This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 14 1960 with the caption, "Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This photo shows a normally quiet crossing in the morning, patronised by s...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1960

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank, on a trip to Auckland.

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Auckland
Date:          1910s

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Ave and Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1965

Image of one of the bridges on the 7.6km He Ara Kotahi pathway which connects cyclists and pedestrians between Palmerston North and Linton Military Camp, Massey University and Food HQ. The name means a pathway that brings people together.

There ...

Creator:      Drone image - Alexander Robertson, for PNCC
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2019

Image of the 190m long He Ara Kotahi bridge with viewing platform in the centre, that connects the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, to the other side of the Manawatū River.

The design inspiration for the bridge is a karaka tree, with its '...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          He Ara Kotahi Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          2019

Work men removing the railway tracks from the Square. The last train went through the Square in June of 1964 and later that month work men started to remove track joints and lines from the Square. Milson Railway Station opened on 21 October 1963. ...

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

Image of one of the bridges on the 7.6km He Ara Kotahi pathway which connects cyclists and pedestrians between Palmerston North and Linton Military Camp, Massey University and Food HQ. The name means a pathway that brings people together.

There ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2019

The building under construction on the far-left of the picture is probably the Public Library (opened 1965); Watson Brothers (opened 1908); the Meteor Picture Theatre (opened in 1937); Millar and Giorgi (built 1902, burnt down in 1910 and the pres...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

This photograph was taken from the corner of Rangitikei Street. For many years The Square was divided into 5 sections - four quadrants and a central strip that the railway line ran through. This quadrant is nearest the Broadway corner, and one of ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907 to circa 1908

The Central Hotel is visible on the right of this postcard of the Square from around 1908. The Central Hotel was built in the 1890s on the corner of Andrew Young Street and Main Street (having relocated from The Square). The business continued unt...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

This photograph was created as part of a series of eight photographs showing scenes of Palmerston North. Shown here is Broadway from the Post Office corner of The Square looking down past the T&G Bulding in Broadway Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1930s

This postcard shows the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, looking towards Church Street East. In the foreground is the Occidental Hotel. It was originally built in 1881 and burnt down in 1891. After being rebuilt, it was again destroyed...

Creator:      Tanner Bros
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1925

The photograph shows a busy street scene from the Square int he 1920s. On the left of the photograph is the old Post Office. Built in 1906, the Post Office on the corner of The Square and Main Street was Palmerston North’s fourth. In 1988, when Te...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1926

This postcard shows the Manawatu Tea Room, which opened in 1905, the Clarendon Hotel and the old cannon placed in the Square by the City Council in 1909. The view is from the middle of the square (perhaps from the second band rotunda), looking tow...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

The east section of the gardens are in front, with the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe behind (built in 1907). The Clarendon Hotel is on the back right on the photo (rebuilt in 1904)

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1904 to 1907

The photographer is standing opposite the Waldegrave Buildings and is looking towards Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). The three-story Clarendon Hotel (on the corner of Rangitikei Street) can be seen on the right. In the distance is the bell towe...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1893

This image shows the portion of the Square from the corner of Rangitikei Street to Coleman Place. It includes the Clarendon Hotel; Duncalf's Boot Store (below) and GC Petersen Solictor (above); C G Swallows; Edwards Open Warehouse (hardware mercha...

Creator:      Charlie Trollope
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1927

This small photograph album belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "All Saints Church P.N. 5/1/1928". This Anglican church was the third on the site. The first All Saints was built 1875, a second larger b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 5, 1928

Looking down Broad Street from The Square in Palmerston North. Broad Street was renamed Broadway in the 1920s. From left: The Waldegrave Building, built 1894, was occupied by Gerrands (Watchmakers, proprietor John B Gerrand), Stockwell Brothers (D...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1904 to 1907

The only clearly distinguishable building in this postcard is the Central Hotel and the Manawatu Land Agency nearby. The Central Hotel was built in the 1890s on the corner of Andrew Young Street and Main Street (having relocated from The Square). ...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

The new Palmerston North City Council Municipal Chambers were officially opened by the Mayor, Mr. A E Mansford, 13 June 1945. They were designed by Reginald Thorrold Jaggard and built on the site of the former civic administration building. Today ...

Creator:      W B
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950