A cross was first affixed to the top of the Clock Tower in The Square, Palmerston North, in December 1960. Although intended to be temporary it became permanant. In 1981 local Christians paid for a new, permanant cross, with the Palmerston North C...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          June 2, 1981

At 6.30am, 26 March 2006, a gust of wind felled the controversial cross on the top of Palmerston North's clock tower. In 1981 a permanant cross was erected by the Palmerston North City Council, relacing the temporary cross erected each Christmas. ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 27, 2006

A letter from the City Electrical Engineer, Mr R G McInnes, to the Palmerston North City Council Energy Committee, recommending a new cross due to disrepair of the old one. A 'temporary' cross was first affixed to the top of the Clock Tower in The...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 30, 1979