The Victoria Esplanade gardens were opened in 1897. The phoenix palms were first planted along Victoria Drive in the late 1930s, although many of them have since been replaced.
Creator: Massey University
Place: Palm Drive, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2000
Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size. The fence still exists around the park today (2020).
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Streets, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1923
This pavilion was used by the Hokowhitu Bowling Club, which is located next to Hokowhitu Park at 279 Albert Street. The pavilion was built by, and the green laid down by, the Palmerston North City Council. It was then leased to the Club.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: 279 Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 6, 1937
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 4 The everyday life of a boarder at Feilding Agricultural High School, 1960-1962 / Peter Weston
p. 11 From the car shed to the water’s edge. The formation of the Himatangi Beach settlement / Tony Rasm...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2021
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Life story of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) town planner and government surveyor. He was responsible for the planning of Manawatū's towns in the 19th century, including the ...
Creator: Tim Upperton
Place: Manawatu-Whanganui
Date: November 19, 2022
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activities, and events. This month's issue includes: customer service unit, easy pay for rates, graffiti removing ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 2009
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Dog Control; Rugby World Cup; Reserves; Fire Safety; Liquor Ba...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 2011
Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The caretaker's house, facing onto Fitzherbert Avenue, was (probably) built in the 1920s.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
Terrace End Cemetery came into use in Palmerston North in 1875, superseded by Kelvin Grove Cemetery in 1927. It is divided into denominational divisions and 'public reserves' for stillborn babies and the poor. The total number of recorded burials ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1927 to 1929
Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The tea kiosk was built in 1909, with the lattice work added later, before 1917. It was demolished in 1943,
Creator: G F Framjee
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in 1897, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, . The pergola was built in c1916-1917 and demolished c1940. The winding complex of pathways was developed under Peter Black, Curator of Reserves from...
Creator: G F Framjee
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size. The structure on the right is the park pavilion.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
The Palmerston North Golf Club was formed in 1930 and was off the corner of Botanical and Park Roads. During World War Two the course was commandeered by the Army and the Club went into recess. The grounds were restored after the War and the Club ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of Botanical and Park Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1930 to 1960
The brickworks, with the Hoffman Kiln, can be seen at centre left, and the metal pit, now being developed as Pit Park. At centre can be seen Freyberg High School, with Ross Intermediate behind. Tweed Street curves around at the bottom.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1972
The Floral Festival was a weeklong series of events organised by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation between the 17th and 22nd of February 1958. The events were well attended, and many businesses got into the spirit of the occasion ...
Creator: Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 22, 1958
Memorial Park (previously named Fitzroy Park) at Terrace End, was formerly a metal pit used by the Railways Department 1876-1937 for ballast. The Palmerston North City Council purchased the 21 acre site in 1938 and developed it into a recreational...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960
This pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Services Association. It is of an art deco design, in the shape of the RSA badge.
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Youth Space; Animal and Bees Bylaws; Noise Control; Aid work; ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 2011
The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Voting; Building Consent; Reserves; Library; Food Grading; Sus...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 2011
The Dugald MacKenzie Rose Garden was opened in 1968. D. C. MacKenzie was Superintendent of Parks and Reserves from 1946 to 1966. In this photograph, Mr N.H. Funnell is building a raised platform to give visitor s a better a view of the garden.
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1973
“Queen Victoria Drive” or Victoria Drive as it is more commonly known was started in c1917 with a rough track being put through from Fitzherbert Avenue to Park Road. In 1919, it was properly laid out and metalled and in c1920 – 1921 was finally t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1919
The camping ground was established in 1925, adjacent to the Victoria Esplanade. It is now called the Palmerston North Holiday Park. Shown here is a caravan and several tents.
Creator: R M Greenwood
Place: 133 Dittmer Drive, West End, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1966
The Green Corridors programme enhances areas of native bush along streams, provides a place for wildlife to thrive, improves water quality, and creates open green spaces from the Tararua Ranges to the Manawatū River. The programme is run by a volu...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Summerhill, Palmerston North
Date: November 9, 2020
The Green Corridors programme enhances areas of native bush along streams, provides a place for wildlife to thrive, improves water quality, and creates open green spaces from the Tararua Ranges to the Manawatū River. The programme is run by a volu...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Summerhill, Palmerston North
Date: November 9, 2020
Tree stumps on Te Motu o Poutoa.
Poutoa was an ancestor of Rangitāne. His descendants include Paewai, Te Awe Awe, Te Rangiotu and other families.
The land was purchased from Kairanga County Council as Anzac Park in 1916. It is assumed that at s...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Te Motu o Poutoa, Palmerston North
Date: November 9, 2020
View of the Manawatū River and Palmerston North.
Poutoa was an ancestor of Rangitāne. His descendants include Paewai, Te Awe Awe, Te Rangiotu and other families.
The land was purchased from Kairanga County Council as Anzac Park in 1916. It is as...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Te Motu o Poutoa, Palmerston North
Date: November 9, 2020
View of the Manawatū River and Fitzherbert Bridge in Palmerston North.
Poutoa was an ancestor of Rangitāne. His descendants include Paewai, Te Awe Awe, Te Rangiotu and other families.
The land was purchased from Kairanga County Council as Anzac ...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Te Motu o Poutoa, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2020
View of the Manawatū River and onwards to Palmerston North.
Poutoa was an ancestor of Rangitāne. His descendants include Paewai, Te Awe Awe, Te Rangiotu and other families.
The land was purchased from Kairanga County Council as Anzac Park in 191...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Te Motu o Poutoa, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2020
During Local History Week 2020, Jason Pilkington, Parks Planner of the Palmerston North City Council (at centre, pointing), took people on a walk around Memorial Park.
Memorial Park was built on the site of a former gravel pit. It was originally ...
Creator: Ian Matheson City Archives
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 3, 2020