Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Māori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...

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

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life story of Rangitāne wahine Erini Te Awe Awe, circa 1826-1925.

Creator:      Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 21, 2023

Looking across The Square to the Grand Hotel, built 1906. To the left can be seen the Occidental Hotel opposite the Bank of New Zealand, on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue. In the foreground can be seen the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe erected i...

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

This photograph shows many mature trees in The Square with a path leading to the Te Awe Awe statue, built 1907, and beyond to the corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. From the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue can be seen the Fisherman's Table ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1993

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Māori Land for the opening up of the Manawatū for pākehā settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 14, 1914

Te Peeti Awe Awe was the leading Māori figure of the Manawatū in the years when Palmerston North was established. The statue comissioned by his sister was unveiled on 26 January 1907.

Creator:      Graeme Liggins
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2002

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

This colour photograph is of the corner of Church Street East and The Square. The large three-storey building in the centre of the photograph is the PDC building. This building was constructed 1929-1930. In 1956 the PDC was taken over by the Manaw...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1956

Looking down on The Square from Church Street side, with Rangitikei Street leading off, on the top, far left hand side. The marble statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe is in the front centre of the image. Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 1980

This photograph shows the The Square as taken from the top of the former Public Library building (now the Square Centre). To the left is the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe, and directly behind the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue. Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1980

W F Durwood and Co.'s 1907 business, on the Church Street side of The Square, Palmerston North, was reorganised as the Premier Drapery Company in 1915. This building was constructed 1929-1930. In 1956 the PDC was taken over by the Manawatu Co-Oper...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1937 to 1939

The Te Peeti Te Awe Awe Statue, designed by Harold Anderson was commissioned in 1905 by Te Peeti's younger sister, Ereni Te Awe Awe (Mrs Kerei Te Panau). It was made of white Carrara marble and was unveiled 29 January 1907 by Hon. James Carroll, N...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

This image comes from a series of slides taken around Palmerston North in the late 1950s. Many show scenes in The Victoria Esplanade Gardens, but other areas and events around the city are also represented.

Creator:      S. A. Free
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950s

The rose gardens in The Square were laid in the early 1900s. Also shown in this photograph are the Statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (built 1907) and to the left of that the old Post Office. This was Palmerston North's fourth Post Office and was built...

Creator:      H Billens and Co.
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

Postcard looking across the rose gardens in The Square to the buildings of Church Street East. Pegden's furniture was established in 1882 by Messrs Simmonds and Pegden, and the building shown in the postcard opened in July 1900. The Crown Studio's...

Creator:      Tanner Bros
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1920

This photograph looks across The Square gardens past the marble Statue of Te Awe Awe and the Band Rotunda to the west side of The Square. In the background on the left is the Commercial Hotel (1935) and on the right is Roscos Department Store (bui...

Creator:      Petch [?]
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

This photograph looks across The Square towards Coleman Place. The Statue of Te Awe Awe (erected 1907) is in the centre with the Band Rotunda (1907-1956) beside it. On the far left is Main Street West with the Commercial Hotel (built 1935).

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1935

The Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue stands in the middle of the quadrant of The Square near Church Street. The clock tower was removed from the Post Office after an earthquake in 1942.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1939

Note the dome of the Hotel Midland (centre background). Visible in this photograph: [1] Te Awe Awe Statue, erected by Rangitane Tribe in 1907. [2] Band Rotunda, built 1907 and demolished 1956. [3] War Memorial, unveiled 7 February 1926, also calle...

Creator:      Evening Post, Wellington
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

The statue of Peeti Te Awe Awe, commissioned by his sister Ereni Te Awe Awe, was erected on the northern side of The Square in 1907. It was designed by Harold Anderson, a local artist and photographer, and made of white carrara marble. Te Peeti Te...

Creator:      Read Photo Post Card
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Maori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

The Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue was constructed in the Square, Palmerston North, in 1907. Beyond can be seen the Clock Tower, constructed in 1957 to house the clock removed from the Post Office tower (demolished in 1942 due to earthquake risk). Pal...

Creator:      E Viles
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Maori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmerst...

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960 to circa 1979

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Maori land for the establishment of Palmerston North. The statue was constructed in The Square in 1907. It was commissioned by his sis...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

A man in a bench reclines and smiles for the camera in this photograph of The Square from the early 1900s. The Statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe was constructed in The Square in 1907. It was commissioned by his sister Ereni Te Awe Awe and designed by ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

The statue of Peeti Te Awe Awe, commissioned by his sister Ereni Te Awe Awe, was erected on the northern side of The Square in 1907. It was designed by Harold Anderson, a local artist and photographer, and made of white carrara marble. Te Peeti Te...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c 1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of Maori Land for the opening up of the Manawatu for pakeha settlement. A marble statue of Te Peeti was installed in The Square, Palmers...

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 14, 1967

Nga Huruhuru Rangatira, "the feathers of the chief", by artist, Robert Jahnke, was installed on the corner of The Square opposite The Plaza. The gothic arch, depicting the huia and feathers, was erected to frame the Te Peeti Te Awe Awe st...

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