C.M. Ross Co Ltd Women's Hockey Team
The CM Ross hockey team: Back row, from left: Miss J Glendhill, Miss W Boon, Miss W McFennan, Miss E Pickering, Miss E Skinner. Middle row: Mr Stebbing (dress m...
Pupils outside Palmerston North Technical College
The Technical School main building on Duke Street (now Princess Street) was built in 1909. In 1931 the main building was strengthened and the gables were remove...
Transport throught the Ages Cavalcade for 75th jubilee
A week of activities were held in March 1952 to mark 75 years of the Borough of Palmerston North. On the Wednesday, following the re-enactment of the first trai...
Central Baptist Church, Church Street
The Baptist Church was established in Palmerston North in 1894, and a hall built on this site in 1895. The Central Baptist Church, designed by Clere and Clere, ...
Aerial View of Palmerston North Public Hospital, Ruahine Street
An aerial view, looking north, of the Palmerston North Public Hospital. The unfinished building on the left is the laundry extensions being undertaken at the t...
Occidental Family Hotel, corner of Fitzherbert Street and The Square
The Occidental Hotel was erected c.1887 and was destroyed by fire in 1891. A second Occidental Hotel erected on the same site, was also burnt down in 1927. On t...
Naval Officers from HMTS Sydney visiting Palmerston North
Australian Naval Officers pictured with the Mayor, A.E. Mansford (suited, centre front), Joe Hodgens, Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1935-1946, and o...
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's aircraft, the "Southern Cross" damaged, Milson Airport
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew of the 'Southern Cross', a Fokker F. VII Trimotor aircraft, were delayed in Palmerston North for several weeks after the ae...
Staff working in the homeware section of Watchorns Limited
Watchorns Limited was a department store, founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, 162-163 The Square, Palmerston North. By the mid 1930s it was Watchorns Limi...
Mangahao River - Mangahao Electric Power Scheme
This photograph shows part of the Mangahao river. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves We...
Viscount Jellicoe, Governor General at the dedication of Rongotea War Memorial
In all, fifteen men from Rongotea died fighting in World War One. These 15 names were inscribed on an obelisk in Douglas Square, Rongotea, which was dedicated b...
Official Opening of the Second Fitzherbert Bridge
A band plays at the official opening of the second Fitzherbert Bridges, built 1933 - 1935. This replaced the original structure built in 1877. It was constructe...
New Zealand Dairy Research Institute
A view of the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute building.
Manawatu River in flood
Image showing flooding around Hokowhitu Lagoon looking out towards the Manawatū Gorge and Wharite Peak in the background.
Football team, Foxton
Club football was first played in Foxton in June 1880.
Central School
There were four main incarnations of Central School - The Original School (corner of Main and Princess Streets, 1872-1890), Campbell Street School (1890-1922), ...
Flaxmill at Foxton
Flax workers at an unidentified Foxton flaxmill.
Unidentified family, Utuwai
This unidentified family pose outside their home made from corrugated iron. Utuwai is situated in the Pohangina Valley. Early European settlement (from 1886) sa...
Trooper O Anderson
Oscar Frederick Anderson, who served in World War One, was the son of Mrs H Segren (formerly Anderson, North Street, Palmerston North. He enlisted in the Wellin...