The craft group "Wooly Riot" claimed responsibility of the yarn bombing of Charles Monroe statue. The group also yarn bombed the "Who's Afraid" sculpture in front of The Regent Theatre, the entrance to The Esplanade, and the concrete boulders at t...

Creator:      Robyn Wilson
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 24, 2012

The Alpha Motor Inn was built on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Broadway in 1970 for Betty and Bill Clarke. The sculpture Falling Water, by Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui, 1928 – 2025), is visible on its street frontage. Graham was ...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          circa 1970

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: Airport, annual report, Anzac park, Council meeting, Cultural ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 2007

These images were taken for a story that appeared in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 December 1992, but were not printed. Another image was published instead.

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          December 1992

This image was published in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 December 1992.

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          December 17, 1992

The Whaiwhakaaroaro "Bronze Thinker" statue sits on the corner of The Square and Broadway. it was cast by Greg Kreger in 2019. It was commissioned by the Palmerston North Sculpture Trust with support by the Palmerston North City Council and indivi...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Corner of Broadway and The Square
Date:          November 9, 2010

This image was taken for a story that appeared in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 21 December 1994, published with the caption: "A bronze tablet to commemorate the first 100 years of the Palmerston North Hospital was unveiled last night. Hospit...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          December 21, 1994

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 9 November 1981, titled 'Concrete in the Garden.' It describes the installation of the same name by the Palmerston North artist Paul Dibble (1943-2023) that was on vie...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          November 9, 1981

The "Who's Afraid" sculpture was unveiled outside the Regent Theatre in Broadway on 3 July 2011. It was the sixth work commissioned by the Palmerston North Public Sculpture Trust. It is by local artist, Paul Dibble.

The sculpture is in bronze of ...

Creator:      Sonya Holm
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          March 2017

This bronze sculpture, dating from 1996, is located outside the central branch of the Palmerston North City Library.

Creator:      Heather Glasgow
Date:          March 8, 2017

This sculpture dates from 2003 and is located at the Universal College of Learning (UCOL) on Princess Street.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2000s

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 July 1961 "Modelling for the Palmerston North sculptor, Mr. T.V. Johnston, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Nash) provided a good subject for the camera yesterday at...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 3, 1961

This image was taken by a Manawatu Evening Standard photographer and is held in the Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection, but appears not to have run in the newspaper itself.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 3, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 July 1961 "Mr. F.G. Opie looks reflectively at the bronze bust of himself sculptured by Mr. T.V. Johnston which is on display at the fifth annual art exhibition in Pa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 24, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 August 1961 "Explaining the meaning and position of his statue, "The Seated Figure" is Lyndon Craig Smith [second from the left], of Canterbury University. The pictur...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 15, 1961

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21st January 1966 "Included in the groups which have been attending the summer arts school at Massey University is that for ceramic sculpture, under the d...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Massey University, Palmerston North
Date:          January 19, 1966

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21st January 1966 "Included in the groups which have been attending the summer arts school at Massey University is that for ceramic sculpture, under the direction of Mr....

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Massey University, Palmerston North
Date:          January 19, 1966

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 is...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 2020

Looking down Broadway from near the Princess Street corner.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

Nga Huruhuru Rangatira, "the feathers of the chief", forms a 6.4-metre high archway on the corner of The Square and Church Street, and is illuminated at night. The stylised giant huia feathers are the creation of Massey University Profess...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 11, 2016

Nga Huruhuru Rangatira, "the feathers of the chief", forms a 6.4-metre high archway on the corner of The Square and Church Street, and is illuminated at night. The stylised giant huia feathers are the creation of Massey University Profess...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 11, 2016

The craft group "Wooly Riot" claimed responsibility of the yarn bombing of Charles Monroe statue. The group also yarn bombed the "Who's Afraid" sculpture in front of The Regent Theatre, the entrance to The Esplanade, and the concrete boulders at t...

Creator:      Robyn Wilson
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

The craft group "Wooly Riot" claimed responsibility of the yarn bombing of Charles Monroe statue. The group also yarn bombed the "Who's Afraid" sculpture in front of The Regent Theatre, the entrance to The Esplanade, and the concrete boulders at t...

Creator:      Robyn Wilson
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          2012-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

Located on corner of Church Street and Pitt Street, the sculpture is constructed of six railway wheels and commemorates the significant role that the site played in the history of Palmerston North. The railway was once based in The Square but afte...

Creator:      Adam Melville
Place:          Corner of Pitt and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 15, 2019

"Pukeko and Raupo" was commissioned by the Palmerston North City Council in 1994, The sculpture is constructed from bronze (the Pukeko) and steel (the raupo) and stands atop columns on Broadway near the corner of Princess Street.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1994

A sculpture of an elephant made from corrugated iron located outside of Te Manawa museum.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

A sculpture of a rhinoceros made from corrugated iron located outside of Te Manawa museum.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

Terry Stringer's sculpture "Body Language - Spirit of Place" (October 2010), is located under the overpass between the Council buildings at the Square. The three sided sculpture was commissioned by Palmerston North Public Sculpture Trust with supp...

Creator:      Janice Sharan - Palmerston North City Library
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          September 29, 2018

Paul Dibble’s Ghost of the Huia sculpture is a tribute to the memory of the extinct huia. A unique native bird, the last confirmed sighting of a live huia was in the Tararua ranges in 1907. The sculpture was created in 2010 and installed the fo...

Creator:      Janice Sharan - Palmerston North City Library
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          September 29, 2018

When the light catches the Reeds kinetic statue in Cuba Street at this time of year, it becomes a flaming beacon of our swampland home.

Creator:      Elizabeth Gardner
Date:          May 2, 2019