Name: Macpherson

Suburb, Kelvin Grove

The grove is named to honour the contribution of the Macpherson family to commerce in Palmerston North. April 2018.

From the late 1890s, Macpherson family businesses have included: grocery, apparel,...

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2025

Looking down Church Street East side of The Square, from near the corner of Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue). The businesses from right: J A Nash's store and commission agency (he was Mayor from 1908-1923); Hardy's Adelaide Wines, General Merchants...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4 February, 1959. "The great attraction inside the Quartermaster's store was these Palmerston North Boys' High School boys as they tried on their new uniforms for size. ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

[Photograph of the outside of the Norsewood Co-op Dairy Store and Shell Petrol Station on Hovding Street, Norsewood. A Bedford? van is parked outside the Shell Garage.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Norsewood

[Photograph of the street view and store front of Arthurs Modern Drapery with children gathered, looking in the window.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard

Looking from a height across the statue of Peeti Te Awe Awe to eastern side of The Square. Watson Bros commenced in the early 1860s as the "Ready Money Store" which in turn was purchased by Joseph Nathan & Co Ltd. In succeeding years it became par...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 7, 1933

Henry Thomas Flyger's store was situated on the north-west side of Main Street east, on the railway line, near Alfred Street, on part of section 169 of Palmerston North. It was probably the only store at Terrace End during the 1880s. This photogra...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Corner of Main and Alfred Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1884

The Waldegrave Estate had four buildings, two fronting The Square and two fronting King Street. The property had been owned by the Waldegrave Estate since 1873.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Boradway Side of the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 1975

View of businesses running along the Church Street side of The Square. From left: Premier Drapery Company Ltd; Pegdens; Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Board; Foote Bros; the Strand Building. All Saints Church steeple can be seen in the background.

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The Palmerston North Mounted Rifles, formed in 1891, watched by a crowd as parade around the corner of Church Street and The Square, followed by a Brass Band. The buildings shown are from L to R: W Pegden’s Furniture Warehouse; Frederick Ireland &...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1891 to 1901

The five storey, M.L.C. building stands between Coleman Mall and Rangitikei Street corner in Palmerston North. It cost ₤150,000 to build and opened in May 1964. The office block has retail businesses on the street front.

Creator:      Thelma Walters
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1967

A building under construction in 1935 for Leary’s Pharmacies Ltd, to replace the original building built by Richard Leary in 1885. Richard Leary established his business in 1875 and continued in business until his death in 1901. A J Graham, an e...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1935

Looking across the fountain playing in the Lakelet in The Square at night to the Manawatu Evening Standard building. The newspaper began publishing in Palmerston North in 1880. These premises were constructed in 1937. The building was demolished t...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1953 to 1957

Merle Hardy (nee Templeton) standing outside her shop 'The Hokowhitu School Store' in Scandia Street, alongside Hokowhitu School.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1923