Mrs Laila Ann Morpeth (nee Maynard) was the Children’s Librarian at the Palmerston North Public Library. She qualified for her new Zealand Library Association (NZLA) certificate in 1963 and her ANZLA certificate in 1973. She began working at the P...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 26, 1974

Ropes divide off the New Zealand Collection from the remainder of the reference collection and a sign tells borrowers why. The City Librarian, Ian Malcolm, estimates that 3-4% of the collection is disappearing off the shelves. This means that betw...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

This building was constructed as the 5th Public Library to operate in Palmerston North. The three-storey library building was opened on 4 November 1965 and served as the city's library until 1996.

Creator:      Ian Matheson - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1973

This negative proof sheet shows a variety of scenes in the Public Library that once stood on the corner of Main Street East and The Square.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of The Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1974

This handwritten manuscript was written by J. T. Stewart in 1902 at the request of T. Lindsay Buick, who published substantial portions of it in his book Old Manawatu (1903). Mr John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earlies...

Creator:      John Tiffin Stewart
Date:          1902

Teachers dressed as story book characters for the school's Book Celebration Fortnight.

Date:          August 1986

Date:          August 1986

Date:          August 1986

This building was constructed as the 5th Public Library to operate in Palmerston North. The three-storey library building was opened on 4 November 1965 and served as the city's library until 1996.

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 31, 1966

Panorama of the Fiction Zone on the first floor of the Central Library in The Square.

Creator:      Bernadette Peters for the PNCL
Place:          4 Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date:          November 2006

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 February 1961 "Discussing the best method of repairing a damaged book are two assistants at the Library, Mrs J. Bennett (left) and Mrs N. Holdsworth. Though few books...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1961-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 April, 1959. "Spaciousness and colour give the modern touch to the newly-reorganised free lending department of the Palmerston North Public Library. In the foregroun...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Street and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 April, 1959. "At the R.S.A. Clubrooms last evening a committee comprising members and the women's section were allotted sections of Palmerston North which they will ca...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 25 August 1958, page 11: "Pre-school to seven years: Miss Fay Jewell arranging the display of children's books at the library."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 25, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd February 1963. "Preparing books for the temporary children's library, Miss L. Maynard (left) and Miss F. Jewell have a big task ahead of them. They and others will ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28th February 1963. "Some of the Palmerston North Central Play Centre children who visited the new children's library in Cross Street yesterday. It was the first visit f...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 November 1958: "Miss G. Roberts, a member of the reference library staff, showing children from the Ross Intermediate School how to use the ready reference books in t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square
Date:          November 14, 1958

[Image of Librarian holding an open book, in a National Library book Mobile.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 28, 1965

[Image of Librarian holding a copy of Treasury of Maori folklore / A.W. Reed, in a National Library book Mobile.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 28, 1965

Wendy McTaggart collects canvas bags with selected books to deliver to home delivery recipients. The Palmerston North City Libraries delivers a service to housebound users, where by content is selected for them, and delivered by volunteers.

Creator:      Sandra Crosbie
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 12, 2017

Panorama of the NZPI Zone on the second floor of the Central Library in The Square. This is now the Heritage area of the library.

Creator:      Bernadette Peters for the PNCL
Place:          4 Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date:          November 2006

Panorama of the Children's area on the first floor of the Central Library in The Square.

Creator:      Bernadette Peters for the PNCL
Place:          4 Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date:          November 2006

A presentation of two copies of “Pioneer of Boyhood”, by Roger S. Peacock, to the Palmerston North Municipal Library by the Manawatu Battalion of the Boys Brigade. From left: M Dearsley, Dominion President of the Boys Brigade; J. Fabrin, Boys Brig...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 5, 1956

The Hokowhitu library was a branch of the Palmerston North Public Library. It opened 26 April 1956 and closed around 1967.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1956

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          March 28, 1967

An exterior view of the building housing the Shannon Library (left), the Horowhenua County Council Branch Office (centre) and the clothing store Bettina's Boutique (right).

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-id...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Plimmer Terrace, Shannon
Date:          August 1969

The City Librarian, Mr. I W Malcolm and the Deputy Librarian, Miss N M Irvine, admire the new Mobile Library. The new vehicle replaced the caravan Library which had been in use since 1969. It was 30ft long, 8ft wide and 11 ft tall, weighing 5 to...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 22, 1973

The popular lending department on the ground floor of the Palmerston North Public Library.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1956

Sir John Marshall is shown here presenting prizes for a short story writing contest in the Palmerston North Children’s Library. The contest was organised by the Public Library as part of New Zealand Book Week. Carolyn Norgate of Whakarongo School...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of the Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1980

Public Librarian, Ian Malcom, with copies of 'Saga in Sepia', by Valerie Smith, based on the George Shailer collection of photographs. In Malcolm served as Palmerston North's librarian 1969-1989.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1983