Born, Harald Nilius Anderson in Oslo, Norway, 16 March 1869 - Harold Anderson settled in Palmerston North. He was joined by his sisters who worked with Harold at his photography and art business, Anderson Studios, in Main Street (opposite the then...
Creator: John Cleland Photography
Place: Palmerston North
Te Peeti Te Awe Awe, rangatira o te iwi o Rangitāne, c.1820-1884. Peeti Te Awe Awe (c 1820 - 1884) was a chief of Rangitāne and was instrumental in the pakeha settlement of Manawatu.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1870
Photo taken at the 2019 New Zealand Rural Games at The Square. Promotional vehicle parked in front of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe`s statue.
Creator: Raphael Cardoso
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 9, 2019
"Looking across The Square with Te Peeti Te Awe Awe memorial in foreground, past the Band Rotunda to Main Street (with Childs Hotel on corner).
E. T., postcard no. 722.
The reverse reads:
From Monte, 43 Church Street [Palmerston North]
Dear Flo...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The marble statue was erected in 1907 to commemorate his loyalty to the Crown and his friendship to the early settlers in the district. His ōhākī (parting words):
"Kua kaupapa e au te aroha, ma koutou e whakaoti" -
"I have laid the foundation of...
Creator: Brian Shieffelbien
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 25, 2017
The reverse reads: "The statue of Te Peeti te Awe Awe was erected in the Square in 1907 by Te Peeti's sister, Erenui, to face the rising sun. Te Peeti was the famous chieftain of the Rangitāne tribe who fought as a Loyalist in the Land Wars 1860-1...
Creator: Batyprint
Date: 1970s
This panorama shows all four quadrants of The Square and the central gardens running along the railway line. It looks west to the surrounding buildings - from the Fitzherbert Street corner around to Main Street West, to just beyond the Rangitikei ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940 to circa 1949
This photograph shows the delegates at the Engineers and Assistants Association (Inc.) Annual Conference in Palmerston North in 1955.
Creator: Argosy Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1955
This image is from a series taken around 1957 that shows a view of The Square from the top of the Hopwood Clock Tower. This one shows the corner of Church Street East and The Square, including the PDC building and the Club Hotel.
Creator: C H James
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1957
A view of The Square showing the Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1979
A view of The Square looking towards the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue. The Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue is in the centre of the image.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1990s
This postcard from the early 1900s gives a clear view of The Square. Some of the visible features are the band rotunda (built 1907, domed structure on left), the Lakelet (opened 1909, foreground), the Te Awe Awe statue at right(erected 1907) and t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Context is important for understanding history. Here is an interesting insight.
Creator: Stuart Birks
Date: October 14, 1868
Looking across the Square from Rangitikei Street on the right to Coleman Place on the left. The Clarendon Hotel is the building on the left. It was first built in the early 1870s, but destroyed by fire on 28 January 1904. The brick building was bu...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1907
An interesting view of how the fountain in the Square used to look before the addition of the spire from the Coronation Monument (also visible) was added (thus creating the Coronation Fountain). This image is looking across the Square to Church St...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1908
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
Identified are: R. K. MITCHELL, K. G. McLEAN, C. L. STANILAND, R. W. THOMASON; F. H. BASTIN, G. C. WHARTON, A. R. JEFF, E. B. LUPTON, P. F. CONNOLLY, R. J. COWIE, A. SINCLAIR, R. SINGLETON, R. A. CARMAN, J. R. LEE, I. YURJEVIC, S. J. COTTER, A. RO...
Creator: Argosy Studios
Date: 1954
This image is from a series of souvenir cards that show various locations around Palmerston North. This card shows a view of the Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue and the band rotunda. The rotunda was built in 1907, but pulled down to make way for the Ho...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1925 to 1930
This photographs was created as part of a series of eight photographs showin scenes of Palmerston North. Shown here is the PDC building in The Square, the Premiere Drapery Company was a successful business operating for many years in The Square.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1930s
The Palmerston North Centennial Association organised a number of events during the city centennial celebrations in March 1971.
Creator: Palmerston North Centennial Association
Date: 1970 to 1971
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
"A view of The Square from the corner of Church Street. The Te Peeti Te Awe Awe memorial, band rotunda and Coronation Fountain are all in view. The Clarendon Hotel is on the far right.
Parks series no.8, for William Park (Palmerston North Statione...
Creator: Crown Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1908
A colourised postcard of The Square was taken after 1902, when the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe was constructed, but before 1907, when the small Rotunda was shifted to the Victoria Esplanade Gardens.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1902 to 1907
This postcard shows The Square as it was around 1950-1955.
Creator: A.B. Hurst and Son
Date: 1950 to 1955
The observatory was erected in the south-west quadrant of The Square in 1906. It was demolished in 1938 after repeated bouts of vandalism and the increase in light pollution in The Square lessened its usefullness. The Lakelet constructed 1909, can...
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: circa 1915