Map of Palmerston North produced by the printing firm, Watson and Eyre. Has an index to public buildings (and places) and streets.

The map has been drawn on to indicate new and/or proposed streets

Creator:      Watson and Eyre
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1941 to circa 1950

At 6.30am, 26 March 2006, a gust of wind felled the controversial cross on the top of Palmerston North's clock tower. In 1981 a permanant cross was erected by the Palmerston North City Council, relacing the temporary cross erected each Christmas. ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 27, 2006

A call by the Palmerston North City Council for suggestions for Clock Tower enhancements, resulted in six 'comic' ideas from cartoonist Fin, for the Manawatu Evening Standard.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 22, 2001

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

The lakelet was constructed in The Square, Palmerston North, in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Po...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1971

Special District Order No. 43/1915. By Colonel R. W. Tate, Commanding Wellington Military District.

The subject of this paper is the four-company organization recently adopted for the infantry of the Regular Army, and which will shortly be also ...

Creator:      Hereward Wake
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 17, 1915

Born, Harald Nilius Anderson in Oslo, Norway, 16 March 1869 - Harold Anderson settled in Palmerston North. He was joined by his sisters who worked with Harold at his photography and art business, Anderson Studios, in Main Street (opposite the then...

Creator:      John Cleland Photography
Place:          Palmerston North

Bertha Sydney Burrill (c.1890-1970) aged 19.

Bertha married Mark Briggs - flax worker, conscientious objector, Palmerston North businessman and member of the Legislative Council - in 1920. They had one daughter Joan.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          
Date:          circa 1909

Mark Briggs (1885-1965) was a flax worker, conscientious objector, Palmerston North businessman and member of the Legislative Council.

He was particularly noted as being one of the fourteen New Zealand conscientious objectors who, in 1917, was t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1936

An unpublished paper by Dr Jim Coull (Geography Department of the University of Aberdeen0 who was a sabbatical visitor to Massey University in the early 1980s.

The paper explores the settlement of the Manchester Block, an area around the Feildin...

Creator:      Dr Jim Coull
Place:          Manchester Block, Manawatū
Date:          1980s

A souvenir envelope produced for the Palmerston North centennial in 1971. This first day of issue envelope is franked with a special Palmerston North Centennial Pavilion postmark, and contains the centennial stamp.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

An article written for the "New Zealand Camellia Bulletin" about the camellia garden at the Esplanade gardens. Gives a brief history of the gardens and in particular the development of the camellia walk.

The Victoria Esplanade was opened in 1897...

Creator:      Vince Neall, Robyn Tillman, Russ Tillman
Place:          Victoria Esplanade Gardens
Date:          2021

A brief biography of Charles Wildbore written by Jim Lundy. He was a beekeeper, honey producer, dairy farmer and photographer. He was known for his photographs depicting everyday life in Pohangina.

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Creator:      Jim Lundy
Place:          
Date:          circa 1996

A glitter ball was installed in the then De Luxe Theatre in George Street, in C. 1932. It remained in the building until its demolition in 1984. The 'De Luxe Theatre' started life as His Majesty's Theatre in 1911, and changed functions and names o...

Creator:      Percy Harris
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1985

Alice Coombs, the wife of William Coombs. lived in Hawkes Bay until returning to Palmerston North after her husband's death in Hastings in 1907. She died in 1940 at the age of 82. The photograph was taken prior to Nina Coombs wedding in 1925.

Creator:      Nina Coombs
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

The guest speaker at the 1984 Lloyd Morgan Trust dinner, arranged by local Lions Clubs, was Jimmy Cater, Former President of the United States of America. It was held at the Manawatu Sports Stadium.

Lloyd Morgan was the first New Zealander to ho...

Creator:      Lions Clubs of Manawatu and Middle Districts
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 12, 1984

In 2018 the site of Whitaunui, the World War II Military Defaulters’ Camp near Shannon, was listed as a Schedule 2 heritage site in the District Plan of the Horowhenua District Council. The three defaulters’ camps in the Shannon district were Paia...

Creator:      Margaret Tate
Place:          Horowhenua
Date:          2016

Description to come

Creator:      Consumers' Co-Operative Society
Place:          P.D.C. Building, The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1987

The PDC (Premier Department Company) was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. It was on the corner of The Square, where the Plaza is today.

These poems were written by Zeta Hope, a former employee of the department store, ab...

Creator:      Zeta Hope
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

The programme details performances at venues in Feilding and Palmerston North as part of the 52nd Manawatu International Jazz Festival 2019 Broadway Radiology Cafe Scene.

Creator:      Manawatu Jazz Club
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 25, 2019 to June 3, 2019

Map of Palmerston North Borough by H R Farquhar showing streets, landmarks and property sections.

Creator:      H R Farquar, Civil Engineer and Licensed Surveyor
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1923

A pamphlet published by New Zealand National Travel Association, Manawatu Branch, outlining a hosting service for overseas visitors.

Creator:      New Zealand National Travel Association, Manawatu Branch
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          1970s

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North and Feilding. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          April 1962 to June 1962

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1970

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1966 to September 1966

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1966 to June 1966

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North and Feilding. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          October 1962 to December 1962

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North and Feilding. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          July 1962 to September 1962

An informational booklet published by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North and Feilding. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          January 1962 to March 1962

An informational booklet published monthly by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.) to provide information for visitors to Palmerston North and Feilding. Includes statistics about infrastructure and demographics.

Creator:      Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation (Inc.)
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          August 1961