Whaiwhakaaroaro - the deep thinker - is a sculpture by Gregor Kregar that has moved around the Te Marae o Hine / The Square since it's installation. In May 2022 they lived in George Street, soaking up aura's of knowledge from the nearby City Li...

Creator:      Huntara
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 21, 2022

Panorama of the Fiction Zone on the first floor of the Central Library in The Square.

Creator:      Bernadette Peters for the PNCL
Place:          4 Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date:          November 2006

The DIC building on the corner of George Street and Coleman Mall in December 2023.  The building was constructed as part of the C M Ross department store in 1915. C M Ross was sold to Milne and Choyce in 1959, then to the DIC in 1969. Curr...

Creator:      JAR
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 19, 2023

Opening day of the new mobile library. From left: Councillor Jill White; Councillor Ian Cruden; City Librarian Anthony Lewis; Librarians Emily Bacon, Mary Holmes, Linda Harrowfield, Sally Huges; Mayor Paul Rieger

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 28, 1989

The 9th annual Local History Week was opened at the Palmerston North Central Library. Maria Shiva speaks to the guests. Front row, right: Debbie Duncan, General Manager, Libraries and Community Services; Leonie Hapeta, PNCC Councillor

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 2016

Poems by Leonel Alvarado, that were affixed to the George Street windows of the Central Library in Palmerston North. Through the window can be seen the computer area of the library.

Leonel Alvarado was born in Honduras, and since 2002 has lived ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 15, 2021

This interview with Ian Athfield and Anthony Lewis relates to architectural features of the new Palmerston North City Library in the early 1990s.

Athfield was the architect of the library, a converted department store, which opened in 1996. Anth...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          4 Te Marae o Hine/The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 1996

Members of Crows Feet Dance Collection at the City Library.

Creator:      Jo Buckland
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          September 22, 2018

Jaqueline Dinan speaking to the audience at the book launch of 'Racing the Boys', a fictionalised account of horse trainer Hedwick 'Granny' McDonald, on the 2nd Floor of the Palmerston North City Library.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 2016

Children's Book Week at Palmerston North Public library. At the head of the table is Tina White, (Chairwoman of the Youth Committee), David Trudgeon (Chief Librarian), and Fay Jewell (Children's Librarian). The remaining individuals are unidentified.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

The Palmerston North Public Library float was one of many who paraded as part of the celebrations for 75 years of Palmerston North.

Creator:      Bells Photo Studio
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1952

Notes on the early history of Palmerston North Public Library, firstly as a Reading Room through to the construction of a new library on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square in 1929. Ian Matheson, the author, was employed by the Palmers...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 1977

This photo shows Heather Glasgow looking at a glass plate negative in the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Heather was a member of the Heritage team at the Palmerston North City Library for over four years. She played an integral role in the develo...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Library
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 1, 2014

On 22 May 2017, the popular mobile library service heads out on the road 50 years to the day, the service commenced.

Creator:      Sandra Crosbie
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 8, 2017

'My Manawatū' colouring-in mural at Plaza Shopping complex features the Palmerston North City Library building at 4 The Square. Mural designed by St Peter's College Senior Visual Arts students: Kieran Baird, Oli Mollard, Michael Booth and Chris Fo...

Creator:      Jaime Ridge
Date:          April 17, 2018