This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry.

The band rotunda was originally built in The Square in 1898 it was moved to the Esplanade in 1907. In 1966 it was demolished due to its poor state of repair.

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1898 to 1907

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry and may depict the interior of Berry Engineering's first premises on Main Street.

Berry Engineering was established in 1907 by Edwin senior in Main Street, ...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1900s

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry and may depict the interior of Berry Engineering's first premises on Main Street.

Berry Engineering was established in 1907 by Edwin senior in Mai...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1900s

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry. His father Edwin Daniel Berry kept a long association with the Gospel Hall, later leaving his business Berry Engineering' to his sons and leaving ...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1910s

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry and depicts the 614 train on the Main Street East line.

Creator:      Berry Family
Date:          1910s

This plan is titled, "PLAN OF LANDTO BE TAKEN FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES BY PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL Being part of Rural Section 419, Block XI, Kairanga Survey District."

Visible roads include Main Street, Railway Road, Vogel Street, Napier R...

Creator:      H. J. Wylde [Surveyor]
Place:          Main Street; Railway Road; Vogel Street; Napier Road;
Date:          August 1922

This plan is titled, "Plan of PART OF RAILWAY RESERVE. BEING ALSO PARTS OF SUBURBAN SECTION 420 TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH,

RURAL SECTION 419 & SECTION 1537 TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH & KAIRANGA COUNTY (PLANS 50/20 & 106/15) Block XI KAIRANGA SURVEY D...

Creator:      H. J. Wylde [Surveyor]
Place:          Main Street; Napier Road; Vogel Street; Railway Road;
Date:          December 1922

This plan is titled, "Plan of PART OF RAILWAY RESERVE, BEING ALSO PART OF SUBURBAN SECTION 420 (PLAN 105/15), AND LEASE 6214. TOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH. BLOCK XI, KAIRANGA SURVEY DISTRICT."

Visible roads include Main Street, Napier Road, Limbrick ...

Creator:      Wylde & Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Main Street; Napier Road; Limbrick Street; Vogel Street; Millar Street; James Street; Brightwater Terrace;
Date:          November 1923

This plan is titled, "Plan of Subdivision of Parts Suburban Sections 175 & 176 Town of Palmerston North Block XI Kajranga S.D."

Visible roads include Karina Terrace, Vogel Street, Main Street, Napier Road.

Creator:      H. R. Farquhar [Surveyor]
Place:          Karina Terrace; Vogel Street; Main Street; Napier Road;
Date:          March 1925

This plan is titled, "Plan of Subdivision of part of Section 168, Town of Palmerston North, Block XI, Kairanga S.D."

Visible roads include Main Street, Kauri Street, Ruahine Street, Alfred Street.

Creator:      O. J. Dolan [Surveyor]
Place:          Main Street; Kauri Street; Ruahine Street; Alfred Street
Date:          July 1930

A view of Main Street from the Hopwood Clock Tower during the early 1960s.

The cleared construction site was to be used for Palmerston North's new 3-storey library on the corner of Main Street and The Square, opposite the Post Office. Constructio...

Creator:      Ian Palmer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa July 1963

A view of the public library and bus station on Main Street.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

Image depicts Broadway, Main Street and Church Street bisected by Princess Street.

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Plann...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-...

Creator:      D. Evans
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          196X/197X

A line of shops on Main Street East, between Te Marae o Hine the Square and Princess Street. Occupied by: Hutchins Furniture Warehouse; Falks NZ Ltd; The Post Office Fish Shop; Opportunity Shop; The Rubber STamp Co. Ltd.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950s

Built as a Public Hall in 1911 to mark the Coronation of George V, it served as such for the next 50 years. The hall was renovated and modernised in 1939 at a cost of £496. The Terrace End Development and Progressive Association held a concert on ...

Date:          1939

Built as a Public Hall in 1911 to mark the Coronation of George V, it served as such for the next 50 years. The hall was renovated and modernised in 1939. The Terrace End Development and Progressive Association held a concert on 6 December 1939, t...

Date:          1939

These buses are thought to be dual door, 31 seater New Zealand Motor Bodies (NZMB) 'Steelbilt' bodies built between 1945 and 1948. The photographer is unknown, but the image was likely taken on behalf of Omnibus Manager Reg Crutchley.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1945 to 1948

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

"A scene overlooking the Square in Palmerston North..."

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson featuring the last train trip through Square, and the demolition of the station and yards over three years. Features some double exposure of Pipe bands and Marching scenes in a parade.

Total Leng...

Creator:      Rod Matheson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

A series of bill-stickers on the theme of decolonisation and environmental protectection efforts around the world, with a special focus on raising awareness of the Free Palestine Movement. 

Creator:      Huntara
Place:          Main Street Palmerston North
Date:          April 10, 2024

In 1927, the Railways Department installed an American designed rail crossing called a wig-wag on Main Street, opposite Millar Street. Whilst the loud bells prevented accidents, late trains caused disturbance for residents, and even more so when ...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 12, 2020

Intersection at the corner of Princess and Main Streets. The NAC (National Airways Corporation) building can be seen on the corner, looking West. The building was constructed in the late 1940s, and was completely modernised in 1976.

Creator:      Stan Key - Motorcycle Training School
Place:          Corner of Princess Street & Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1968

Intersection at the corner of Main and Albert Streets. The Elite Dairy can be seen on the far corner on the right, and the Waters Dairy on the near corner on the right. 108 Albert and 683 Main Streets respectively. The Elite Dairy building was use...

Creator:      Stan Key - Motorcycle Training School
Place:          Corner of Main & Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1968

Emma Belk migrated to Feilding but lived in Palmerston North when she signed the suffrage petition in 1893

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 23, 2018

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 September, 1959. "At present railway workers are relaying a portion of the Main Trunk line between Main Street East and Princess Street. They are laying 504ft a day....

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-09-17T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6 July, 1963. "The annual relay race of the Palmerston North Wesley Harriers got away to a good start this morning. The race, to be run in seven stages covered a distanc...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-07-06T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 5 September, 1959. "Members of the Manawatu representative hockey team which leaves the city today for Christchurch are seen gathering outside the Post Office. Manawatu...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Main Street and The Square
Date:          1959-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 June 1961 "Two life-like tigers caused considerable interest in Main Street when they were being unloaded from a truck. They are to be used for a window display. Byst...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 28, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27th January 1966 "The noted British traffic authority, Professor C. Buchanan, arrived in Palmerston North today to spend five hours in the city. Professor Buchanan, who...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 27, 1966