A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Māori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kipenberger. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obelisk, in a state of disrepair, was removed in 1983,...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kipenberger. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obelisk, in a state of disrepair, was removed in 1983,...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
Marching girls perform for the crowed attening the unveiling ceremony. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. La...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obe...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
Marching girls perform for the crowd attending the unveiling. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. Later, in 1...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obe...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
Marching girls perform for the crowd at the unveiling ceremony. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. Later, in...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kipenberger. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obelisk, in a state of disrepair, was removed in 1983,...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
Dignitaries stand to attention at the memorial, watched by the crowd attending the unveiling. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Later, in 1954, the park was ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 19, 1952
A soldier dressed in a replica uniform of the New Zealand Medical Corps at the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. It was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originall...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
The Soldiers War Memorial, situated in Manchester Square, Feilding.
Creator: L Clifford
Place: Feilding
Date: November 26, 2019
Private Frederick John Eastwood (31980), served with the Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion. He died of wounds while a prisoner of war on 24 June 1917 and is buried in the Mouvaux New Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Date: circa July 1917
The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, w...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: October 20, 2016
This memorial and reserve behind it commemorates local soldiers who lost their lives during World War Two. The memorial is located on Lawton Road, behind the old school on Milson Line between Feilding and Palmerston North.
The plaque rea...
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Te Arakura
Date: May 15, 2021
On the 29 November 1979, Air New Zealand Antarctic sightseeing flight TE901 crashed into the slopes of Mt Erebus. 257 passenger and crew were killed including Mervyn John Oliver of Ashhurst. He was 65 years old. He was laid to rest in Ashhurst Cem...
Creator: Leanne Hickman
Place: Ashhurst Domain, Ashhurst
Date: August 17, 2019
The Mt Stewart Memorial was built in 1940 for the early European settlers. This memorial is on the corner of Mt Stewart Halcombe Road and State Highway 3.
Creator: Maurice Thompson
Place: Corner of Mt Stewart Halcombe Road and State Highway 3
Date: May 28, 1965
This Workers' Memorial was erected in Memorial Park, off Fitzroy Street, by Unions Manawatu in 2011. It is to remember workers killed, injured or made ill at work. A further plaque was added to remember Helen Kelly, Trade Unionist, after her death...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Memorial Park, Fitzroy Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2020
The memorial was originally erected at the Awapuni Racing Centre in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ahead of deployment in World War One. it was restored in 2014.
In 2020 the memorial was recognised as an His...
Creator: Joe Hollander
Place: Awpuni Racing Centre, Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date: October 28, 2020
Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Māori Land for the opening up of the Manawatū for pākehā settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 14, 1914
Te Peeti Awe Awe was the leading Māori figure of the Manawatū in the years when Palmerston North was established. The statue comissioned by his sister was unveiled on 26 January 1907.
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the early work in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Support Battalion of the ...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014
A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the workers who helped early on in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Sup...
Creator: Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: September 15, 2014
Photograph of ANZAC Day 2015 memorial crosses laid out in The Square to commemorate the over 500 citizens of Palmerston North that gave their lives in service overseas during WWI. Taken from 5th floor Civic Administration Building (CAB).
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: The Square
Date: April 24, 2015
Memorial wreath created with the help of local volunteers and staff from the Palmerston North City Library. The wreath was laid at The Cenotaph in The Square on ANZAC Day 2016.
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: The Square
Date: April 25, 2016