PalmyProud celebrates the people, places and events in our city. The free quarterly magazine aims to inspire locals and visitors to learn more about this special place we call home. It’s published by Palmerston North City Council.
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Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 2019
N.Z. & Empire Industries Week 17th to 22nd November
Free Gift Booklet and Programme of Events No. 4394
From the cover page: "Palmerston North Celebrations to Mark the Rise of Palmerston North to City Status 1930. A Series of Entertaining Events e...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1930
Card indexes to all major entries in Council and Committee minute books. These include volume 35 to 39 of subseries 1/1/1 and indexes to volumes 39 to 48 of subseries 1/1/2. Council and committee minute books have not been digitised and can be vie...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Date: 1965 to 1971
Card indexes to all major entries in Council and Committee minute books. These include volumes 18 to 20 of subseries 1/1/1 and indexes to volumes 18 to 21 of subseries 1/1/2. Council and committee minute books have not been digitised and can be vi...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Date: 1938 to 1944
Card indexes to all major entries in Council and Committee minute books. These include volumes 15 to 17 of subseries 1/1/1 and indexes to volumes 14 to 17 of subseries 1/1/2. Council and committee minute books have not been digitised and can be vi...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
This Star Wars themed Christmas Float was designed and built by the Palmerston North City Council Building Inspectors sometime between 1977 and 1983. Most of the Inspectors at that time were also fully qualified carpenters. These photographs were ...
Place: Palmerston North City Council Depot
Date: 1977
This Star Wars themed Christmas Float was designed and built by the Palmerston North City Council Building Inspectors sometime between 1977 and 1983. Most of the Inspectors at that time were also fully qualified carpenters. These photographs were ...
Place: Palmerston North City Council Depot
Date: 1977
This 18 " sewer was laid on a ferro concrete support as the land was swamp 14 foot deep. Samuel Jickell, also the photographer, was Borough Engineer for the Palmerston North Borough Council 1904-1919.
Creator: Samuel Jickell
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On July 24 1988, the Mangaone and Kawau Streams flooded a large area in Palmerston North, triggering a civil defence emergency which was to last for four days. More than one t...
Creator: Kaydee Zabelin
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 26, 2023
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Electric vehicles were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries before they were replaced by more flexible petrol powered machines. The Rongotea Co-op Dairy Company used C...
Creator: Simon Johnson
Place: Manawatū
Date: December 17, 2022
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 February, 1964. "M. Miers of Albion Club at the Palmerston North Boys' High School looks pleased after his win during the school swimming championships held yesterday...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
View of the road access under Palmerston North Civic Administration Building.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1980?
View of the completed Palmerston North Civic Administration Building, with the Council Chambers in front of the main building. Cars were still able to park in the Square on the site of the old railway line.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1980?
Two cranes are standing over the construction site for the new Palmerston North Civic Administration Building. The Palmerston North City Council CAB was opened in January 1980. It projects across The Square road into the gardens. The 'tower' (seen...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 197X
Palmerston North Borough Council rate book, listing rate payers for the years (1 April - 31 March) 1925 - 1926. Gives names, street, owner (if different to rate payer), legal description of property, capital and unimproved values and rates paid.
Creator: PNBC
Date: 1925 to 1926
Palmerston North Borough Council rate book, listing rate payers for the years (1 April - 31 March) 1925 - 1926. Gives names, street, owner (if different to rate payer), legal description of property, capital and unimproved values and rates paid.
Creator: PNBC
Date: 1925 to 1926
Palmerston North Borough Council rate book, listing rate payers for the years (1 April - 31 March) 1923 - 1924. Gives names, street, owner (if different to rate payer), legal description of property, capital and unimproved values and rates paid.
Creator: PNBC
Date: 1923 to 1924
Palmerston North Borough Council rate book, listing rate payers for the years (1 April - 31 March) 1923 - 1924. Gives names, street, owner (if different to rate payer), legal description of property, capital and unimproved values and rates paid.
Creator: PNBC
Date: 1923 to 1924
This collection of letters relates to organisations wishing to make use of public spaces or council-managed facilities in association with the 1946 general election.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council, Town Clerk's Department
Date: 1946
Former Mayor Jill White sitting in the Archives Reading area of the City Library.
Jill was Mayor of Palmerston North City from 1983 - 1992. She was the first woman to hold the position. She also served as a Palmerston North City Councillor from ...
Creator: Evan Greensides for PNCC
Date: September 6, 2018
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of Te Marae o Hine/The Square from its earliest days. The 6.8 hectare clearing at the centre of Palmerston North evolved as the town grew around it.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 4, 2020
The $40,000 Coleman Mall redevelopment was opened on 27 July 1973 by the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr B.G.C. Elwood. The work was done by Palmerston North City Council workmen except for the asphalting of the parking and pedestrian areas.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date: 1973
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 May 1961 "Pedestrians and motorists were surprised to see a new vehicle being trundled through the city streets today. Pushed by Mr. W. Dick (left) and Mr. B. McBride...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: May 22, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 May 1958, page 8: "Mr. Black-out" prepares to plunge the city into darkness, the water heaters into coolers and the public into gloom -- unless … Here at the City Cou...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 23, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 April 1961 "City Council men at work erecting stands for parking meters outside the offices of the "Manawatu Standard" on Saturday."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 3, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 November, 1959. “The Palmerston North City Council offices on Saturday night were a hive of activity when the final figures from all the polling booths throughout the...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 23, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 June, 1963. "Late last night, staff at the City Council were hard at work to cope with the long queues waiting to renew their driving licenses. Many people left it to...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 29, 1963
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 7 February, 1959. "The Palmerston North City Council staff held its annual picnic for the employees and the public today at Plimmerton. The carriages were well filled."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 December 1958: "To mark the 75th jubilee of the establishment of the Boys' Brigade movement the reserves department of the City Council has planted this emblem in the...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 3, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 May 1961 "Traffic officers yesterday were out in force with the introduction of parking meters. Many motorists overstayed their time in the metered areas. By mid-afte...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: George Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 9, 1961