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

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

This view of Te Marae o Hine, The Square, was photographed by a member of PNCC waterworks staff. Note the train passing through The Square.

Creator:      A. Kelt
Date:          circa 1952

Drawings of the war memorial that was built in The Square, initially to commemorate those who had fallen in World War One.

Creator:      Palmerston North Borough Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          May 3, 1926

Drawings of the war memorial that was built in The Square, initially to commemorate those who had fallen in World War One.

Creator:      Palmerston North Borough Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1926

This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.

"A scene overlooking the Square in Palmerston North. In the cnetre is the Municipal Clock Tower with the War Memorial to the ...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: “Scenes at the 27th N.Z. (M. G.) and Inf. Battalion Reunion which was held in Palmerston North during Queen’s Birthday weekend. Guest of ho...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

"A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson's son Ian Matheson, later Archivist for the Palmerston North City Council.

0:00 - 5: 42: Ecumenical Youth Conference (and presumendly related events)

5:43 - 9:31 Poutu Marae, Shannon & restored ...

Creator:      Rod Matheson
Place:          Shannon
Date:          1960s

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings" [War memorial at Woodville. A large rock with a white cross on top and a plaque which reads "In memory of those who served that th...

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

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965. [Image of a covered shelter (possibly a bus stop) in front of the Eketahuna War memorial building.]

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

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965. [Image of a covered shelter (possibly a bus stop) in front of the Eketahuna War memorial building.]

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

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 February 1958, page 6: "With the Legion of Frontiersmen guards stiffly at the present arms position, Messrs. C.T. Flyger, the newly-elected Dominion president, and W....

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 10, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 April 1958, page 8: "A section of the representatives of various organisations who paid tribute to the fallen during the wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial ye...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 26, 1958

Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. Clearly shows the railway track and two roads which run parallel on each side of it through The Square.

Fitzherbert Avenue traffic could also drive into and through the Square at this time. In 1964, t...

Creator:      Terry Finnerty
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

Marching girls perform for the crowed attening the unveiling ceremony. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. La...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 19, 1952

The war memorial in The Square lit up at night. It was built in 1926 and records the names of local soldiers who died fighting for New Zealand in all wars. One of a series of images of Palmerston North produced for sale.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

This photographs shows the King Edward VII Coronation Fountain in The Square. The Coronation Fountain was built in 1902, in the middle of The Square but was shifted to this location in 1926, to allow the Cenotaph to take the central focus. It was ...

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This is the memorial dedicated to the memory of officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps (1914-1918) who were trained the Awapuni Racecourse. It was erected in 1929. The memorial is a stone cairn fountain, inside a pool constructed in the...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, w...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          October 20, 2016

This memorial and reserve behind it commemorates local soldiers who lost their lives during World War Two. The memorial is located on Lawton Road, behind the old school on Milson Line between Feilding and Palmerston North.

The plaque rea...

Creator:      Ben Foster
Place:          Te Arakura
Date:          May 15, 2021

Brief notes on the War Memorial, built 1926 in The Square of Palmerston North, and of resources held at the Ian Matheson City Archives

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North

Looking across the central portion of the Square, with railway tracks running through, towards Church Street.

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

The Palmerston North cenotaph was constructed in the centre of The Square in 1926 to commemorate those who died in World War One. It has since had names added to commemorate all those local men who have died in wars or conflicts. the memorial is a...

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

A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the early work in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Support Battalion of the ...

Creator:      Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          September 15, 2014

The war memorial and band rotunda in The Square

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1952

The Poppy Wreath at ANZAC Day Commemorations, 2018. Members of the Palmerston North community created the poppy installation, with Rangiwahia Environmental Art Trust.

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

This photograph was taken from the tower of the Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) building, near the corner of Broadway Avenue and The Square. This partial view of the Square shows a number of its most rec...

Creator:      A Kelt
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1952

This photograph of The Square was probably taken from one of the top storeys of the CM Ross Building (Roscos Department Store) and showcases some of the changes that have taken place in The Square since the 1940s. Note the lack of the Hopwood Cloc...

Creator:      Royal Studios, Marton
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

Aerial photograph of The Square, clearly showing the 4 quadrants and the railway section in the middle. The corner of Broadway and The Square is at the bottom of the photograph.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1947