This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 January, 1959. "Only Shirley is not interested in the fish as the camera catches the Davis family, from Rata, gazing into the fish pond in the Square gardens this morn...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. Looking across Butterfly Lakelet with fountain, to the corner of The Square and Church Street West. From the left of the picture can be seen Young Fruit Supply, the Municipal Chambers, All Saints' Churc...

Creator:      Terry Finnerty
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

The Butterfly Lakelet, see here from the Civic Administration Building, was constructed in 1909 by the then Beautification Society. The fountains were added in the 1960s.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s