The building was situated in Main Street East on the corner of Ruahine Street. It was constructed in 1873 to provide temporary accommodation for immigrants arriving in the district and was first used by the Feilding settlers brought to New Zealand...
Creator: Svendsen Photography, Feilding
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1874
Trevor de Cleene, OBE, was a New Zealand politician and lawyer. He was born in Palmerston North on 24 March 1933, and attended Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School and Palmerston North Boys' High School and left school in 1951. He studied l...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 1982
The Public Trust Office, located at 470 Main Street, was built as a single-storey brick building in 1921. An extension was built in 1929 and a second-storey added in 1937 and 1938. In August 1978 the front portion of the original building was demo...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 500 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 7, 1979
The Public Trust Office was established in Palmerston North in 1872. This purpose built building was opened in December 1921, after the original agency was replaced by a permanent branch office in 1919. In 1929 an extension was added to the build...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
A permanent branch office was established in Palmerston North in 1919 with this particular building opening in 1922. An additional storey on a portion of the premises and extensive improvements on the ground floor of the building were carried out ...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
This was the fourth Palmerston North Court House. The first Court House was constructed in 1874, and replaced in 1881. In 1895 a third Court House was built and the second one moved to Church Street for use as the Police Station. The third buildin...
Creator: J C
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
The police stations was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28/9/1938.
It was designed by J.T. Mair, the Government Architect, a...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 351 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28 September 1938. The building still stands in Church Street, directl...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 351-361 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28 September 1938. The building still stands in Church Street, directl...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 351-361 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28 September 1938.It was designed by J.T. Mair, the Government Archite...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 351-361 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
The Probation office was housed in Main Street 1957 – 1976. The house was originally built c1912 as a Police home, for the use of the Senior Sergeant in Charge of the Palmerston North Police Station. One of the first officers to live in the house ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 450 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 20, 1976
The new Electricity Department workshop, which cost $850,000 to build, was situated on the corner of Main Street and Cook Street. Mr Holland, the Minister of Electricity, opened the workshop 16 February 1977. The workshop covered an area of 9,000 ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Main and Cook Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 17, 1977
A crowd of 2000 attended the official opening ceremony of the new Palmerston North Railway Station in Milson.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Matthews Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1963
This photograph shows the Minister of Railways, Mr McAlpine, declaring the station open.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Matthews Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1963
The newly renovated Public Trust Office was completed in December 1979. A single storey brick building was built on this site in 1921. An extension was built in 1929 and a second storey added 1937–1938. The original front part of the building was...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 7, 1979
The Youth Centre was built to accommodate 24 young people on remand and 96 longer term young male offenders. It was to have a dual role as a remand institution and training centre for youth. Designed by Struction Group Architects, it opened in 197...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Camp, Palmerston North
Date: May 6, 1978
The driver (left) is Mr W Eden. Bill Brown was MP for Palmerston North at the time.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Matthews Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1963
The funeral cortège of J A Nash (c1868-1952) proceeding down Church Street. James Nash (c1868-1952) was a prominent citizen of Palmerston North who served as a City Councillor (1907-1908) and Mayor (1908-1923), was Member of Parliament for Palmers...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 26, 1952
The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28 September 1938. The building still stands in Church Street, directl...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: 351-361 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
James Nash (c1868-1952)was a prominent citizen of Palmerston North. He served as a City Councillor (1907-1908) and Mayor (1908-1923), was Member of Parliament for Palmerston North (1918-1935) and served on many sporting and civic boards.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 27, 1952
A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...
Creator: New Zealand Government
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1947
The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28 September 1938. The building still stands in Church Street, directl...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 351 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
This building at 10-20 Cook Street, Palmerston North, was constructed in 1934-1935 for the Public Works Department who occupied it until 1978.
Creator: K H Shea
Place: 10-20 Cook Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
James Nash, standing centre, at an unidentified function at the band rotunda, The Square, probably during his term as Mayor of Palmerston North. Nash (c1868-1952) was a prominent citizen of Palmerston North who served as a City Councillor (1907-19...
Creator: Ernest Denton
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown