An group of unidentified nurses. It appears to be a group of registered nurses and others with a red cross on their headwear.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          194X

The Rockstrows were an early Manawatū family of German extraction. Johann Friedrich Rockstroh (1834-1913) was a Prussian born in Erfurt, Germany. As a young man he migrated to New Zealand, where he practiced medicine in the goldfields of Otago and...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1892 to circa 1896

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. Michael Evan...

Creator:      New Zealand Government
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Northcote Hospital on Grey Street is seen here in 1944 soon after the completion of extensive renovations. The building was built about 1904 for Mrs Freeman for use as a private hospital. The improvements of 1944 were financed by Miss Flower, desi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          unknown

Aorangi Private Hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased in the 1930s by Mr A Siefert and the house remodelled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. The building was...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          175 Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 5, 2011

Aorangi Private Hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased in the 1930s by Mr A Siefert and the house remodelled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. Aorangi Hospita...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1934

A report prepared by Bryan D. Bang, Research Assistant, for the Town Planning Office, Palmerston North City Council. "The aim of this study is to investigate the provision of medical services in Palmerston North, to enumerate the services availabl...

Date:          1970

Palmerston North Public Hospital opened in 1893. This new Clinical Services block was constructed and opened in stages c1970-1976. It housed wards, a new Accident and Emergency Department, x-ray, outpatients, social work, laboratory, operating the...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1970 to circa 1979

This is the administration building at Palmerston North's hospital. It was built in 1936 along with other red-brick buildings on the complex. It is accessible via Heretaunga Street.

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Palmerston North Hospital, Heretaunga Street
Date:          June 29, 2020

Palmerston North's first Air Ambulance, a Mark III, was acquired from the Government when excess planes were distributed at the end of WWII. The plane started its service in 1948 and flew as far as Christchurch and Dunedin. One use of the aircraf...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1948

The Palmerston North Public Hospital was constructed in 1893 at a cost of £3,700, with a pound for pound subsidy from the Government. It was built about a mile and a half from The Square in a northerly direction on a slight terrace, over-looking t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North Hospital, Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1894 to 1895

The Palmerston North Hospital was opened in 1893, and has been substantially altered and added on to, on the same site, over the years. Photograph shows external views of the Princess Mary and Prince of Wales wards, probably built c1920.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North Hospital, Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

Aorangi Private Hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased in the 1930's by Mr A Seifert and the house remodeled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. Aorangi Hospita...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1934

Palmerston North Public Hospital was opened in 1893. The hospital remains on the same site but buildings have been demolished, added and renovated over the years. This building is thought to be either part of the new operating theatre completed in...

Creator:      Evening Post, Wellington
Place:          Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

This brick Adminstration Building of the Palmerston North Hospital was erected in 1936. It was the main entrance to the hospital off Hertaunga Street. The building remains within the hopital complex but is no longer the main entrance, which is off...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1936

Aorangi Private Hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased in the 1930s by Mr A Siefert and the house remodelled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. Aorangi Hospita...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1934

Aorangi Private Hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased in the 1930s by Mr A Siefert and the house remodelled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. Aorangi Hospita...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1934

Aorangi private hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased by Mr A Siefert and the house remodelled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. The hospital was designed by...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1935

Northcote Hospital on Grey Street is seen here in 1944 soon after the completion of extensive renovations. The building was built about 1904 for Mrs Freeman for use as a private hospital. The improvements of 1944 was financed by Miss Flower, des...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1944

Northcote Hospital on Grey Street is seen here in 1944 soon after the completion of extensive renovations. The building was built about 1904 for Mrs Freeman for use as a private hospital. The improvements of 1944 was financed by Miss Flower, des...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1944

The Palmerston North Public Hospital was constructed at a cost of £3,700, and opened in November 1893. It was designed by Ernest Larcomb, the builders were Mr G. Carter and the first board chairman was George Snelson. Initially the staff consiste...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North Hospital, Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904

The Palmerston North Hospital was opened on Ruahine Street in 1893, and has been substantially altered and added on to, on the same site, over the years. This block was built in the mid 1930s when there was a major expansion.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Palmerston North Hospital was opened in 1893. This image shows the original hospital, with the addition of the new men’s ward and operating theatre, added in 1903. Another two-storied building, providing an additional women’s ward - the Alexandra ...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

Northcote Hospital on Grey Street is seen here in 1944 soon after the completion of extensive renovations. The building was built about 1904 for Mrs Freeman for use as a private hospital. The improvements of 1944 was financed by Miss Flower, des...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1944

Aorangi Private Hospital was built on land occupied by Mr Maurice Cohen’s estate. The section was purchased in the 1930s by Mr A Siefert and the house remodelled for a nurses' home while the hospital was being constructed in 1935. Aorangi Hospital...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          175 Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1935

An aerial view of Palmerston North Hospital undergoing expansion and renovation. During the 1970s there was a major rebuilding programme. The Palmerston North Hospital opened in 1893 on the same site. To the right can be seen Ruahine Street runnin...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Between Heretaunga and Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 24, 1974

A newly acquired image intensifier, purchased by the Palmerston North Hospital. It could be shifted into position over a patient during surgery, giving the surgeon instant x-rays of his progress. The image taken was sent onto two monitors, one wh...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1979

This photograph shows Phase I of a new Palmerston North Hospital building programme near completion. The four new wards were in the third, fourth and fifth storeys of the white multi-storey building. The two floors below were designed for clinica...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 24, 1974

This city landmark, the Public Hospital's boiler chimney was 123ft. high. It was demolished as part of a new building programme at the hospital in the 1970s. A new boiler and chimney were built to replace it.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 20, 1974

This city landmark, the Public Hospital's boiler chimney was 123ft. high. It was demolished as part of a new building programme at the hospital in the 1970s. A new boiler and chimney were built to replace it.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 13, 1974