In 1965 McMillan & Co Ltd, Builders, completed the 5th Public Library to operate in Palmerston North. This three storey library building was opened on 4 November 1965 at a cost of £317,000. The automatic opening doors were a 'new' feature installe...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Corner The Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1993

Gardeners working on the floral clock in The Square. Located opposite the Post Office, the clock was erected in 1971 to commemorate Palmerston North's centenary.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

An image from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990, depicting artist John Bevan Ford.

The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

The City Library was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co. Ltd department store, in The Square in 1928. This window on the third floor, overlooking The Square, was from the original building and was retained when renovating the building as a ...

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

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council

Date:          1996

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60 years. Origina...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th August 1993. "The air was thick with emotion when four Rangitāne pouwhenua (carved stockade posts) were returned home yesterday after an absence of 60...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 8, 1993

View of The Square from Main Street to Church Street East.

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1996

The Bath House on Broadway Avenue. The building is now occuppied by the restaurant Aberdeen on Broadway (2020).

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          161 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1997

Jill White was elected Mayor of Palmerston North in 1998. She was the first woman to hold the position. She also served as a Palmerston North City Councillor from 1983 - 1992, as a Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Councillor (now Horizons) from 1989 - ...

Creator:      PNCC

Date:          circa 1998

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990

Images from the re-dedication of Te Marae o Hine on Saturday, 3 March, 1990. The following notes were written by City Archivist, Ian Matheson, around the time of the re-dedication. Background: Te Marae o Hine is that part of The Square on which...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Te Marae o Hine
Date:          March 3, 1990