He Ara Kotahi Bridge and Manawatū River at sunset.

Creator:      
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          April 1, 2026

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1963, 350cc Norton Navigator.

Twelth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2013. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue. Parade went up Winchester Street and into Petes Way, turning left into Cambridge A...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 7, 2013

 Kerry Griffiths riding a 1934, 250cc Coventry Eagle, model "Silent Superb".

Eleventh Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2012. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue. Parade now started in Winchester Street because of the 2011...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 1, 2012

Kerry Griffiths and pillion son, Ryan Griffiths, riding a 1974, Honda CB450, DOHC "Black Bomber".

Tenth Ashhurst Christmas Parade, 2011. 

 Photo taken on Cambridge Avenue, outside the Saint Mary Magdalene Anglican Chur...

Creator:      Nola Griffiths
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          December 3, 2011

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 5th May 2026. Part 6 of 6.
Discussion continues on the PROSTFIT programme for prostate cancer support 
 Pelvic floor muscles act like a hammock supporting bladder and bowel
 Surger...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 5, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 28th April 2026. Part 5 of 6.
Prostate cancer affects about 5,000 New Zealand men each year 
 Many undergo major surgery with significant side effects
 Treatments can reduce testos...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 28, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st April 2026. Part 4 of 6.
Exercise is presented as a proven support in cancer treatment 
 It helps patients cope, recover, and sometimes live longer 
 Programmes run befor...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 21, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 14th April 2026. Part 3 of 6.
Knee pain is often treated as leading inevitably to knee replacement. 
 X-rays may show damage, but pain does not always match the image. 
 The k...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 14, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 7th April 2026. Part 2 of 6.
Lucas Dreyer discovered clinical exercise physiology in 1985.
 He began working with patients while still a university student.
 Seeing serious health probl...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 7, 2026

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 31st March 2026. Part 1 of 6.
Clinical Exercise Physiologists use exercise as medical treatment.
 They are university-trained health professionals.
 They work with people who have chron...

Creator:      Dianne McConnell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 31, 2026

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 two-storeyed house has been identified as 23 Snowdon Avenue in Palmerston North.

This identification came from public contribution and may be updated over time. Please contact us if you spot an error.

This slide was likely created by David E...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          196X

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

Three children posing in fancy dress outside a house. Probably related to the Pike family.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          194X

When the Palmerston North City Library moved from the corner of Main Street East and The Square to its present location in the old CM Ross Building, a book chain was undertaken to commemorate the occasion. Here we see local children participating ...

Creator:      Suzanne Kilsby
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1996

Enjoying the opportunity to find out about over 60 clubs who set up stalls and displays in the Palmerston North Central Library.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 26, 2018

Merv Hancock pictured in the Non-Fiction zone of the Central Library, Palmerston North.

Born and bred in Palmerston North, Dr Hancock attended Terrace End School and Palmerston North Boys High School before studying at Auckland University. He ma...

Creator:      Tony Kim
Place:          Central Library, 4 the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          2012

Workmen constructing the entrance ramp to the new Palmerston North City Library, which leads from The Square across to George Street. The new City Library was formerly a department store, originally built for C M Ross Co. Ltd in 1928.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1996

The staircase, seen here looking down from the third floor, was built as part of the original C M Ross department store, in The Square, in 1928. The building was bought by the City Council in 1992 and converted into the City Library, opening 1996....

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1996

Each year the Palmerston North Libraries hold a Christmas party for volunteers, to acknowledge the work they do throughout the year. The event is held on the Ground Floor of the Central Library.

Creator:      Adam Melville, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 4, 2018

Jonah Lomu and team mates from the Hurricanes Rugby Team visited Palmerston North City Library. Jonah read to a group of children from a Hairy McLarey book.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2000

An aerial view of the renovations to the former department store that became the City Library. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, in 1928, and stretched from The Square to George Street. The constructi...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1996

The new City Library building was originally built as the C M Ross department store in 1928. It was bought by the City Council and renovated as the new Library, opening 1996. This view is of the conversion of the former tearooms on the second floo...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1996

The Highbury Whānau Centre provides a range of services to support young people and their families including, counselling, psycho-education, mentoring and youth work, support and advocacy, after school and holiday programmes, Rugby League club, Te...

Creator:      Adam Melville
Place:          155 Highbury Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 10, 2019

These unpublished images were taken alongside an image that was captioned in the Manawatū Evening Standard on 17th December 1973.

"Organisers and helpers raise the poster that will be the front-piece on the Palmerston North Clock Tower for Sunday...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 17, 1973

The first image in this pair was taken for a story published in the Manawatū Standard on 11th December 1973.

"Casting cares of the fuel shortage to the winds, Father Christmas abandoned his reindeer and sleigh for a fire engine in Feilding on Sat...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Feilding
Date:          December 11, 1973

These unpublished images were taken alongside an image that was captioned in the Manawatū Evening Standard on 30th November 1973.

"Mrs V. B. Short, provincial president of the Women's Division of Federated Farmers presents the city librarian, Mr ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 30, 1973

The first image in this pair was taken for a story published in the Manawatū Standard on 6th December 1973.

Mr Brian Mather gives a talk to pupils from Takaro Primary School on Māori clothing and artefacts.

As part of a pilot project, a collabo...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 6, 1973

PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2026