This bronze pīwakawaka is the work of sculptor Paul Dibble. The work, titled Gateway, features a large fantail, perched on a Corten steel base, and references Maui myths, with the pīwakawaka perched on a stylised leafy gate.

The s...

Creator:      Raphael Cardoso for IMCA
Place:          Corner of Main Street and Andrew Young Street
Date:          2020

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Publication of the Palmerston North Heritage Trust 2020 calendar, featuring paintings from around Palmerston North in the 1940s, by John Hamilton Tetley.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 21, 2019

Drawing of a Māori meeting house, with man and dog, possibly at Puketotora or Raukawa Pā. It is not signed but handwriting on the back says, "Drawn by R Grindell Manawatu 1859". The drawing is in ink and watercolour. Drawn on card measuring 27 x 1...

Creator:      R Grindell
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1859

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 June 1958, page 8: "Casting an appreciative eye over the exhibition of work by three well-known New Zealand artists are the city librarian (Mr. D. Trudgeon) and Mrs. ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          June 5, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 February 1958, page 7: "Two popular figures are portrayed here in the cave at Collinson and Cunninghame's. They are Sir Edmund Hillary and his companion in the advent...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          February 19, 1958

Drawings of two Māori carvings. There are also some faint pencil markings that may indicate that this drawing was not completed. The drawings are in pencil, ink and water colour. Drawn on paper measuring 20.5 x 13 cm. While the artist is unknown, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1850s

Mural of Jack Register, artist, painted on board and fixed to a corner of the city library wall by Moxies cafe, a favourite haunt of the late artist.

The mural was painted by Colin Hoare, artist and friend of Register, after Register died aged 82...

Creator:      Raphael Cardoso for IMCA
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2020

Painting of Brightwater Terrace, Palmerston North, showing house and bus shelter. Pen and wash. Colour. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amateur artist who exhibited locally.

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Nga Huruhuru Rangatira, "the feathers of the chief", forms a 6.4-metre high archway on the corner of The Square and Church Street, and is illuminated at night. The stylised giant huia feathers are the creation of Massey University Profess...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 11, 2016

Nga Huruhuru Rangatira, "the feathers of the chief", forms a 6.4-metre high archway on the corner of The Square and Church Street, and is illuminated at night. The stylised giant huia feathers are the creation of Massey University Profess...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 11, 2016

Drawing of the ship "Hydrabad" grounded on the beach. The drawing is in pencil and water colour. Drawn on paper measuring 27 x 17.5 cm. While the artist is unknown, they were gifted to the donor by the son of J. T. Stewart, Government Surveyor.

Creator:      unknown
Place:          Waitarere Beach, Horowhenua
Date:          March 1884

Bike parking on Broadway.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney for IMCA
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 23, 2019

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:      Lesley Courtney for IMCA
Place:          53 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 23, 2019

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North, showing water tower and wagons. Pen and wash. Colour. The Railway Station and yards were moved to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Mas...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Looking across the lines to the loading of coal at the Railway Yards, Palmerston North. Water colour. The Railway Station and Yards were shifted to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultur...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North, showing buildings, signals and wagons. Water colour. Black and white. The railway station and yards were moved to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a paras...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North. Pen and wash. Colour. The Station and yards were moved to the outskirts of the city in the 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amat...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting, looking at the house from the back. The house was said to be situated where the Fire Station is today. Water colour. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amateur artist who exhibited locally.

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Corner of Cook Street and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1946

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North, showing the water tower, buildings and wagons. Water colour. The Railway Station and Yards were shifted to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologi...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North, showing railway lines, signals and wagons. Pen and wash. Colour. The railway station and yards were moved to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitolo...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Railway Yards, in Main Street, Palmerston North, showing buildings and wagons. Pen and wash. Colour. The Railway Station and yards were shifted to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Ma...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North. Pen and wash. Colour. The Railway Station and Yards were moved to the outskirts of the city in the 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well kn...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Railway Yards in Main Street, Palmerston North, showing buildings, signals and wagons. Water colour. The railway station and yards were moved to the outskirts of the city in the early 1960s. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Mass...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

A rock spiral on the banks of the Manawatū River, near Botanical Road.

Creator:      Rob Rua
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          August 2019

When the light catches the Reeds kinetic statue in Cuba Street at this time of year, it becomes a flaming beacon of our swampland home.

Creator:      Elizabeth Gardner
Date:          May 2, 2019

Painting showing the back of the Grand Hotel which faces onto The Square, Palmerston North. Water colour. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amateur artist who exhibited locally.

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of the Gas Works complex. Pen and wash. Colour. This gas works was built in Napier Road, Palmerston North, in 1922. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amateur artist who exhibited locally.

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting of a woman hanging out the washing in the backyard behind a house. Water colour. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amateur artist who exhibited locally.

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting showing the rear of buildings, including the Grand Hotel in The Square, Palmerston North. Water colour. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a well known amateur artist who exhibited locally.

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Painting showing the back of the Empire Hotel which stood on the corner of Princess and Main Streets, Palmerston North. Colour. The Empire Hotel is now the Cobb and Co. Hotel. John Tetley was a parasitologist at Massey Agricultural College and a ...

Creator:      John Hamilton Tetley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949