Lest we forget - Dawn service ANZAC Day, 2019. This work was created by The RENA Movement.

Creator:      Melissa van Leeuwen
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 25, 2019

A display of poppies made of flax and woven by the community for ANZAC Day 2016 in The Square, Palmerston North.  

Creator:      Steph
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 2016

This ANZAC Day quilt was created by staff and customers of the Palmerston North City Library in 2017. Each year it is hung in the library around the ANZAC Day time period.

Creator:      Alexander Robertson for PNCC
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          2019

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 25, 2018

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          April 25, 2018

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th May 2020.  Part 1 of 2. Defence Heritage work since 2015. Coordinating defence heritage activities, ANZAC Day, Military Tattoo, etc.. Participants in the Heritage group. Attendance on ANZAC Day. B...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 12, 2020

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Mystery surrounds an unsigned painting donated to Manawatu Museum in 1986. It came with memorabilia from the old Collinson and Cunninghame department store. The paintin...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 2010

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 9th November 2021. PNRSA Youth Speech Competition, Tuesday 17th August 2021 on the theme of ANZAC Day. Introduction/description by Joe Hollander. Selected speakers are, in order:

Emily Connell (Freyberg HS) –...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 9, 2021

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 10th May 2022.  ANZAC Day 2022 and Covid. 2020 standing at our gates. Jack Register playing The Last Post. Significance for children in the past. Gallipoli. Technology and images from Ukraine. Attitude...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 10, 2022

ANZAC Day parade through the Square, lead by the Mayor (Mr. G.M. Rennie) and senior military officers. Return Services Members line the road behind.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

The Manawatū Scottish Society Pipe Band is lining the path to the Cenotaph in the Square, as part of the ANZAC Day commemorative service. Mayor Gilbert Rennie is visible standing opposite the band. The Commercial Hotel and Buildings, and the Milne...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

The Manawatū Scottish Society Pipe Band is marching along Cuba Street passing the Māori Battalion Hall, followed by Returned Servicemen, as part of the ANZAC Day commemorative service.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Cnr. Cuba and Bourke Streets, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

The Manawatū Scottish Society Pipe Band marching through The Square, as part of the ANZAC Day commemorative service.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

Crowds are gathered to hear the church service held for ANZAC Day at Te Rau o te Aroha - Māori Battalion Hall.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

A Young boy watches the Freyberg High School Anzac Day Parade Platoon march past while a Traffic Officer keeps the road clear. The Platoon is lead by C.S.M Ron Lamb front left. 1967 Photo by O.C. Alistair Kinniburgh.

Creator:      Alistair Kinniburgh
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1967

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 April 1958, page 12: "The pupils of the Palmerston North Girl's High School standing to attention as they raised their voices in memory of those gallant forces who di...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          April 24, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 April 1963 "Many florists in the city are very busy preparing wreaths for tomorrow, ANZAC Day, for those soldiers who lost their lives. Here Mrs. A.G. Tremaine, a ver...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 24, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 April 1958, page 8: "A section of the representatives of various organisations who paid tribute to the fallen during the wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial ye...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 26, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 April 1963 "Representatives of many service and civil organizations were present at the Cenotaph yesterday to lay wreaths in commemoration of ANZAC Day. Many people s...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 26, 1963

Members of the public admire the floral tributes to fallen solders, which have been laid in front of the Cenotaph to commemorate ANZAC Day.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

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

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          April 25, 2018

The Anzac Day Civic Service was held on 25 April 2021 in The Square, Te Marae o Hine. Speakers included Joe Hollander, Wiremu Te Awe Awe, Grant Smith (Mayor of Palmerston North) and Heather Shotter (Chief Executive, Palmerston North City Council).

Creator:      Alexander Robertson, for PNCC
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 25, 2021

ANZAC quilt made from a grey blanket and with poppies created and stitched on by the community, for ANZAC Day, 2017.

Creator:      Steph
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 7, 2017

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: ecowars; student city; Jono Naylor; Anzac day; eco house; Jayc...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 2013

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: 10 Year Plan; ANZAC Day; Youth Space Events; Arapuke; Apollo P...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 2012

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: solar energy; Grant Smith; Linklater reserve; recycling; civil...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 2015

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: infrastructure; water supply; Grant Smith; insulation; civil d...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 2016

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Chinese gazebo at Kelvin Grove cemetery; Grant Smith; Anzac Da...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 2017

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: mobile library bus; Grant Smith; eco-design service; Paddy Cli...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 2017