A new two-storey brick Post Office, complete with clock tower, was constructed on the corner of The Square and Main Street east, Palmerston North, in 1905-1906. It remained in use as a Post Office until 1988. The crowd is listening to Sir Joseph W...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of The Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1905
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of the Hoffman Kiln. One hundred and twenty years ago, Hoffman Oblong Continuous Kiln in Featherston Street was constructed to make bricks for new buildings and resid...
Creator: Val Burr
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 11, 2025
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The story of historic home Whare Rata, later named Wharerata, and the Russell family who lived there in the early 20th century. The portrait of Arthur Russell mentioned...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 2007
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Historic Manawatū-Horowhenua Inc. updates the inventory publication Historic Places in Palmerston North with fuller information of historic buildings and notable chan...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 26, 2014
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Caccia Birch House since about 1895. Margaret Tennant writes that despite falling into disrepair at times, it is one of the few grand old homes in Palmerston North ...
Creator: Margaret Tennant
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 8, 2023
The royal couple can be seen on the balcony of the Grand Hotel on the Square where they stayed overnight. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North as part of their tour of New Zealand 1953-1954.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 7, 1954 to January 8, 1954
This postcard shows the King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument. It was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it was combined with another feature of The Square, the concrete fish ...
Creator: F T Series
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
This photographs shows the King Edward VII Coronation Fountain in The Square. The Coronation Fountain was built in 1902, in the middle of The Square but was shifted to this location in 1926, to allow the Cenotaph to take the central focus. It was ...
Creator: Ken Brady
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
A view of the King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument. It was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it moved and combined with another feature of The Square, the concrete fish pond...
Creator: Maurice Thompson
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 13, 1967
This photograph shows the King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument. It was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it moved and combined with another feature of The Square, the concre...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
"Whare Rata", was built in Fitzherbert in 1901, for Arthur Edward Russell, a retired farmer of Manawatu. The name means "The House of Redbeard", after Mr Rusell. The Government purchased the property in 1951, after Mrs Ethel Russell's death, and ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1925
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: clocktower upgrade; new roundabouts; Tennent Drive realignment...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Designed by J Charlesworth and built by J Trevor and Son in 1905, this building served as the Chief Post Office until 1988 when new premises were opened in Princess Street. It is now a café / restaurant. In 1942, the clock tower was weakened by th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Black and White photographs of Caccia Birch taken pre-restoriation circa 1980. The purpose of the photographs was to show the state of the house and grounds before submissions were made to council and the Ministry of Works.
First built in 1892 by...
Creator: PNCC
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1980
The City Council bought the Arthur Barnett department store in 1992, converting it into the new City Library, which opened in 1996. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store in 1928, and was subsequently owned...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The Refectory was one of the original buildings erected on site for Massey Agricutlural College. It contained a dining room, resident students common room and games room, changing rooms, kitchens and servants' quarters. It now houses offices of Ma...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1945
Booklet giving a short history of Caccia Birch House, created by the Manawatu Committee for the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Creator: New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Place: Hokowhitu
Date: January 1, 1980
Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: December 1981
The Chief Palmerston North Post Office was built 1905-1906 and was extended in both the 1920's and again in 1937, as seen in this photograph. It was designed by Mr J Charlesworth and built by James Trevor and Sons. The clock and chimes were instal...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
Part of the 'Final Battle Campaign for Sick and Wounded Soldiers' fund raising procession outside the Soldier's Club which was built at the corner of Cuba and George Streets by the Patriotic Society in 1917, later known as Returned Servicemen Asso...
Creator: Allen Studios, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1918
‘Rangi Marie” (or Rangimarie) was built for C.M. Ross the founder of C M Ross and Company in 1908. Originally it stood on extensive grounds on a rise in the Terrace End area, but the land was subdivided 1939-1940. The area was then developed for s...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 3 Rangiora Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1980
This two storey house was built for Joseph Beale in 1893. It was then sold to Andrew Guy in 1899. Guy was a member of a prominent family in Buteshire, Scotland and became a well-known solicitorand founder of the legal firm now known as Cooper, Rap...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 16 Guy Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This two storey house was built for Joseph Beale in 1893. It was then sold to Andrew Guy in 1899. Guy was a member of a prominent family in Buteshire, Scotland and became a well-known solicitorand founder of the legal firm now known as Cooper, Rap...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 16 Guy Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This two storey house was built for Joseph Beale in 1893. It was then sold to Andrew Guy in 1899. Guy was a member of a prominent family in Buteshire, Scotland and became a well-known solicitorand founder of the legal firm now known as Cooper, Rap...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 16 Guy Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
Kaingahou was built for Dilev Monrad 1903 - 1904, on what was then called Foxton Line. After being sold in 1913 there have been various owners, including George Kendall, followed by his daughter 1913 - 1973, and Bodil and Gunner Petersen 1983 - 2002.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1984
"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 6442 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1984
"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1984
"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1984