This photograph shows the intersection between The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. The multi-storied building on the left side is an apartment block. The red and white building is the Fisherman's Table restaurant.
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
This photograph shows the intersection between The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. The multi-storied building is FMG House. The red and white building is the Fisherman's Table restaurant.
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
What does Te Pātikitiki mean? The name Te Pātikitiki came from a Tukutuku panel gifted to the library by the Highbury Raranga Roopu in April 2008 and was created by Whaea Yvonne Marshall. Te Pātikitiki, the flounder, is a significant symbol featur...
Creator: Te Patikitiki Library
Place: Highbury Avenue
Date: 2008
The Victoria Esplanade gardens were opened in 1897. The phoenix palms were first planted along Victoria Drive in the late 1930s, although many of them have since been replaced.
Creator: Massey University
Place: Palm Drive, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2000
The rear of businesses including, Tool Sharpening & Engineering LTD and Walker & Donald LTD, as seen from Donnington Street. The Telecom Tower is in the background.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Donnington Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 10, 2007
A view of Broadway Avenue showing the former Coronation Building and Broadway Chambers.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 90-100 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: December 2003
The clock tower was constructed with money donated by Arthur Hopwood, a local businessman in 1955. The sound shell as seen in this image was removed in the 1990s and the tower extended by the additions of a 'lantern' at the top in the 2000s.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: July 2008
St Joseph's Church in Jerusalem on the banks of the Whanganui River. The church was designed by Thomas Turnbull and constructed in 1892. The first church was destroyed by fire in 1888.
Creator: John Wheeler
Place: 5050 Whanganui River Road, Jerusalem
Date: March 2000
After being salvaged from the bottom of the Whanganui River, the Paddle Steamer Waimarie was restored and re-launched in 2000.
Creator: John Wheeler
Place: Whanganui
Date: March 2000
Panorama of the Fiction Zone on the first floor of the Central Library in The Square.
Creator: Bernadette Peters for the PNCL
Place: 4 Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date: November 2006
The Plaza shopping centre car park building on Ferguson Street (between Fitzherbert Avenue and Ashley Street).
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 2009
The Strand building on the south-eastern side of The Square.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 69-72 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 200X
Taranaki Saving Bank building, 66 The Square, Palmerston North, stands on the corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. The building is 11 storeys high, and stands at 39 metres. A refurbishment is taking place on the Ground Floor, by Walla...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 23, 2008
Number 1 Shoes, formerly the site of Woolworths and the Waldegrave buildings on the corner of Broadway and The Square.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 132 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 10, 2007
125 Years 1879-2004 Uploaded By Max Youle
Creator: Kevin Bills Photography
Place: Ashhust
Date: 2004
A view of the corner of Linton Street and Church Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 324 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 2006
Pak'N Save supermarket at 327 Ferguson Street.
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: 327 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: 200X
Bethany's Restaurant and Cafe located below the Palmerston North City Council chambers as seen from Te Marae o Hine.
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: 32 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 2009
A view of land that was formerly the site of the Palmerston North railway yards. This land was later developed and is the location of The Warehouse (2020). The Pioneer Shopping Centre on the corner of West Street and Pioneer Highway can be seen in...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Railway Land, Palmerston North
Date: April 2003
An interior view of The Plaza shopping centre.
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: 84 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 2009
An interior view of The Plaza shopping centre.
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: 84 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 2009
Musical instrument, the Rockshop, on the Square. The business would later move to the adjacent property (under construction in this photograph). Located next to the Grand Hotel, this building was formerly the 'Manawatu Daily Times' office in Palme...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 40 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: July 2008
The Fitzherbert Bridge was constructed between 1933 and 1935. It replaced the original bridge across the Manawatū River, to Fitzherbert, built in 1877. This bridge was replaced by a new bridge in 1987.
Creator: Robyn Wilson
Place: Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 2009
Te Peeti Awe Awe was the leading Māori figure of the Manawatū in the years when Palmerston North was established. The statue comissioned by his sister was unveiled on 26 January 1907.
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
This photograph shows the corner of Church Street West and The Square - complete with a view of All Saints Church and Square Edge. The NZ Post Office is visible just down the road from the church.
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
The graffiti reads, "Welcome to the Good Life".
Creator: Unknown
Place: George Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 17, 2008
The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 for Martin Craven, to replace the Provincial Hotel which was gutted by fire. Over the years it has been host to visiting diginitaries to Palmerston North, including Royalty in 1927 and 1954. In 1985 the then owner...
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
"A story unto it's self." Fountains in the Butterfly pond at the Square.
Creator: Thane Zander
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 2009
This little cottage was just east of Summerhill and has since disappeared under a subdivision.
Creator: Thane Zander
Date: October 11, 2009
Windfall Gallery was situated as shown from, 1996 to early 2007. The Gift shop was damaged in a fire, July of 2003. Reflections Hair Design operated from 2000 – 2003. Coleman Mall was redeveloped in 1996 with trees and seating installed for pedest...
Creator: Massey University
Place: George Street, Palmerston North
Date: 2000