Looking across a rose garden in The Square to the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue.

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          196X

Looking down Fitzherbert Avenue, on the left corner is what was once the public library, on the opposite corner is the premises of Firestone. On the right corner is the Bank of New Zealand.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

A view of Fitzherbert Avenue taken from near the Hopwood Clock Tower.

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          March 21, 1971

This photograph shows the milk processing plant that once stood on the corner of Ferguson Street and Fitzherbert Avenue, around 1972. Frank Vernon was the Engineer from 1950-1972. The factory was later moved to Gillespies Line.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1972

This house at 125 Fitzherbert Avenue no longer stands on this site. In the 1980s it was in Category 2 of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust register, for it architectural significance.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          125 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This house at 125 Fitzherbert Avenue no longer stands on this site. In the 1980s it was in Category 2 of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust register, for it architectural significance.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          125 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This house was built in the 1910's. A hairdressers and a natural therapist currently use the building as a workplace. According to the QV website, the house was last sold in 1980 for $22,000

Next door, to the left, a new hotel development is taki...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          119 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          August 4, 2020

The first Fitzherbert Bridge constructed in 1877 crosses the Manawatu River at Palmerston North. Fitzherbert Street [Fitzherbert Avenue] can be seen running to the centre of the town.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1884

This postcard shows a view of Fitzherbert Street [Fitzherbert Avenue]. The exact location of this photograph is unknown. The street was named after Mr W A Fitzherbert, civil engineer and first mayor of Lower Hutt.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

This plan is titled, "LAND TO BE TAKEN FOR ROAD PURPOSES UNDER LAND ACT. 1928.

Plan of Part Section 205, Block XV, Kairanga S.D. Township of Fitzherbert."

Visible roads include Riverbank Road, Fitzherbert Avenue, Cliff Road, Clifton Road, No 60 M...

Creator:      O. J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Riverbank Road; Fitzherbert Avenue; Cliff Road; Clifton Road; No 60 Main Highway; Manawatu Bridge Road;
Date:          April 1934

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 1967

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Ave and Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1965

Argosy Studio (Argos Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with ...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          196X

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 August 1981, with the caption: "A section of the large crowd which gathered outside the Boks’ hotel the DB Fitzherbert this morning.” Anti-Apartheid and anti-Springbo...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1, 1981

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 August 1981. Anti-Apartheid and anti-Springbok tour protestors picketed the touring Springbok rugby team’s hotel – The Fitzherbert Motor Inn – but the ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1, 1981

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In January 1997, members of the 'Save the Avenue' protest group, led by Mark Bell-Booth, occupied the green tunnel of large plane trees which lined Fitzherbert Avenue. The act...

Creator:      Elizabeth Ward
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 15, 2022

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 May 1970. The caption was illegible. The demolished building was the Little Dutch Dairy located on the the corners of Fitzherbert and Ferguson Street.

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          100 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 12, 1970

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 September 1958: "Preparations for this new footpath, a portion in Fitzherbert Avenue between Ferguson Street and Chaytor Street, considered irreparable by the Palmers...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          September 3, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 June 1958, page 8: "The last stages of the reconstruction and sealing of Fitzherbert Avenue are now being reached. The area between Te Awe Awe Street and the Fitzherb...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          June 14, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 June 1961 "Mr. J.D. O'Keefe operating a pipe-locating machine in Fitzherbert Avenue today to determine the position of the old 4 in. gas main which will be replaced b...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          June 9, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 July 1958, page 8: "The trees which line Fitzherbert Avenue are undergoing at the moment treatment for dry rot. Here seen standing on a platform provided by tractor i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 2, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 July 1958, page 10: "Men who are working to lay a new gas main in Fitzherbert Avenue watch as the badly rusted old pipeline is uncovered by a bucket chain excavator."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 16, 1958

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Community Development plan; recycling centre; corporate plan; ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Michael Willis; Broadway Avenue; Fitzherbert Avenue; Church St...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Sam Lamb; branding; cartoonists; art gallery; white water park...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: City Heart; The Square; wastewate; footpaths repairs; gardens;...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

From the introduction: "This book is produced by the Rotary Club of Terrace End on the occasion of the opening of the Third Fitzherbert Bridge, March 1987. An historical survey is presented of the first and second bridges whereas the information o...

Creator:      Rotary Club of Terrace End
Date:          March 1987

A view from the newly constructed Civic Administration Building, looking across the Butterfly lakelet to the start of Fitzherbert Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Te Marae o Hine/The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue
Date:          circa 1980

The police presence during protests on Fitzherbert Avenue. Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution...

Creator:      Unknown (possibly Christine McAlpine)
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997

Two protestors sitting in a tree. Avenue Action was formed in protest against the Palmerston North City Council removal of trees in Fitzherbert Avenue. This was to allow for four lanes of traffic as an engineering solution to cross-river transport...

Creator:      Unknown (possibly Christine McAlpine)
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1997 to circa March 1997