A school float leaving Railway Lands down Church Street towards The Square.

Creator:      
Date:          December 4, 2016

Creator:      Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1971

Creator:      Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1971

This postcard was send by someone named "Wessie". The back reads, "Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year." It is possible the man on the postcard is the sender. The photograph was taken by A Rickard, Palmerston North. Newspaper ads for a p...

Creator:      A Rickard
Date:          1910 to 1915

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 December 1960 "Located near the chapel at the Palmerton North Hospital is this crib which has been erected for the first time. Gordon Bond, and Stephen Henson, who is...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1960

Memorial Park (previously named Fitzroy Park) at Terrace End, was formerly a metal pit used by the Railways Department for ballast, from about 1876-1937. The Palmerston North City Council purchased the 21 acre site in 1938 and developed it into a ...

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 14, 1965

The Square was extensively remodelled for the 1971 centennial celebrations. Additions included a raised flower bed at the Fitzherbert Avenue end and the construction of the Centennial Pavilion.

This photograph was one of four scenes of Palmersto...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 7, 1965

This image was likely taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine’s June 1960 edition but was not published.

Caption: “Part of the large crowd of interested spectators who cast an approving eye over the dolls on display at Milne an...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3rd January, 1963. "These boys spent this morning pushing each other in their "sports cars" round Clyde Crescent . At the rear are T.Cook and W. Cameron, and in the fron...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Clyde Cresent, Palmerston North
Date:          January 3, 1963

School Holidays

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.

Caption: “The scene at Himatangi during the school holidays when Hundreds flocked to the beach to make the most of the warm wea...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          September 1960

The camping ground was established in 1925, adjacent to the Victoria Esplanade. It is now called the Palmerston North Holiday Park.

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planni...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Dittmer Drive, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960 to circa 1979

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18th December 1965 "For the Palmerston North Old Folk Thursday late afternoon and evening were quite a highlight of the year's activities. It was the annual dinner follo...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 17, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 December 1962, "The president of the Palmerston North Pensioners' and Old Folks Association (Mrs W. V. Whitney) with the Mayoress (Mrs G. M. Rennie) and Mrs W. H. Bro...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 15, 1962

A dinner was held in the Produce Hall at the Showgrounds, Palmerston North to celebrate the return of Slesvig to Denmark, followed by entertainment and games for the children, and a concert in the evening. Over 400 Danish settlers and their descen...

Creator:      Anderson's Studio
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          April 14, 1920

Looking down Main Street West, Church Street West is on the far left, with All Saints Church on on side and the Grand Hotel on the other corner. The Coles building is on the corner of Main Street West and the Square. Built in 1903, it was pulled d...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          July 27, 1939

View of the Tararua Ranges, from the 3rd floor of the Palmerston North City Library. looking across The Square, with the clock tower in the foreground.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Date:          August 16, 2011

The local YMCA Palmerston North Gymnastic Team performing a public formation display. The YMCA formed in Palmerston North in 1905.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1924 to circa 1937

Image likely taken from the C. M. Ross Building, looking across The Square to Broadway Avenue.

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deput...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Broadway, Palmerston North
Date:          196X/197X

Written on the postcard is "This is the water fall where Palmerston gets it town water supply from you will see me sitting by myself in a white shirt this is the place where we was going in the motor car taken with my camera Bert." Bert Albert is...

Place:          Turitea, Palmerston North
Date:          1915

This plan for the new Palmerston North Post Office was designed by the architect Joshua Charlesworth (1861-1925) for the Public Works Department in 1903. The original plan is held by Archives New Zealand as part of the contract file for the agreem...

Creator:      Joshua Charlesworth
Date:          1903

Gardeners working on the floral clock in The Square. Located opposite the Post Office, the clock was erected in 1971 to commemorate Palmerston North's centenary.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

Festival of Cultures Lantern Parade 2018

Creator:      Jennie Gutry
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          2018

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 February 1961: "Visitors to the city yesterday are here seen relaxing in the Square gardens and taking full advantage of the bright sunshine."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1961-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Logo for the Centennial production of Under The Sun.

Jenny McLeod was commissioned by the city of Palmerston North to compose music to commemorate its centenary in 1971. The resulting work, Under The Sun, was performed twice during Palmersto...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

This booklet was produced by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It argues the case that Palmerston North's Milson Airport should have been the home to the Trans-Tasman Air Terminal due to the city's status as the "geographical centre of New Zealand" ...

Creator:      Junior Chamber of Commerce
Date:          November 1944

Balloons released at the opening of Broadway Avenue following it's redevelopment.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1994

A prize-winner in the Moutoa and District Rodeo Association Children's Calf Ride receives their ribbon and award at the Linton Rodeo.

Creator:      Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place:          Linton
Date:          April 17, 1965

The official opening by Mr Moohan, Minister of Railways, at the Longburn end of the deviation, just outside Palmerston North. To his right is Mr W B Tennent, Mayor, and Mr W Nash, Prime Minister.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Longburn, Palmerston North
Date:          1959

This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 14 1960 with the caption, "Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This photo shows a normally quiet crossing in the morning, patronised by s...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1960