Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th August 2025. Part 2 of 3. Moved from Holland to New Zealand. She lived in Feilding for 18 months then moved to Masterton to be with her sister and brother in law. Worked at a hotel as a rec...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 2025
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 May 1958, page 8: "the Minister of Housing (Mr. Fox) paid a visit to Palmerston North in company with Mr. P.O.S. Skoglund, M.P. today, to study the housing position i...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 22, 1958
The Hotel Midland operated in Coleman Place from 1928–1965. It was demolished in October 1965, as it was deemed structurally unsound and not able to be economically converted for commercial use. The building was constructed in 1914 as the Everybod...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
Elliot Quarters, at Linton Army Camp, were officially opened on 14 April, 1980. The Quarters are named after the Reverend Keith Elliot VC, who won his Victoria Cross for acts of courage in the Western Desert in 1942.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Camp, Palmerston North
Date: April 14, 1980
This second Commercial Hotel was erected in 1900 when the first burned down. It was leased to the Childs family in 1903. Some businesses operated out of the ground floor. This building was demolished in 1935 to make way for the third Commercial ho...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1903 to 1910
After the first Palmerston North Empire Hotel, built in 1890, burned down in 1895, this building was constructed as a replacement in the same year. The hotel was completely redesigned and redecorated in 1981 and now houses a Cobb and Co restaurant...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Corner of Princess and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
The Sherwood Motor Inn was officially opened 7 September 1978 with Terry Jenkins as Manager and his wife Pam, the House Manager. It featured a large restaurant and a conference room.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Featherson Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 7, 1978
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: Unknown
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
The Club Hotel was also known as Tuckers Club Hotel after Mr Tucker took over the hotel in 1900. It was situated opposite the eastern corner of The Square and Church Street in Palmerston North. The hotel had sixty bedrooms and was built on two acr...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
Doorway into the Railway Hotel, so named because it was situated opposite the former railway yards and station on Main Street. It was built in 1904-1905, to replace the former Railway Hotel on this site. It is now known as The New Railway...
Creator: Lesley Courtney
Place: Main Street, The Square, Palmerston North
Date: October 9, 2017
Members of the Society for the Intellectually Handicapped moved into a new family home on 15 August 1977. The six-bedroomed home on the Society's Aokoutere farm cost approximately $70,000, and was funded jointly by the Government and the Society.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: August 16, 1977
The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longburn Freezing Works. It closed in 1986.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
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
This large two-storey hotel had a dining room, several sitting rooms, billiard room and commercial room on the Ground Floor, and two sitting rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms on the First Floor. The Proprietor was S.J. Hickson.
Creator: R.O. Hornblow, Foxton
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1905 to circa 1906
The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longburn Freezing Works. It closed in 1986.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1946
A 'Commercial Hotel' has operated on this site from 1881-1986. In 1902 this hotel replaced the original 'Commercial' which was burnt down in 1900. In 1903 it was leased to the Childs family. Shops and businesses also operated out of the Ground Flo...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1934 to 1935
Housing built for employees of the Longburn Freezing Work. The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longb...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1946
The Mangahao Power Station is a hydroelectric power station near the town of Shannon, Horowhenua. After being delayed by World War One, access roading and foundation testing was started by late 1919 and the station opened in November 1924. It make...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: August 5, 1923
The Taverners Arms operated as the Railway Hotel from when it was built in 1905 until 1970 when it was granted a motel–hotel license. Previous owners included John Hurley (1905), William Owen (1914) and J Anderson (1920). In 1981 Super Liquor Man ...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1982
The Carlton Hotel was built in 1927. Currently the Carlton, renovated and expanded in the 2000s, operates as the Travelodge (2012)
Creator: A Taylor
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950
The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 for Martin Craven, to replace the Provincial Hotel on the same site. From 30 September 1974 Mrs Maria Toth leased the 2nd floor and provided a bed and breakfast service. In 1985 the top floors of the Grand Hotel, ...
Creator: Manawatu Guardian
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 25, 1974
The Grand hotel was constructed in 1906, with the original plans showing 66 bedrooms, 2 conservatories, one shop facing the square and a large dining room. It was designed by NZ architect Mr Maddison and built by Mr James Trevor (Trevor Bros). The...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
John Rainbow Stansell was the proprietor of Whyte’s Hotel situated in Main Street, Foxton. It contained thirty rooms, plus a bar and private parlour used by the family. There were two private sitting-rooms upstairs and three parlours on the Ground...
Creator: R.O. Hornblow, Foxton
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1905 to circa 1906
Rotary Court is a student hall of residence on campus at Massey University.
Creator: C M Thompson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
The Willard Childrens' Home, originally in Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue), was run by the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) from 1920. In 1928 a residence in Russell Street was renovated and extended to become a new home, accommodating up...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1950
This photo may have been taken from the top of the Grand Hotel on the corner of The Square and Church Street West. The buildings from right, are: The Bank of New Zealand on the right hand side of Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue); the second Occiden...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1907 to 1910
Palmerston North Public Hospital opened in 1893. In the 1970s there was widespread building programmes. William Thorrold Jaggard, architect, supervised the programme that included construction of the Nurses Hostel and car park.
Creator: William Thorrold-Jaggard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1970 to circa 1979
The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 for Martin Craven, to replace the Provincial Hotel on the same site, on the corner of The Square and Church Street. From 30 September 1974 Mrs Maria Toth, shown here, leased the 2nd floor and provided a bed and br...
Creator: Manawatu Guardian
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 25, 1974
The foundation stone at the “Grand Hotel” was laid on May 19th, 1906 on the site of the Provincial Hotel which burned down on January 3rd, 1906. The “Grand” was completed in 1906. The tower was later removed as an earthquake risk and today the u...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906 to circa 1913
The Grand Hotel is situated on the corner of The Square and Church Street West. It was built in 1906 and replaced the Provincial Hotel on the same site that was gutted by fire. The turret was subsequently removed as an earthquake risk and today th...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1937