This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a sawmiller of Apiti, in 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features; cast iron verandah supports made by Mosking Bros of Palmerston North and a roof top turret.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 77 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
NZ Motor Bodies was established as Munt, Cotterell, Neilsen and Company Ltd in 1926, but the name was changed to NZ Motor Bodies in 1937. The business was situated in Petone until 1978 when operations shifted to Palmerston North. In 1983 the busin...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Keith Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 10, 1977
In the foreground is the Peeti Te Awe Awe statue. Behind can be seen the Club Hotel; Premier Drapery Company Ltd (PDC); Pegdens; Manawatu Oroua Electric Power Board and Foote Bros Drapery, on the Church Street side of The Square.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a sawmiller of Apiti, in 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features; cast iron verandah supports made by Mosking Bros of Palmerston North and a roof top turret.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 77 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a sawmiller of Apiti, in 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features; cast iron verandah supports made by Mosking Bros of Palmerston North and a roof top turret.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 77 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
Looking towards The Square (north-east) from the foot-bridge at Cook Street.
Creator: Tanner Brothers
Place: From Cook Street looking up Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1915 to 1920
This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....
Creator: E Creamer
Place: Featherston Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 615 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
Robert Price Edwards (1854-1924) established his brick making business in Featherston Street, Palmerston North, in 1900 having shifted from previous premises in Dahlia Street. Brick and Pipes Limited, formed 1919, took over the site in 1929, when ...
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: 615 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 615 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 615 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
Robert Price Edwards (1854-1924) established his brick making business in Featherston Street, Palmerston North, in 1900 having shifted from previous premises in Dahlia Street. In 1904 Edwards started construction of the ‘Hoffman Kiln” which was th...
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
Robert Price Edwards (1854-1924) established his brick making business in Featherston Street, Palmerston North, in 1900 having shifted from previous premises in Dahlia Street. In 1904 Edwards started construction of the ‘Hoffman Kiln” which was th...
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
This building appears to have served as Tuckers' wine merchant business until the 1940s. The two shops on the street fronage are the Sweet Nook Confectionery and P Hosking, Watchmaker, and directories would suggest they operated next to each other...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950
Methodist services were first held in Palmerston North in 1874. Lord Islington, the Governor of New Zealand, laid the foundation stone of the new St Paul's, which replaced the former wooden church. Among the guests at the ceremony were the Mayor a...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: June 20, 1911
The Bank of Australasia building no longer exists. The ANZ Bank is currently on this site (2009).
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: Corner of the Square and Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
The former Manawatu Daily Times building being converted for use by the Hopwood Hardware Co. The building connected through to their premises in Main Street East. Hopwood Hardware Co. was established in 1898 by Messrs Beale and Bros and traded for...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 24, 1962
This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 615 Featherston Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date: 1979
The Majestic Hotel was constructed by Trevor Bros and opened in 1930. At the time of this photograph a new restaurant and lounge bar were opened on the first floor of the hotel, called the Britannia Restaurant and Family Lounge Bar. At the time Mi...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Fitzherbert Aveneue, Palmerston North
Date: August 8, 1980
This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 7, 1981
View of businesses running along the Church Street side of The Square. From left: Premier Drapery Company Ltd; Pegdens; Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Board; Foote Bros; the Strand Building. All Saints Church steeple can be seen in the background.
Creator: Bruce Watt Photography
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
After use as a church hall, the building was used as Watson Bros’ warehouse and then by a car wrecker. In 1991 the building stood at 548 Main Street, but with a central roller door.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
The road through the Gorge was built 1871-1872. This photograph, which looks west towards Ashhurst was taken after the construction of the telegraph line in 1879-1880, but prior to rail transport through the Gorge.
Creator: Burton Bros.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890
The Fitchett Street Convent was the third built for the Sisters of Mercy in Palmerston North. It was designed by Clere and Clere and built by Trevor Bros in 1925 -1926. It was orginally part of a complex of buildings, with two primary schools and ...
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: Fitchett Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
One of the 14 entrances or wickets which divides the brick kiln into chambers, each capable of holding 10,000 bricks. This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand an...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 615 Featherston Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date: March 7, 1981
Broadway Avenue, originally Broad Street, Palmerston North, was renamed, at the instigation of G H Bennett, bookseller, and other retailers, by Borough Council resolution in March 1926. The photograph looks down Broadway with the Bank of Australas...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1940
Stephens' Store about 1906. Mr Henry H Stephens and his wife Francis Lawson moved to Apiti in 1894 and established the business, working it until their departure to Awahuri in 1908. Henry Stephens was also appointed a Justice of the Peace while in...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
This store, established in 1882, was taken over by Henry Stephens in 1908, from a Mr Tarrant. He ran the store until 1913. The horse drawn coaches, with passengers, are lined up outside the shop in Awahuri. From left: “Rongotea Royal Mail Coachlin...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1908 to 1913
The Fitchett Street Convent was the third built for the Sisters of Mercy in Palmerston North. It was designed by Clere and Clere and built by Trevor Bros in 1925 -1926. It was orginally part of a complex of buildings, with two primary schools and ...
Creator: C Campbell
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1984
This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a saw miller of Apiti. It was planned in 1904 and the building contract was dated 29 June 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features such as the cast iron verandah...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1981