In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 for the construction of a clock tower, to house the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 earthquake. It was completed in 1957. Originally it included a soun...

Creator:      New Zealand Post Office
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1967

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 call by the Palmerston North City Council for suggestions for Clock Tower enhancements, resulted in six 'comic' ideas from cartoonist Fin, for the Manawatu Evening Standard.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 22, 2001

The article discusses the Palmerston North City Council's proposal to create a 'civic courtyard' doubling as a marae outside the Civic Administration Building in The Square. This would involve the removal of the sound shell from the base of the Cl...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 17, 1989

The lakelet was constructed in The Square, Palmerston North, in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Po...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1971

This aerial view of Te Marae o Hine / The Square illustrates the distinct quadrant layout, originating from when Te Marae o Hine / The Square was four quadrants and a central strip separated by roads. Broadway corner is at top left and Coleman Mal...

Creator:      Royal New Zealand Airforce
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1980s

Looking from the Coronation Fountain, then sited outside what is now the Central Library, towards the War Memorial and Clocktower.

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

The war memorial was built in The Square in 1926, to honour those who died in WWI. the clocktower was built in 1955 from a bequest to the city from Arthur Hopwood.

Beyond can be seen the Farmers Mutual building which became FMG.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

Looking up Fitzherbert Avenue to The Square. the corner of Ferguson Street is in the foreground.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

A view of The Square looking south towards the former railway yards. The concrete walkway through the centre of The Square follows the path of the railway tracks that were removed in 1964.

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1966

This photograph shows Arthur Hopwood handing a cheque for 50,000 pounds, to Geoffrey Tremaine to establish the Arthur Hopwood Charitable Trust. This trust distributes money annually to charitable organisations in the Palmerston North and Blenheim ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          June 27, 1949

It was reported in the Manawatu Standard that Local Government Minister, Graham Bassett, commented that Sir Joseph Wards could not have started the town clock originally in 1906, as the clock tower plaque stated. Ian Matheson, City Archivist, 'sol...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 14, 1989

A cross was first erected on top of the Clock Tower in Palmerston North in December 1960. While intended to be temporary it became a permanent fixture. In 1981 it was replaced with a new more substantial cross, 2.7 metres by 2 metres, paid for by ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          July 15, 1981

Arthur Hopwood, of Hopwood Hardward Co. Ltd, gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new clock tower to house the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake. it was sited near the middle of Th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 21, 1955

In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a Clock Tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 earthquake. The Returned Services' Association wrote to the Mayor expr...

Creator:      Palmerston North Returned Services' Association
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 3, 1953

A new Post Office for Palmerston North was completed and opened in 1906, on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The building was later extended along Main Street, and the tower was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, as it was consi...

Creator:      M and A
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

A new civic centre was constructed for the Palmerston North City Council 1976-1980, with Council staff moving in January 1980. It consisted of Council offices, Council Chamber and Convention Centre. The public viewing chamber is at the northern en...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 13, 1979

A panorama of The Square in Palmerston North, looking doen Rangitikei Street in the background. Visible are the clock tower (the sound shell is now removed) and the DIC building (formerly the CM Ross Building, now home of the Palmerston North City...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

Mr A Cranson, watch and clock repairer of 46 The Square, maintained the town clock in the Clock Tower from 1963. In 1970 he wrote to the PNCC, to inform them that he was to raise his weekly charges for maintenance from 75 cents to $2.50 per week. ...

Creator:      A Cranson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 26, 1970

The Palmerston North Clock Tower was constructed in 1957, after a bequest by Arthur Hopwood. The clock had originally been housed in the Post office tower which was demolished in 1942 due to earthquake risk, and was was held in storage until being...

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1978

Looking across The Square in Palmerston North, towards the Tararua Mountains. Includes the Clock Tower, constructed 1957, the War Memorial, constructed 1926 and the PDC near the corner of Church Street and The Square.

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          Clock Tower, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

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

The Commercial Hotel, situated on The Square, Palmerston North, wrote to suggest that the clock chimes be silenced during evenings and nights, in consideration of their guests. The letter was considered by the Palmerston North City Council Works C...

Creator:      Commercial Hotel
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 20, 1956

In 1953 Arthur Hopwood, of Arthur Hopwood Hardware, gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square, to hold the clock and chimes formerly in the Post Office. He wrote and thanked the Palmerston North City Council fo...

Creator:      Arthur Hopwood
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 4, 1953

A new Chief Post Office for Palmerston North was opened in 1906, complete with clock tower. In the letter the General Post Office informs the PNCC that it is lawful for local authorities to pay for maintenance of public clocks. The tower and clock...

Creator:      W R Morris
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 28, 1912

Detailed plan of the deck and internal ladders of the Palmerston North Clock Tower. The clock in the Clock Tower, named Kerei Te Panau after a local Rangitāne chieftain, was originally housed in the Chief Post Office. Due to safety concerns both t...

Creator:      Ronald J McMillan, Engineer and James T Craig, Architect. For the Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1953

Mr A Cranson, watch and clock repairer of 46 The Square, maintained the town clock in the Clock Tower. In 1970 Peter Hall, Town Clerk for the Palmerston North City Council, wrote to confirm an increase of payment for maintenance from 75 cents to $...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 18, 1970

In 1968 the Lions Club of Manawatu sought approval to light the Clock Tower in The Square in the form of a Christmas tree, funded by local commercial organisations. The Reserves Committee of the Palmerston North City Council recommended that this ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 10, 1968

The Clock Tower in The Square was completed in 1957, after Arthur Hopwood gifted £10,000 for its construction. The Works Directorate describes the clock tower structure and the need for urgent maintenance to prevent further deterioration. Sent to ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 17, 1990