Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Victory in Europe (VE Day) was declared 8 May 1945, and celebrated in Palmerston North. Large crowds of people gathered in Te Marae o Hine/The Square over the following two d...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 24, 2025

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 16 June 1980, 15 people with signage worded "Remember Soweto" held a silent vigil in Te Marae o Hine/The Square to protest violent events in South Africa. Whilst the anti-a...

Creator:      Elizabeth Ward
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 17, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 22 May 1934, the unemployed and their supporters gathered in Te Marae o Hine/The Square for what became a significant episode in Palmerston North's working-class history. L...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 20, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Around the beginning of the twentieth century horse drawn transport was common. In Te Marae o Hine/The Square, hitching rails with posts were erected for horses so that their ...

Creator:      Val Burr
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 6, 2023

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Early 1970s nationwide protest against New Zealand's participation in the Vietnam War; Palmerston North played its part. The reported silent majority who demonstrated and prot...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 13, 2024

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Palmerston North City Council has grappled with the problem of discouraging motorists from using roads around Te Marae o Hine/The Square as a thoroughfare route. A number of r...

Creator:      Dorothy Pilkington
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 20, 2021

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of Te Marae o Hine/The Square from its earliest days. The 6.8 hectare clearing at the centre of Palmerston North evolved as the town grew around it.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 4, 2020

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History and description of the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe, one of Rangitāne's notable leaders of the 19th Century. The statue was ceremoniously unveiled in Te Marae o Hine/...

Creator:      Virginia and Warren Warbrick
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 28, 2023

A view from the newly constructed Civic Administration Building, looking across the Butterfly lakelet to the start of Fitzherbert Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Te Marae o Hine/The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue
Date:          circa 1980

A photograph from the newly constructed Civic Administration Building. The Butterly lakelet was constructed in 1909 by the Beautification Society. The fountains were a later addition in the 1960s.

It was so called because of its shape, with the b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Te Marae o Hine/The Square
Date:          1980s

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 ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date:          2018