The Carnival of the Lake, centred around Centennial Lagoon, was an annual event organised by the Public Relations Office for a few years during the early 1960s.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:           Centennial Drive, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1963

Paul Dibble’s Ghost of the Huia sculpture is a tribute to the memory of the extinct huia. A unique native bird, the last confirmed sighting of a live huia was in the Tararua ranges in 1907. The sculpture was created in 2010 and installed the fo...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney, for Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 19, 2018