View of Newcastle Street. The distinctive building with the carport near the centre of the photo is located at 36 Newcastle Street. The building currently has a sign on it that says "Plymouth Brethren Christian Church" (2025). To the left of the ...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

This small park and playground is located on Highbury Avenue and Ellesmere Crescent. The conjoined houses in the background are located on Tui Place.

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

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The house on the righthand side of this image is 47 Crewe Crescent. Numbers 14, 19 and 22 Buxton Place are visible behind.

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

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The house on the righhand side of this image is 47 Crewe Crescent. Numbers 14, 19 and 22 Buxton Place are visible behind.

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

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The houses in this photograph were replaced as part of the development of 85 social housing units, constructed between 2019 and 2023.

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

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

The following people have been identified in this photograph: Eleanor Archer (woman standing second from left in white hat); David Arnold (man standing on right, with doorway behind); Vivian Birch (standing immediately to the left of David Arnold)...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1954

This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. It was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. This image must come from 1905, before the clock face had been installed. The cl...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 October 1960 "Workmen began yesterday emptying the pond in the Square in preparation for the removal of the mud which has accumulated. Goldfish were caught by hand an...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 11, 1960

This plan is titled, "Plan of Subdivision of Lot 10 & Pt Lot 11 D.P. 254, being Pts. Rural

Sections 285 & 286, Palmerston North."

Visible roads include Wood Street.

Creator:      H. R. Farquhar [Surveyor]
Place:          Wood Street;
Date:          January 1923

This plan is titled, "Plan of SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 8 AND THE WHOLE OF LOTS 9 12 13 16 17 D.P.22 PART OF SECTION 304 TOWN of PALMERSTON NORTH"

Visible roads include Campbell Street, Cuba Street.

Creator:      W S Charlesworth [Surveyor]
Place:          Campbell Street; Cuba Street;
Date:          April 1934

This plan is titled, "Plan of Rural Sections 356, 357, 360, 375 to 379 & Pt 358, 359 & 366, Town of Palmerston North & Accretions. Block XIV Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Foxton Line, Waldegraves Road.

Creator:      C. T. Salmon [Surveyor]
Place:          Foxton Line; Waldegraves Road;
Date:          July 1926

Poster & Calendar created by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) as part of the Returned and Services (RSA) Victory 1942 fundraising campaign. Includes pictures of King George VI, Princess Elizabeth, Lieutenant-General Alan Gordon Cunningha...

Creator:      RSA
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          1942

A plan of the "Ladies Conveniences - The Square". This is one of the original architect's plans drawn up by Palmerston North City Council staff for the construction of a new ladies toilets, built on the site of an earlier building from 1918. The L...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Date:          July 20, 1936

Shows parcels of land along the Manawatu River down from the original Fitzherbert Bridge.

Visible roads include Fitzherbert Street, Main Road.

Creator:      O.J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Fitzherbert Street; Main Road;
Date:          September 1919

This plan is titled, "Plan of SUBDIVISIONS OF LOT: 262 D.P. 666 HOKOWHITU Nos 5,6 &7"

Visible roads include Scandia Street [Albert Street], Jickell Street.

Creator:      G.L. R. Scott [Surveyor]
Place:          Scandia Street [Albert Street]; Jickell Street;
Date:          May 1902

This plan is titled, "Subdivisions of Lots 8 & 8A D.P. 445 of Secns 241 242 Township of Palmerston North Block XI Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Boundary Road, Florence Avenue, Russell Street, Roy Street.

Creator:      G.L. R. Scott [Surveyor]
Place:          Boundary Road; Florence Avenue; Russell Street; Roy Street;
Date:          August 1919

Visible roads include Cook Street, Worcester Street, Hereford Street, Linton Street, McGiffert Steet, Pitt, Ferguson Street West, College Street West.

Creator:      O.J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Cook Street; Worcester Street; Hereford Street; Linton Street; McGiffert Steet; Pitt; Ferguson Street West; College Street West;
Date:          September 1938

This plan is titled, "Plan of Pt of Street to be closed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1908.

Being pts Secs 295 and 296 Palmerston North."

Visible roads include Wood Street, Featherston Street, Oakley Street.

Creator:      K. F. Haszard [Surveyor]
Place:          Wood Street; Featherston Street; Oakley Street;
Date:          January 1921

This plan is titled, "PLAN of proposed subdivision of Suburban Section 228, Town of Palmerston North, Block X, Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Rangitikei Street, Coates Street.

Creator:      H. R. Farquhar [Surveyor]
Place:          Rangitikei Street; Coates Street;
Date:          May 1922

This plan is titled, "Plan of Lots. 1 to 12 of Lots. 7 to 11 & Pt.of Lots. 12 & 18 (D.P.133), Sec.1087, & Pt. of Sec. 1088, Town of Palmerston North, Block XI,

Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Ferguson Street East, College Street East, Alexan...

Creator:      Wylde & Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Ferguson Street East; College Street East; Alexandra Street;
Date:          August 1923

This plan is titled, "Plan of SUBDIVISIONS OF PARTS OF SUBURBAN SECTION 243 (D.P.5308) TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH. BLOCK XI, KAIRANGA SURVEY DISTRICT."

Visible roads include Russell Street, Heretaunga Street, Albert Street, Featherson Street, Stanl...

Creator:      H. J. Wylde [Surveyor]
Place:          Russell Street; Heretaunga Street; Albert Street; Featherson Street; Stanley Avenue;
Date:          August 1922

This plan is titled, "PLAN OF PART LOUGHNAN SETTLEMENT SUBDIVISION OF PT RURAL SEC 387 TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH (REGTN DIST BLOCK XI. KAIRANGA S.D."

Visible roads include Brightwater Terrace, James Street, Millar Street, Limbrick Street.

Creator:      O.J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Brightwater Terrace; James Street; Millar Street; Limbrick Street;
Date:          March 1938

This plan is titled, "PLAN OF LANDTO BE TAKEN FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES BY PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL Being part of Rural Section 419, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District."

Visible roads include Main Street, Railway Road, Vogel Street, Napier R...

Creator:      H. J. Wylde [Surveyor]
Place:          Main Street; Railway Road; Vogel Street; Napier Road;
Date:          August 1922

This plan is titled, "Plan of PART OF RAILWAY RESERVE. BEING ALSO PARTS OF SUBURBAN SECTION 420 TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH,

RURAL SECTION 419 & SECTION 1537 TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH & KAIRANGA COUNTY (PLANS 50/20 & 106/15) Block XI KAIRANGA SURVEY D...

Creator:      H. J. Wylde [Surveyor]
Place:          Main Street; Napier Road; Vogel Street; Railway Road;
Date:          December 1922

This plan is titled, "Plan of Part of Sec. 419, Block XI, Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Napier Road.

Creator:      Wylde & Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Napier Road;
Date:          November 1923

This plan is titled, "Plan of Subdivision Lots 10 & 11 D.P.1536 being Part Suburban Section 1071, Town of Palmerston North. [Kairanga S.D. XI]"

Visible roads include Ranfurly Street, Rolleston Street.

Creator:      H. R. Farquhar [Surveyor]
Place:          Ranfurly Street; Rolleston Street;
Date:          May 1924

This plan is titled, "Plan of Subdivision of Pt. Sec.284, Town of Palmerston North,

Block X , Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Boundary Road, Rangitikei Street, Featherston Street, Wood Street.

Creator:      Wylde & Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Boundary Road; Rangitikei Street; Featherston Street; Wood Street;
Date:          1923

This plan is titled, "Plan of Subdivision of Secs.1036 & 1038, Town of Palmerston North,

Block XI, Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Park Road, Cook Street, Moerangi Street, Batt Street.

Creator:      Wylde & Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Park Road; Cook Street; Moerangi Street; Batt Street
Date:          February 1924

This plan is titled, "Plan of Land to be dedicated for a Road through Lot 52, D.P. 2494

Surveyed for the Palmerston North Borough Council. being pt. Sec. 1536, Town of Palmerston North"

Visible roads include Jickell Street, Centennial Avenue.

Creator:      H. R. Farquhar [Surveyor]
Place:          Jickell Street; Centennial Avenue;
Date:          November 1923

This plan is titled, "Plan of lot 7 D. P. 1769 & subdivision of lot 667 D.P. 254 all being part Rural Secn. 285 Town of Palmerston North. Block X Kairanga S.D. & Subdivision of pt Secn 279."

Visible roads include Wood Street, Aroha Street, Beresf...

Creator:      Ward & Salmon [Surveyor]
Place:          Wood Street; Aroha Street; Beresford Street; Featherson Street;
Date:          1924