A flower garden in The Square planted to celebrate the Women’s Suffrage centennial.

Creator:      Patricia Keiller
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1993

One of a series of postcards donated anonymously to the Ian Matheson City Archives. The postcards are addressed variously to a Mrs R. Fergusson of Rose Bank, Halcombe and Miss Elsie Simpson of Manchester Street, Feilding.

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1910 to 1914

These images were taken for the November 26th, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published.

The short article served as a caption and read: “Beautiful flowers and a beautiful ambassadress from a tropical island....

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Te Marae o Hine, The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          November 26, 1978

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

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

When the Palmerston North City Library moved from the corner of Main Street East and The Square to its present location in the old CM Ross Building, a book chain was undertaken to commemorate the occasion. Here we see local children participating ...

Creator:      Suzanne Kilsby
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1996

This photograph consists of two views. One is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the Post Office (erected 1905-1906 in the background. The second is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the with the Occidental Hotel in ...

Creator:      A Rickard, Palmerston North
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1910 to 1925

This postcard shows The Square in the early 1900s with Main Street running off at centre top. During this time the railway ran down the centre of Main Street and through the centre of The Square, as seen behind the band rotunda. Prominent features...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907

This postcard is of The Square - Main Street is shown running through the middle of the image. Prominent features of this postcard are the band rotunda and the old Post Office. The original, smaller, structure was built 1899 and moved to the Victo...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 August 1958, page 6: "Members of No. 14 Squadron, recently returned from Malaya, paraded in the Square yesterday. Although the weather was dismal it was a poor crowd ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 12, 1958

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 25, 2018

A display of poppies made of flax and woven by the community for ANZAC Day 2016 in The Square, Palmerston North.  

Creator:      Steph
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 22, 2016

 ANZAC Day Dawn Parade 2018, The Square, Palmerston North 

Creator:      PNCC
Date:          April 25, 2018

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Crown Studios
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

The Square was extensively remodelled for the 1971 centennial celebrations. Additions included a raised flower bed at the Fitzherbert Avenue end and the construction of the Centennial Pavilion.

This photograph was one of four scenes of Palmersto...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

A view past the fountains in the Butterfly lakelet, showing Christmas lights in Te Marae o Hine, The Square. In 1970, to mark Palmerston North's centennial, the Council arranged to purchase a section of the 1969 Light of London Christmas decoratio...

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          197X

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.

Visible in the background is All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1914 and the Grand Hotel constucted in 1906 by Trevor and Sons.

In the foregro...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Corner of Church Street and The Square
Date:          1916 to 1918

Creator:      James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date:          1975 to 1976

Creator:      James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date:          1975 to 1976

Creator:      James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date:          circa 1976

Creator:      James Lashbrooke
Date:          October 1976

Creator:      Ralph Body
Date:          February 24, 2024

Creator:      Ralph Body
Date:          February 24, 2024

This postcard has an image of the middle of The Square surrounded by a calendar for the year 1911.

Creator:      Aldersley Series
Date:          1910

Looking down Main Street West, Church Street West is on the far left, with All Saints Church on on side and the Grand Hotel on the other corner. The Coles building is on the corner of Main Street West and the Square. Built in 1903, it was pulled d...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          July 27, 1939

Gardeners working on the floral clock in The Square. Located opposite the Post Office, the clock was erected in 1971 to commemorate Palmerston North's centenary.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          199X

Festival of Cultures Lantern Parade 2018

Creator:      Jennie Gutry
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          2018

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 February 1961: "Visitors to the city yesterday are here seen relaxing in the Square gardens and taking full advantage of the bright sunshine."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 13, 1961