Booklet detailing the development of Ihakara Gardens, which was the name given to the land originally in use as the cemetery of the village of Te Awahou, the small mission station and trading centre which eventually grew into the township of Foxton.
Creator: I.R. Matheson and D.J Lundy for the Manawatu Regional Committee of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Date: 1983
This plan is titled, "PLAN OF LANDTO BE TAKEN FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES BY PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL Being part of Rural Section 419, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District."
Visible roads include Main Street, Railway Road, Vogel Street, Napier R...
Creator: H. J. Wylde [Surveyor]
Place: Main Street; Railway Road; Vogel Street; Napier Road;
Date: August 1922
This plan is titled, "Plan of PART OF RAILWAY RESERVE, BEING ALSO PART OF SUBURBAN SECTION 420 (PLAN 105/15), AND LEASE 6214. TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH. BLOCK XI, KAIRANGA SURVEY DISTRICT."
Visible roads include Main Street, Napier Road, Limbrick ...
Creator: Wylde & Dolan [Surveyor]
Place: Main Street; Napier Road; Limbrick Street; Vogel Street; Millar Street; James Street; Brightwater Terrace;
Date: November 1923
Manawatū Chinese Association President Tom Young (second from left) and fellow members of Palmerston North's Chinese community. The gazebo was gifted to the city of Palmerston North by the Manawatū Chinese Association. It was opened on Sunday 30 A...
Creator: Tina Hodges, for PNCC
Place: James Line, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North
Date: April 30, 2017
Gates to the Kelvin Grove Services Cemetery, commemorating World War One and World War Two.
Kelvin Grove Cemetery, at 118 James Line, Kelvin Grove, is Palmerston North's main cemetery, providing cremation and burial services to the city and its ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 118 James Line, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North
Date: March 6, 2013
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activities, and events. This month's issue includes: lagoon bore, draft 10 year plan, the defence community, cemet...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 2009
"A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson.
00:00 - 4:15 - 'City of Wheels'
4:16 - 815 - Family images. The film cannister index reads: ""Rachel, Judy. Tony, 277 College Street, the Clothiers, Bill Davis, Jim Hollis, Cat Mercer, Moving ...
Creator: Rod Matheson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
Terrace End Cemetery came into use in Palmerston North in 1875, superseded by Kelvin Grove Cemetery in 1927. It is divided into denominational divisions and 'public reserves' for stillborn babies and the poor. The total number of recorded burials ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1927 to 1929
Terrace End Cemetery Tour hosted by Tina White and Leanne Hickman, part of the 13th Local History Week 2020. This white cross marks the centre of the designated Catholic section where three priests from St. Patrick's Church on Broadway Avenue and ...
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Date: 2020
Terrace End Cemetery Tour hosted by Tina White and Leanne Hickman, part of the 13th Local History Week 2020.
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Date: 2020
Terrace End Cemetery Tour hosted by Tina White and Leanne Hickman, part of the 13th Local History Week 2020.
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Date: 2020
Terrace End Cemetery Tour hosted by Tina White and Leanne Hickman, part of the 13th Local History Week 2020. This image shows the grave of the single known Chinese person buried at Terrace End Cemetery.
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Date: 2020
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: City Heart; The Square; wastewate; footpaths repairs; gardens;...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
On the 29 November 1979, Air New Zealand Antarctic sightseeing flight TE901 crashed into the slopes of Mt Erebus. 257 passenger and crew were killed including Mervyn John Oliver of Ashhurst. He was 65 years old. He was laid to rest in Ashhurst Cem...
Creator: Leanne Hickman
Place: Ashhurst Domain, Ashhurst
Date: August 17, 2019
Kate Watchorn was the wife of John Samuel Watchorn, draper of Palmerston North. She died on the 23rd of April 1915 and was buried in Plot 33, Block 17 at Terrace End Cemetery. Her obituary in the Manawatu Times for 4 April 1915 read, "OBITUARY. M...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1915
Information booklet that accompanied Heather Smith's Ashhurst Historical Cemetery Ramble. The booklet includes information on early settlers in Ashhurst along with their burial locations.
Creator: Heather Smith
Place: Ashhurst
Date: November 7, 2015
A dozen rifles fire the traditional salute for the deceased aircrew. The funeral is for the Air Force personnel lost on 25 November 1945 during a routine meteorological flight out of Ohakea. On March 19, 1949 the wreck of the RNZAF Ventura aeropla...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 25, 1949
A new Chinese gazebo at Kelvin Grove Cemetery is the first of its kind in Palmerston North.
Creator: Tina Hodges for PNCC
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 3, 2017
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: Karori, Wellington
Date: 1900 to 1932
A military padre leads Air Force personnel to their final resting place at Kelvin Grove Cemetery. Military personnel stand to attention as the funeral procession passes. The funeral is for the Air Force personnel lost on 25 November 1945 during a ...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 25, 1949
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: Karori, Wellington
Date: 1900 to 1932
Property of Bishop Monrad, former Prime Minister of Denmark and family. Translated from Danish on rear of photograph, and written by Olga Monrad, daughter in law of Bishop Monrad: ”The little enclosure where my little boy is buried. We have made ...
Creator: T Bloch, Nelson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1868
John Mackrell (c. 1861 - 1897) is the husband of Annie Elenor Heslop, and the father of Huia Heslop Mackrell. He died 18 June 1895 at 35 years of age. The gravesite is in Taradale
Creator: Unknown
Place: Taradale
Date: circa 1910
This is an example of the documentation that was sold to those looking to secure a burial plot in Palmerston North. The plot was sold to George H Gaskin of Terrace Street Palmerston North and cost three pounds ten shillings. The Palmerston North C...
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Date: September 14, 1920
Photo taken immediately after pipers finished playing the tune (twice through), "When the Battles Over" at 0600 hours on Sunday 11th November 2018 at the Kelvin Grove Cemetery on the Centennial of the Armistice ending WWI. The Pipers are: (from l...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 11, 2018
Group of pipers playing the tune (twice through), "When the Battles Over" at 0600 hours on Sunday 11th November 2018 at the Kelvin Grove Cemetery on the Centennial of the Armistice ending WWI.
The Pipers are: from left to right Mark Crooks, J...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 11, 2018