A school float leaving Railway Lands down Church Street towards The Square.

Creator:      
Date:          December 4, 2016

Creator:      Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1971

Creator:      Ewan and Shirley Drake
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1971

This postcard was send by someone named "Wessie". The back reads, "Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year." It is possible the man on the postcard is the sender. The photograph was taken by A Rickard, Palmerston North. Newspaper ads for a p...

Creator:      A Rickard
Date:          1910 to 1915

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 December 1962, "The president of the Palmerston North Pensioners' and Old Folks Association (Mrs W. V. Whitney) with the Mayoress (Mrs G. M. Rennie) and Mrs W. H. Bro...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 15, 1962

This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 14 1960 with the caption, "Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This photo shows a normally quiet crossing in the morning, patronised by s...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 19 1969 with the caption, "Evening Standard paperboys attending their annual Christmas party this morning. They were guests of the management. Seasons greetings...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1962, "Twenty-five extra staff are at present helping the terrific flow of Christmas mail in the mail-room of the Palmerston North Post Office. There are si...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 19, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Christmas shoppers are becoming more evident this week. Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This phot...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rangitikei Strret and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21st December 1965 "Over 70 crippled children, accompanied by the field officer (Mrs. I.J. Nicholls) and several voluntary helpers, were the guests of the Palmerston Nor...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1965

This image was not published in the Manawatu Evening Standard. It depicts employee Alan Dickson with Christmas food pacels. Alan was employed at the newspaper from 1987 until 2003. He started at the front counter, then moved to circulation then ad...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:           Palmerston North
Date:          December 1988

This image was taken by The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 December 1962, but did not run in the paper.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 21, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 December 1958: "The nurses of the Palmerston North Hospital entertained the patients by singing carols through the wards on Christmas Eve. Here is a scene of the nurs...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 26, 1958

A Christmas card sent to Evilyn and Trevor Shannon from 'Uncle Pat'. From the archives of the 'Shannon Family'.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 December 1962, "No children's Christmas party would be complete without Santa Claus to distribute presents. At the combined Buffalo Lodges philanthropic committee's...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 17, 1962

Menu of the Christmas Day meal served to the Wellington Mounted Rifles troops serving in Egypt during World War One. From the archive of 'A F Batchelar'.

Creator:      Wellington Mounted Rifles
Date:          December 1914

The programme from the 1989 Christmas Concert by the Renaissance Singers.

Creator:      Renaissance Singers
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa December 2, 1989

The programme from the 1993 Christmas Concert by the Renaissance Singers.

Creator:      Renaissance Singers
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1993-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

In 1970, to mark Palmerston North's centennial, the Council arranged to purchase a section of the 1969 Light of London Christmas decorations from Regent Street. Ten lines of lights were purchased at a cost of £2,820 - 9 lines consisting of 1 large...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

A view past the fountains in the Butterfly lakelet, showing Christmas lights in Te Marae o Hine, The Square. In 1970, to mark Palmerston North's centennial, the Council arranged to purchase a section of the 1969 Light of London Christmas decoratio...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

The presents were packed at the offices of the Manawatu Racing Club, alongside the premises of Reid & Grey Ltd, to be distributed by a number of Father Christmases with the help of local citizens. This was to mark the first Christmas after the end...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1918

Looking down Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North, from the corner of The Square and Broadway, showing Christmas decorations strung across the street. The photograph features the three buildings that comprised Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd, establish...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 19 1969 with the caption, "Evening Standard paperboys attending their annual Christmas party this morning. They were guests of the management. Seasons greetings...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 1969

This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 13 1960 with the caption, "The staff of the Manawatu Standard held their annual Christmas social on Saturday. Some of the members and guests are seen here."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1960

A women standing on a horse during the 2002 Christmas Parade.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2002

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 December 1962, "Father Christmas and a group of his young admirers are seen at the Palmerston North Fire Brigade's Christmas party on Wednesday night."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 21, 1962

The army helped Santa out at the Ashhurst Christmas parade 2019.

Creator:      Ashhurst Library
Place:          82 Cambridge Avenue, Ashhurst
Date:          December 14, 2019

Flower garden on the Square, on the corner of Main Street. Beyond can be seen the Chief Post Office on the left and the Telecom tower and the Public Library on the right.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1988

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 26th March 2024. Part 2 of 2.  Suggested that Easter is a bigger Christian festival than Christmas. Easter chocolates, hot cross buns, Sunday roast lamb. Some people have no meat on Good Friday. Fish i...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 26, 2024

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