This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank. It depicts a group of friends or brothers, two older and three younger, who appear in several images in the Berry Family collection. One of...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          The Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1910s

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry.

The band rotunda was originally built in The Square in 1898 it was moved to the Esplanade in 1907. In 1966 it was demolished due to its poor state of repair.

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1898 to 1907

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.

The band rotunda was situated at the Fitzherbert Avenue end of the Esplanade. Originally built in The Square in 1898 it was moved to the Esplanad...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          The Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1910s

Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with ...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Te Marae o Hine; The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1956

Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with ...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Te Marae o Hine; The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1955

This was the second band rotunda constructed in The Square. It was built in 1907, and demolished in 1956 to make way for the Hopwood Tower.

Creator:      Palmerston North Borough Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965. [Image of a slide and children playing, with a band rotunda in the background.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Woodville
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 November 1958: "These four members of the Commercial Travellers' Association entertained a large crowd in the Square yesterday while fellow members raised money for t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          November 29, 1958

The statue on the left of the photograph is part of the commemoration of Edward VII, built in August 1902. The top of it is now part of the fountain that once graced the area in front of the old DIC building (now the City Library). The fountain no...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

Looking across the central portion of the Square, with railway tracks running through, towards Church Street.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Postcard of the band rotunda that was in The Square of Palmerston North. Beyond can be seen the Chief Post Office on the corner of Main Street.

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1900s

The war memorial and band rotunda in The Square

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1952

This is a photograph of the Square, oriented towards the portion of the Square between Main Street West and Church Street West. The buildings, from left are: Provincial Hotel (burned down in 1906 and was replaced by the Grand Hotel, now the Grand ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

This photograph of The Square was probably taken from one of the top storeys of the CM Ross Building (Roscos Department Store) and showcases some of the changes that have taken place in The Square since the 1940s. Note the lack of the Hopwood Cloc...

Creator:      Royal Studios, Marton
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

Aerial photograph of The Square, clearly showing the 4 quadrants and the railway section in the middle. The corner of Broadway and The Square is at the bottom of the photograph.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Hand coloured photograph looking from the Grand Hotel corner towards the Chief Post Office. In the foreground can be seen the Lakelet quadrant before the lakelet was constructed in 1909.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

The railway line ran through The Square until 1964. The photograph shows the slight curved deviation made by the Palmerston North Borough Council to allow the war memorial to sit centrally in The Square.

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

A boy stands by the first Band Rotunda, with the newly constructed Post Office, on the corner of Main Street, behind. This Band Rotunda was built in The Square in 1899. It was shifted to The Esplanade in 1907, and replaced by another.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907

Two minutes silence was held in Palmerston North for the Late King George VI at Queen Elizabeth’s II’s request, rather than a national day of mourning. The Policeman is Constable Gordon Diffey. From left: Unknown; Unknown; Mrs Rennie; Gilbert Renn...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 22, 1952

A re-enactment of the first train arriving in the town was a feature of the Jubilee celebrations. Shown are the costumed “Welcome Party” awaiting the trains arrival, after which there was an official welcoming ceremony and “Transport Through the A...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1952

The Palmerston North War Memorial which was unveiled in 1925. Note the Band Rotunda and Municipal Library directly behind the Memorial.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Crowds gather to hear the official speeches welcoming the Duke and Duchess of York to Palmerston North. the royal couple visited over 3-4 March. In 1937 the Duke and Duchess were crowned King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Creator:      R P Moore, Wellington
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 4, 1927

The Duke and Duchess of York visited Palmerston North 3 March - 4 March 1927. They stayed at the Grand Hotel. The next morning they were officially welcomed by about 25,000 people in The Square.

Creator:      New Zealand Pictorial Photo News
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 4, 1927

This photograph was taken from the section of Rangitikei Street between King and Queen Streets. In the shot are many pedestrians standing on the pavement and a horse cart moving at speed. This horse cart is the Bourough Council's water-cart, used ...

Creator:      John Halford Perrin
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1905

The Grenadier Guards Band toured New Zealand, and performed in Palmerston North. Here they are accorded a Civic welcome at the band rotunda in The Square, by the Mayor, Mr. A E Mansford, before marching to the Showgrounds to give their concert. Th...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 15, 1934

Identifiable buildings: Collins Bros. 1893 and R P Smith and Co. (to the left of the rotunda) and J Darragh Importers (to the right).

Creator:      F T Series
Place:          Feilding, Manawatū
Date:          1900 to 1910

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Place:          Auckland
Date:          1900 to 1932

Children gathered in front of a decorated band rotunda to hear speakers at an unknown occasion. The gentleman in suit, standing next to one of the poles at right, is J A Nash. James Nash was Mayor of Palmerston North 1908 - 1923 and Member of Parl...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

This photograph came from a small photograph album that belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, " War Memorial. PN 14-1-1928". The Palmerston North cenotaph, also known as the War Memorial, was constructed...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 14, 1928

This photograph of The Square was probably taken from All Saints Church and looks north. The corner of Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) is centre left. On the far left side is the corner of Main Street East where Palmerston North's fourth Post O...

Creator:      G F Framjee
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1909