Name: Cabbage Tree

Taken before the Opiki to Shannon road layout was changed slightly. From the photographer: "I used to drive past this tree every day and was always fascinated by it's solidarity and symmetrical shape. It's still there today, but is a little farthe...

Creator:      Christina Winitana

Date:          April 9, 2010

This photograph shows All Saints Church from The Lakelet in The Square. This brick structure was constructed in 1914-1915 on the site of the old wooden All Saints Church. The Lakelet was constructed and developed by the Beautifying Society in Oct...

Creator:      G R Kay
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

The cenotaph, constructed 1926, was unveiled by the Prime Minister of the day Mr J F Coates. The memorial, a copy of one found in Folkstone, England, was for the men who died in the First World War, (WWI) and as such faced north-west towards the b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

This photograph was taken in the corner of The Square closest to Broadway Avenue. On the left is the Ladies' Restroom, an art deco structure built in the 1936. In the centre is one of two cannons that were once in The Square. They were placed ther...

Creator:      Royal Studios, Marton
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1936 to 1939

Cannons were purchased by the Government in 1879 and installed at Fort Ngahauranga overlooking Port Nicholson, Wellington Harbour. The never fired a shot in anger and were obsolete by 1900. Two of these cannons were acquired by the Palmerston Nort...

Creator:      Tanner Brothers
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

An unidentified man and his dog sit beside the fountain in the Square. This fountain was in western quadrant - this photograph shows it before the Coronation monument for Edward VII was added on top (1925). The band rotunda in the background was b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1920 to 1925

This photograph shows All Saints Church from The Lakelet in The Square. This brick structure was constructed in 1914-1915 on the site of the old wooden All Saints Church. The Lakelet was constructed and developed by the Beautifying Society in Oct...

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