Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          Massey University
Date:          November 13, 2022

Pictured is a group of Massey Students enjoying the Palmy sun. 

The house, which was next to the Cathedral and behind a Restaurant / Doctors,  was demolished prior to 2009

Creator:      Unkown
Place:          203 Broadway Ave
Date:          1987

From the Griffiths collection. Sir Geoffrey Peren building postcard, Massey University.

Creator:      P.P.L. Hastings
Place:          Tiritea Road, Massey University, Palmerston North
Date:          unknown

Pictured is Massey's Vet Tower as viewed from what is perhaps the social sciences tower.

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          Massey University
Date:          1986

 Pictured is Massey's Sir Geoffery Peren Building (SGP) as viewed from what is perhaps the social sciences tower. 

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          Massey University
Date:          1986

Pictured are two students (David Foster, Paul Burns) riding a Vespa through Massey University's Turitea campus. A halls of residence can be seen behind the hill. Several students at Massey had vespas at the time, and a group of riders was forme...

Creator:      Unkown
Place:          Massey University
Date:          1986

Pictured is a group of students enjoying a BBQ party. The caption for the photo reads:

"A nice hot barbecue which got so hot the oven tray melted and the tree turned brown and died (oh dear)"

The house, which was next to the Cathe...

Creator:      Unkown
Place:          203 Broadway Ave
Date:          1988

 Pictured is a group of students enjoying a BBQ. The caption for the photo reads:

"A nice hot barbecue which got so hot the oven tray melted and the tree turned brown and died (oh dear)"

The house, which was next to the Cathe...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          203 Broadway Ave
Date:          1988

Pictured is what might be a typical student flat... both for 1980s and modern standards.

The image on the far wall can be found at the link https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/e2473bab-286c-47b2-9fb1-b47367d979df // ID  COMM1...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          203 Broadway Ave
Date:          1987

Pictured is a photo of "Danny" (surname unkown) playing a Stratocaster guitar in the student flat at 199 / 203 Broadway Ave. 

The house sat next to the Cathedral and behind a building used as a Restaurant / Doctors. The house was de...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          203 Broadway Ave
Date:          1988

Pictured is a group of students posing outside Rotary Court - one of Massey's halls of residence. 

Creator:      Unkown
Place:          Rotary Court, Massey University
Date:          1986

Pictured is the rear deck of a typical Morris Street student flat. The building was bought by the Massey University Student Association, which removed it in c.2013. The house was replaced by modern student flats. Morris Street remains one of Pa...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          32 Morris Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1989

Pictured is the seven tenants of this student flat, including David Foster (green shirt) and Danny (foremost - surname unkown). The building was bought by the Massey University Student Association, which removed it in c.2013. The house was repl...

Creator:      Unkown
Place:          32 Morris Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1989

Pictured is the rear deck of a typical Morris Street student flat. The building was bought by the Massey University Student Association, which removed it in c.2013. The house was replaced by modern student flats. Morris Street remains one of Pa...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          32 Morris Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1989

Pictured is a typical student flat on Morris Street. The building was bought by the Massey University Student Association, which removed it in c.2013. The house was replaced by modern student flats.

(note Garfield on the porch)

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          32 Morris Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1989

This building will be torn down and replaced with housing sometime in the near future.

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Centenial Drive, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          February 23, 2020

 Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022 

Creator:      Ben Foster
Date:          November 13, 2022

This tower is currently being used as offices. It will be removed and replaced by houses sometime in the near future.

It is a rare example of brutalist architecture in the city

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu Campus
Date:          August 2020

 Pictured is a close-up of the tower at the Hokowhitu campus showing detail of the rugged concrete on the curve and the windows. The tower is a key example of brutalist architecture in the city

The building is being used as offices ...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu Campus
Date:          August 2020

This building will be torn down and replaced with housing sometime in the near future.

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu
Date:          February 23, 2020

This image shows the gymnasium at Massey University's former teaching college, along with the tower block in the background. The building has been abandoned for some time, and there are signs saying "No access" plastered on all its doors. Graff...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu Campus
Date:          February 23, 2020

This image shows the state-of-disrepair at the teaching college's sports facilities. The metal pole holding this basketball hoop had rusted through the middle, and it has snapped under it's own weight. The other ones were okay, but the hoops th...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu
Date:          February 23, 2020

 Pictured is the demolition of the gymnasium and playing courts at the former Massey Hokowhitu Campus / Teachers College. They are being replaced by a housing subdivision. 

The gym was noted to be state of the art during its ti...

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu
Date:          March 2021

Pictured is the campus' auditorium building (left) and the Tower Block (right) with the campus' courtyard in front of it. 

These buildings will be torn down and replaced by a housing development before 2030.

~ Timeline of the...

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          40°22'12.4"S 175°37'51.7"E
Date:          December 2021

Pictured is the campus' auditorium building (left) and the KA North Lecture Theatre building (right) which form the entrance to the campus' courtyard area. They are unique examples of modernist brutalism in the city; note the different concrete...

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          40°22'14.3"S 175°37'51.1"E
Date:          December 2021

Pictured is the demolition of Kura Awa / Manukura School (foreground) and the gymnasium (background) at the former Massey Hokowhitu Campus / Teachers College. They are being replaced by a housing subdivision. 

The gym was noted to b...

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          Hokowhitu
Date:          March 2021

Pictured is the Ruahine building at the former Hokowhitu Campus. Note the mural on the wall next to the entrance. A closer photo of this can be found on this website. 

The building will be torn down and replaced by a housing develop...

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          40°22'13.0"S 175°37'51.1"E
Date:          December 2021

These concrete benches were removed to make-way for the redevelopment of the former Teaching College / Massey Hokowhitu Campus' playing fields. Many of the felled trees were piled together and burned.

The plaque on the top bench reads:</...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Centennial Drive, Hokowhitu
Date:          December 4, 2020

A Palmerston North City Bus Services vehicle is parked beside one of the Science Towers at Massey University's Palmerston North campus.

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          June 1, 1971

A Palmerston North City Bus Services vehicle is parked beside one of the Science Towers at Massey University's Palmerston North campus.

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          June 1, 1971