These images were taken for the Tribune weekly newspaper but were not published and had no accompanying information beyond the year ‘1978’
They depict a set of Rylock sliding doors and a prefabricated roof panel ready for installation.
These ima...
Creator: The Tribune
Date: 1978
Image showing the partial demolition of the former Chief Post Office (High Flyers/The Daily),
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Main Street
Date: June 9, 2025
Image showing the partial demolition of the former Chief Post Office (High Flyers/The Daily)
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Main Street
Date: June 9, 2025
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Massey University
Date: November 13, 2022
Pictured is a view of the Manawatū River walkway at a time of development. A crane can be seen near the beach, as well as other construction equipment.
Creator: David Foster
Place: Te Motu o Poutoa (Anzac Park / Pork Chop Hill)
Date: 1986
Newbury School, new building under construction, 1967.
Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during thos...
Creator: Stan Holmes
Place: Newbury School
Date: 1967
A new building under construction at Newbury school in 1967.
Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken durin...
Creator: Stan Holmes
Place: Newbury School
Date: 1967
New building near completion at Newbury School, 1967.
Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those...
Creator: Stan Holmes.
Place: Newbury School
Date: 1967
Newbury school under construction in 1967. The old school is in the background.
Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his...
Creator: Stan Holmes.
Place: Newbury School
Date: 1967
A new building under construction for Newbury School in 1967.
Stan Holmes was teaching at Newbury School and living in the school house next door from 1961 until he retired in c.1974. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken duri...
Creator: Stan Holmes
Place: Newbury School
Date: 1967
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: November 13, 2022
Workmen constructing the entrance ramp to the new Palmerston North City Library, which leads from The Square across to George Street. The new City Library was formerly a department store, originally built for C M Ross Co. Ltd in 1928.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
An aerial view of the renovations to the former department store that became the City Library. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, in 1928, and stretched from The Square to George Street. The constructi...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The new City Library building was originally built as the C M Ross department store in 1928. It was bought by the City Council and renovated as the new Library, opening 1996. This view is of the conversion of the former tearooms on the second floo...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...
Creator: Crown Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
Can you identify the people, place or event? Please add a comment to the image or contact the Heritage team via the 'report a prob...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 196X
The cenotaph, constructed 1926, was unveiled by the Prime Minister of the day Mr J F Coates. The memorial, a copy of one found in Folkstone, England, was for the men who died in the First World War, (WWI) and as such faced north-west towards the b...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: 1975 to 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: 1975 to 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: circa 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke
Date: October 1976
A group working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. The pool was built with voluntary labour.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying...
Creator: Clem King
Date: circa 1957
This photograph shows a group of men working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. The houses in the background are on Standford Street. It appears to have been included in an album with oth...
Creator: Clem King
Date: circa 1957
A group working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. The pool was built with voluntary labour. The tractor in the foreground is a Massey Ferguson, probably a Ferguson TO-30 or TO-35.
This i...
Creator: Clem King
Date: circa 1957
A group of men working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. This was built with voluntary labour. The photograph shows the walls being erected. In the foreground of the photograph, from lef...
Creator: Clem King
Date: December 1957
Construction of this bridge started in 1938. It was the first two-lane bridge in the area with concrete piles. The bridge was washed away in the 2004 floods.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph loaned for copying. The...
Date: 1940 to 1941
Three floors of the then new library building were fitted with 311 sun-deflectors 25 June 1965. Each screen was two feet high. This building operated as the public library in Palmerston North from 1965-1996.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Corner of Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 25, 1965
A series of images spanning 4 May - 14 September, 1965, depicting the construction of the Public Library on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The library was officially opened on 4 November, 1965.
Creator: "Wally D' - W. R. Davies, Palmerston North
Place: Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 1965
This image was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 22nd November 1973.
"Mr Eric Christensen (left) and Mr Peter Price put up shelves in Palmerston North's new mobile library, which should be in use within two weeks."
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Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 22, 1973
This image was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 22nd November 1973.
"The city librarian, Mr I.W. Malcolm, and the deputy librarian, Miss N.M. Irvine, admire the new mobile library."
The new mobile library replaced ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 22, 1973