Edward John Armstrong (1834-1916) was a Borough Councillor 1896-1916 and consultant Borough Engineer 1880-1884. He was born in England and came to NZ in 1876, working as a consulting engineeer in Palmerston North, in partnership with his brother, ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1914
The abattoirs opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Borough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers for lease. the abbatoir was demolished in 1969 and...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1939
The Palmerston North Heritage Trust made two awards for significant contributions to Palmerston North's history, at an occasion at Caccia Birch on 18 June, 2019.
Clive Akers was awarded Local Historian of the Year, and Manawatū Herit...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Caccia Birch House, Palmerston North
Date: June 18, 2019
This image was taken for the June 11th 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, and was published with the caption: “The city's bus fleet: private operators fear a price war with the council's move to get better buses and a bigger slice of t...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 11, 1978
This image was published in the September 10th 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper.
Excerpts from the article read: Palmerston North's new director of community services is Mr Alex Clark, from Christchurch. His appointment, plus the appo...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 10, 1978
This image was published in the September 10th 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper.
Excerpts from the article read: Palmerston North's new director of community services is Mr Alex Clark, from Christchurch. His appointment, plus the appo...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 10, 1978
This image was published in the August 27th 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper with the caption: “A budding Rembrandt? Mark Nowakowsky (4) tries his hand with a brush, helped by his sister Monica (9).”
The brief article read: “The photo...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 27, 1978
These images were taken for the August 27th 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper – the first of which was published with the caption: “Take a pot of glue, plenty of coloured paper and some other odds and ends, and leave the rest to a child...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 27, 1978
A sign printed on cardboard produced for and on behalf of the Palmerston North City Corporation, designed to be displayed where it would be visible to staff. It offers advice on ways to keep "the moral standard of the nation high."
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Date: circa 1941 to 1945
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.
Inside this iss...
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