This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 December 1955. The pupil chosen as Dux was Dianne Law, sister of Jeff and Ronald Law.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 15, 1955

The craft group "Wooly Riot" claimed responsibility of the yarn bombing of Charles Monroe statue. The group also yarn bombed the "Who's Afraid" sculpture in front of The Regent Theatre, the entrance to The Esplanade, and the concrete boulders at t...

Creator:      Robyn Wilson
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 24, 2012

An air-operated coal crane at the Palmerston North railway yards. On the foreground: railway worker Jim Daley.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

Colour postcard showing buses travelling arund The Square.

Place:          Palmerston North

Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, is presumed t...

Creator:      Len Argyle
Place:          Gallipoli
Date:          July 1, 1915

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 January, 1959. "Im so frightened. I don't know how I am going to do the part," confides Niki in 17-month-old Lynette Owen-Taylor at the Opera House yesterday. Niki ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 28, 1959

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2020, the prospect of large numbers of citizens catching Covid-19 and dying as a result drove the government to mandate a nationwide lockdown to halt the spreading of the v...

Creator:      Karis Evans
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          May 31, 2025

The women in this photograph are Vera Cox (left), who married John Boman, and Vera Burr who married Courtney McLennan. After Vera Boman (née Cox) and Courtney McLennan had passed away, the two surviving partners - Vera McLennan (née Burr) and John...

Date:          1946 to 1954

The woman on the right is Vera Burr (1916-1999), who later married Courtney McLennan, and following his death married John Boman. She went on to author several local history publications under the name Vera McLennan-Boman. The woman on the left is...

Date:          1946 to 1954

The woman on the left is Vera Cox, who later married John Boman. The woman on the right is unidentified.

The residence is the home of Mr and Mrs A K Drew. Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as...

Creator:      Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date:          1946 to 1954

The women in this photograph are Vera Cox (left), who married John Boman, and Vera Burr who married Courtney McLennan. After Vera Boman (née Cox) and Courtney McLennan had passed away, the two surviving partners - Vera McLennan (née Burr) and John...

Date:          1946 to 1954

He hui mō te whakamaumaharatanga o te taenga mai o ngā tauiwi i te tau 1871. I tū te hui i muri i te whakaritenga karakia ki YMCA Stadium. Ko Meihana Durie ko te kaumātua o te iwi Rangitāne me Ngāti Kauwhata. Ko ia hoki e whaikōrero ana. I noh...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

A photograph of an unidentified banquet from around the time of end of World War Two. The Chinese fought alongside the Allied Forces. The patriotic posters display the likenesses of the leaders of the Allies and read, "Come then... Let us to the t...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Masterton
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

This postcard has an image of the middle of The Square surrounded by a calendar for the year 1911.

Creator:      Aldersley Series
Date:          1910

This 19 minute video shows a variety of events that employees of the Palmerston North City Council took part in during the 1950s. The film was made by Mr Kenneth Wynks, who worked in the Municipal Electricity Department from 1947-1984.

It be...

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          1950s

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