Reverend Father P.C. Costello died in Palmerston North 7 December 1912. The funeral was very large with 50 priests from all over the district attending. The procession is shown at the corner of Broad Street (now Broadway) and The Square.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1912

This rail crash occurred two km from the Palmerston North Railway Station on the run to Wellington. The only injuries sustained were those of the driver Mr Mayo while the seven passengers and Wally Wallbutton escaped unscathed. See Manawatu Evenin...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This engine was the Palmerston North Fire Station's latest purchase in 1981, at a cost of $120,000. It had a fire speed gear box and could pump water at the rate of 65 litres per second. Once fitted with the necessary equipment, it was intended t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 19, 1981

This Post Office was erected in 1889 on the corner of Main Street West and The Square. In 1905, it was moved around the corner to face onto Main Street West and a new Post Office was built. This earlier post office was then used an an extension of...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

A new $600,000 Library building in Feilding was designed by architect, Lindsay Durrant, and was officially opened by the Mayor of Feilding, Mr. Ged Corrick on 27 September 1980.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Stafford and Bowen Street, Feilding
Date:          February 20, 1981

Armistice Day celebrated the end of World War One, and remembered those members of the armed forces who were killed during World War One. In Rongotea 8oo people joined a parade, including cadets, scouts, 13 dairy electric trucks conveying a Red Cr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          November 11, 1918

This skimming station on the corner of Roberts’s Line and the Bunnythorpe-Kairanga Road was owned by J Nathan & Co. Ltd., of Wellington, and supplied cream to their butter factory at Makino, near Feilding. This photograph shows the long line of c...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904

The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The scutching machine is the boxlike arrangement on the right comprising of six revolving wooden beaters to beat out any loose vegetable matter in the hank...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1907

A family waits for a train in the Main Street Station in 1964. although the new station opened on Tremaine Avenue in 1963 the yards were still used, and the last train went through this station in June 1964.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1964

The Palmerston North Art Gallery, administered by the Manawatu Art Gallery Society on behalf of the City Council, was opened by the Governor General Lord Cobham on 30 September 1959. A new Art Gallery was constructed as part of the Te Manawa compl...

Creator:      Argosy Industrial Photos
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 17, 1960

The man sitting on top of the dam is P W Anderson of Levin. Samuel Jickell was Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This dam was originally completed in 1907 but was raised to 50 feet in 1912. It was officially opened February 17 1913...

Creator:      R H James
Place:          Turitea, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

Kenneth Wilson was headmaster of Palmerston North High School, which opened in 1891 in Rangitikei Street. He also opened a private school in Wellington and was employed at Wellington College. Wilson died in 1913.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          263 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1891

The horse drawn vehicle on the left of the photo is standing at the corner of Grey Street and Rangitikei Street. On the opposite side of the street are several landmarks of old Palmerston North. The Abraham and Williams building stood on part of s...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1902

It is thought the factory is Hume Pipes Co. (Aust) Ltd.

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1939

Six nurses pose outside of the Nurses Home. The Palmerston North Hospital was opened in 1893, and has been substantially altered and added on to, on the same site, over the years. The Nures Home was built in 1915, and enlarged in the late 1930s.

Creator:      Managan
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Three unidentified young men chopping down a Kahikatea tree thought to be in the Longburn area.

Creator:      Jack Anderson
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905

This postcard gives a clear indication of what the Esplanade Tea Kiosk looked like. The kiosk was built in 1909 and demolished in 1943.

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1917

A coloured postcard view of the Manawatu Gorge, viewed from the Ashhurst end. To the right can be seen the road, constructed through the Gorge in 1872, and to the left the railway line.

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1910

Awapuni Racecourse was the site of an army training camp during WW1. The text reads, "Photo taken on some previous occasion before we arrived. The large grandstand with small turret is where we are quartered - the front being covered with tarpauli...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

Dahl family outside their house in Duke Street (now Princess Street). People identified from left: Leslie Dahl, Norman Dahl, Charles Dahl (behind fence, with bowler hat), Charles junior Dahl (with dog), 2 unknown women (with bicycles), Pearl Dahl,...

Creator:      Joseph Francis Macedo, Feilding
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1898