View of the Tararua Ranges, from the 3rd floor of the Palmerston North City Library. looking across The Square, with the clock tower in the foreground.
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Date: August 16, 2011
Gates to the Kelvin Grove Services Cemetery, commemorating World War One and World War Two.
Kelvin Grove Cemetery, at 118 James Line, Kelvin Grove, is Palmerston North's main cemetery, providing cremation and burial services to the city and its ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 118 James Line, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North
Date: March 6, 2013
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
Palmy Unleashed, Pineapple Studios and One Night Only organised for performers from Palmerston North to play for passersby in this street festival.
Creator: PNCC
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 14, 2018
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Background stories of some of the graves at the historic Terrace End cemetery on Napier Road. One of the oldest remaining headstones is that of Meritini Te Panau, who d...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 11, 2017
This view is from the top of the ramp on the first floor, looking in the direction of Main Street.
Creator: Leith Haarhoff
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 2, 2018
The "Who's Afraid" sculpture was unveiled outside the Regent Theatre in Broadway on 3 July 2011. It was the sixth work commissioned by the Palmerston North Public Sculpture Trust. It is by local artist, Paul Dibble.
The sculpture is in bronze of ...
Creator: Sonya Holm
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 2017
A soldier dressed in a replica uniform of the New Zealand Medical Corps at the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. It was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originall...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
Mayor Grant Smith asked that the traditional ANZAC Day poppy wreath be a community created object in 2016. Hundreds of knitted, felted and crocheted poppies were donated to the project and hand-stitched on to the wreath.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 2016
Image of the 190m long He Ara Kotahi bridge with viewing platform in the centre, that connects the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, to the other side of the Manawatū River.
The design inspiration for the bridge is a karaka tree, with its '...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: He Ara Kotahi Bridge, Palmerston North
Date: 2019
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, w...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
View of the Hopwood Clock Tower at The Square during 2019 New Zealand Rural Games.
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 9, 2019
Public gathering around the main competition area at 2019 New Zealand Rural Games.
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 9, 2019
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 312 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
The Latino Fiesta was a event held at the Globe Theatre. It was a celebration of Latin culture with dancing, food and performances.
Creator: PNCC
Place: 326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 2017
Lucky is a kitten from Poppelle’s Kitten Rescue, a local cat rescue organisation. She is seen sleeping in a paper tray belonging to a library staff member.
Creator: Susie
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 2017
Taken by the Manawatu River on the Bridle Track near the Victoria Esplanade.
Creator: Anna York
Place: Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date: April 6, 2018
Nga Huruhuru Rangatira, "the feathers of the chief", forms a 6.4-metre high archway framing a view of the long-standing statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe. It stands on the corner of The Square and Church Street, and is illuminated at night. The styl...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 11, 2016
Jam TV were running a documentary on behalf of TVNZ to cover Mark Twain’s lecture series across NZ, which was part of a world tour across the British colonies in 1895. The documentarian approached Palmerston North City Council, after finding out t...
Creator: Photo courtesy of PNCC
Place: Civic Administration Building, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 13, 2017
Caccia Birch was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house, known as 'Woodhey', was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government during ...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: October 5, 2011
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the early work in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Support Battalion of the ...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014