Taken from the Heritage floor.

Creator:      Alex Simpson
Place:          4 The Square
Date:          September 25, 2026

Looking down Fitzherbert Avenue, on the left corner is what was once the public library, on the opposite corner is the premises of Firestone. On the right corner is the Bank of New Zealand.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Fitzherbert Avenue entrance to Victoria Esplanade Gardens.

Creator:      Whalley and Co
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue
Date:          circa 1930

Looking down Milverton Avenue towards College Street. The first property on the left of the photograph, with the faux log fence, is 5 Milverton Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

Looking down Milverton Avenue towards College Street. The house on the front left, with the faux log fence, is 5 Milverton Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

These concrete benches were removed to make-way for the redevelopment of the former Teaching College / Massey Hokowhitu Campus' playing fields. Many of the felled trees were piled together and burned.

The plaque on the top bench reads:</...

Creator:      Benjamin Foster
Place:          Centennial Drive, Hokowhitu
Date:          December 4, 2020

The first Fitzherbert Bridge constructed in 1877 crosses the Manawatu River at Palmerston North. Fitzherbert Street [Fitzherbert Avenue] can be seen running to the centre of the town.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1884

This postcard shows a view of Fitzherbert Street [Fitzherbert Avenue]. The exact location of this photograph is unknown. The street was named after Mr W A Fitzherbert, civil engineer and first mayor of Lower Hutt.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

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:          Feilding
Date:          April 13, 1912

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank. Unfortunately, the subjects are yet to be identified.

Creator:      Berry Family
Date:          191X

This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Date:          circa 1910

Looking across The Square and past the Ladies Rest Rooms, then painted green, to the Palmerston North Public Library on the corner of Main Street and The Square. This building served as the library 1965 - 1996

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

Alex Woodley (1879-1956) and Helen Amelia Woodley, nee Holdaway (1878-1966), arrived in Aokautere in 1925. They leased 200 acres, milking cows and raising ducks, poultry and pigs. The couple had three sons and in 1948 the farm was purchased by the...

Date:          circa 1928

Creator:      John Cleland

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. From 1890, Arbor Day in New Zealand was celebrated in the first week of August. Trees would be planted, usually in schools, public places, official parks and gardens. In 1965,...

Creator:      Marilyn Wightman
Place:          Feilding
Date:          August 2, 2025

These buses are thought to be Morris 702s with Hawke BMC bodies. When new, they seated between 34 and 38 passengers. The photographer is unknown, but the image was likely taken on behalf of Omnibus Manager Reg Crutchley.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1963

These images are part of the Frank Goldingham collection and were possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. They may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

Name: Magnolia

Suburb, Whakarongo

The lane is named for a grove of magnolia trees that graced this area, prior to development. February 2020.

The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic...

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date:          2024

The Square Circular was Palmerston North City Council's monthly community publication, informing Palmerstonians of PNCC initiatives, activites, and events. This month's issue includes: Contact centre awards, dog control, electric bicycle, Grant El...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 2007

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Local news, events and opinion pieces as described in the newspaper on 20 November 1965.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 7, 2019

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [A large conifer tree, growing in Main Street in Foxton township. Pedestrians and parked cars can be seen.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 July, 1963. "Ministry of Works men (top picture) are seen clearing away this tree which fell half-way across the Palmerston North-Shannon highway opposite Massey Coll...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 15, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1 July, 1963. "Mr Mark Perreau, Mayor of Foxton for 19 years, and considered by many as the man who saved Foxton from possible "death" during the depression."

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton
Date:          July 1, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 January, 1959. "With the temperature at 83deg yesterday, those attending the Ashhurst-Pohingina Racing Club's meeting at Awapuni found the shade of tree's exceedingly...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Awapuni
Date:          January 20, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 April 1963 "What once took the gardeners in the Square half a day, now takes them about one hour. It is the picking up of the autumn leaves. Mr. C.H. Lamb is seen ope...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 30, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 August 1960 "This macropcarpa log measured 21ft 6in. In circumference and contained 3700 feet of timber. It is probably the largest log milled in the Manawatu distric...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30th December 1965 "This image shows the main Palmerston North - Shannon highway which was blocked for half an hour when this tree was blown over the road near Massey Un...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 30, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30th December 1965 "A large elm tree in North Street Park, which was felled by the gale at about 2 p.m., severed the power lines. Services were not restored for almost t...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          North Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 30, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 July 1958, page 8: "The trees which line Fitzherbert Avenue are undergoing at the moment treatment for dry rot. Here seen standing on a platform provided by tractor i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 2, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 May, 1963. "This photograph shows that winter is not far away. Taken at the municipal motor camp, the mantle of leaves covering the ground and those left on the trees...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 24, 1963