One of a series of postcards donated anonymously to the Ian Matheson City Archives. The postcards are addressed variously to a Mrs R. Fergusson of Rose Bank, Halcombe and Miss Elsie Simpson of Manchester Street, Feilding.
To the left of the Band ...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 28, 1911
Looking across The Square to the Grand Hotel, built 1906. To the left can be seen the Occidental Hotel opposite the Bank of New Zealand, on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue. In the foreground can be seen the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe erected i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1908
Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Māori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907
These images were taken for the October 8th, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published with the caption: “Karen Seebeck - the Konigan Queen for Palmerston North's annual Oktoberfest, which was held in the city ...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Masonic Hotel, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 8, 1978
McRae's Hotel was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 June 1886. The wreckage from this destruction subsequently became a tourist attraction.
This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large vari...
Creator: William James Young
Date: 1900 to 1914
This photograph consists of two views. One is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the Post Office (erected 1905-1906 in the background. The second is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the with the Occidental Hotel in ...
Creator: A Rickard, Palmerston North
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1910 to 1925
The origin is unknown. It is assumed to be named after Cuba Street in Wellington, which was named after the ship, "Cuba."
The image is a derivative of this <a href="https://manawatuheritage....
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
These images were likely taken by the Evening Standard on the 12th of February 1984 but were not published. They depict former United States president Jimmy Carter during an interview with Evening Standard staff Warren Barton and Maurice Costello,...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 12, 1984
Place: Feilding
Date: October 21, 2025
This aerial is believed to be of Shannon. The road running from the centre to the top left of the image is State Highway 57, Margaret Street, the main road. Prominant buildings on this road on the right from the centre have been identified as the ...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 196X
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
Visible in the background is All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1914 and the Grand Hotel constucted in 1906 by Trevor and Sons.
In the foregro...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Church Street and The Square
Date: 1916 to 1918
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry while on a trip to Franz Josef Glacier in the 1920s or 1930s.
Frank Berry was the managing director and working proprietor of Berry Engineering in...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Franz Josef Glacier
Date: 193X
The grove is named to honour the contribution of the Macpherson family to commerce in Palmerston North. April 2018.
From the late 1890s, Macpherson family businesses have included: grocery, apparel,...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 2025
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
This postcard has the message, "Will you send me a box of violets for Miss Fraser for the party if it is not too much trouble. Meta". It was addressed to Mrs HY Lethbridge, Ruatuangata, Wangeahu, Wanganui and postmarkes 4 J1 1904. To the left of t...
Creator: Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904
The third incarnation of the Commercial Hotel was built in 1935 on the corner of Main Street and Te Marae o Hine, The Square. It was demolished in 1986. After the Milson deviation was completed in 1960 and the new Railway Station opend in October ...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
The royal couple can be seen on the balcony of the Grand Hotel, The Square, where they stayed overnight. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North on 7 and 8 January 1954, as part of their tour of New Zealand 1953-1954.
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: January 1954
The royal couple can be seen on the balcony of the Grand Hotel, The Square, where they stayed overnight. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North on 7 and 8 January 1954, as part of their tour of New Zealand 1953-1954.
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: January 1954
The celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 15 to 22 March 1952. This included a parade around The Square of "Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages," on the afternoon on Wednesday 19 March. In this...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1952
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry. Featured is the Bank of New Zealand (on the corner of Rangitikei Street and Broadway) and Manawatu Patriotic Society building on the corner of the...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square
Date: 1914 to 1918
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry. Featured buildings include the P.D.C building, Tuckers Club Hotel, Bradfield Studio, The Cash Grocer, Pegdens and D. M. George.
Also visible is t...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 192X
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry. It shows a small child ignoring the sign to keep off the grass, compelled to view the Butterfly lakelet up close.
Visible in the background is t...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square
Date: 1916 to 1918
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
Visible in the background is All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1914 and the Grand Hotel constucted in 1906 by Trevor and Sons.
In the foregr...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Church Street and The Square
Date: 1916 to 1918
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
Possibly taken from the Palace Theatre in George Street, this image depicts a view down Broadway with Coleman Place in the foreground.
At left, ...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Coleman Place, Palmerston North
Date: 1916 to 1918
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
Designed by J. Charlesworth and built by J. Trevor and Son in 1905, this building served as the Chief Post Office until 1988. In 2025 work began ...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 191X
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
The Bank of New Zealand was built on the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square (1914-1915), on the site of the old Royal Hotel.
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square
Date: 191X
The image is a derivative of this NZ Cadastral Map - Town Series: Palmerston North Map ...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
The Gorge Hotel was built for Thomas and Mary Lowes as an accommodation house. It was situated on top of the terrace opposite Ashhurst Domain, on the southwest side of the road leading from Ashhurst to the bridge over the Manawatū River. The build...
Date: 1908 to 1910
The hotel, located on the corner of Oxford and Stortford streets was built in 1893. A J Havill took over the lease of the Masonic Hotel in 1913. The building was destroyed by fire on 10 July 1934, believed to have originated in a defective chimney...
Date: 192X
This is the second hotel of the same design on the same site. The original hotel, which contained 22 rooms, was built in 1890 by Rimmer and Craven for Thomas Nelson and did not have a balcony. The architect was John Beard. It subsequently burnt do...
Creator: A A Pratt
Date: circa 1909