A display of poppies made of flax and woven by the community for ANZAC Day 2016 in The Square, Palmerston North.  

Creator:      Steph
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 2016

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 April 1958, page 11: "Behind the scene preparation for this week's Poppy Day is seen here where voluntary workers of the R.S.A. are seen busily counting out poppies i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 16, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 April 1963, "Mrs. F. W. Coombs, the wife of the president of the Returned Services Association, selling a poppy to a shopper in the Square today. Judging by the shopp...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 19, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 April 1958, page 8: "Three nurses in town for their Friday morning shopping pause to purchase a poppy each from Mrs. O. Russell."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 18, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 April, 1959. "At the R.S.A. Clubrooms last evening a committee comprising members and the women's section were allotted sections of Palmerston North which they will ca...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 April, 1959. "This could well be the plea of little Karen as her mother, Mrs R. Williams, buys a poppy from Mr R. Yates in the Square this morning. Mr Yates was one ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-17T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 April 1963, "Preparations were being made yesterday at the R.S.A. for the distribution of poppies for the poppy day appeal on Friday. Mr. F. W. Coombs, the president ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 18, 1963

ANZAC Day Memorial Crosses which were set up in The Square for the 2015 ceremonies. Each cross represented the name of an individual upon the Cenotaph, with 507 installed altogether. The 2015 ceremony, marking the 100th anniversary of the start of...

Creator:      Evan Greensides
Place:          The Square
Date:          April 23, 2015

Mayor Grant Smith asked that the traditional ANZAC Day poppy wreath be a community created object in 2016. Hundreds of knitted, felted and crocheted poppies were donated to the project and hand-stitched on to the wreath.

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 2016

ANZAC quilt made from a grey blanket and with poppies created and stitched on by the community, for ANZAC Day, 2017.

Creator:      Steph
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 7, 2017

ANZAC quilt made from a grey blanket and with poppies created and stitched on by the community, for ANZAC Day, 2017.

Creator:      Sandra Crosbie
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 26, 2017

Three photographs on a decorated page, showing life in the Kahutarawa Valley - 'Sunday morning in the Whare', travelling by horse back and bush clearing camp. The Kahuterawa Valley is located near Palmerston North in the foot of the Tararua Ranges...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1896

Mayor Grant Smith and Wiremu Te Awe Awe blessing crosses set up to commemorate ANZAC Day, 2015. Each cross represented the name of an individual upon the Cenotaph, with 507 installed altogether. The 2015 ceremony, marking the 100th anniversary of ...

Creator:      Evan Greensides
Place:          The Square
Date:          April 23, 2015

Photograph of a speaker moving to the podium by the Cenotaph during ANZAC Day 2016. The flax poppies in the middle ground were made by PNCC staff and planted in The Square the day before.

Creator:      Evan Greensides
Place:          The Square
Date:          April 25, 2016