The Māori Battalion trained at the Palmerston North Showgrounds during World War Two. This is one of a set of images showing their final parade from the Showgrounds, with this one being taken in The Square. Images from the Newth family album. The ...

Creator:      Newth family
Place:          Te Mare o Hine/The Square
Date:          1940

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3 July, 1963. "With the rapid expansion which is at present taking place in the city, the construction of new buildings is inclined to be overlooked. With space becoming...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          July 3, 1963

Looking down The Square, past the Main Street corner to Coleman Place. Railway signals stand in the centre of the street, where the train crossed to run through The Square.

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

This photograph is stored with the caption, "Children and their mothers have fun at the Jaycee Market Day in Palmerston North this Saturday."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 26, 1956

This image shows shoppers in Coleman Mall. It was taken sometime after the $40,000 redevelopment of the street in 1973 but before Collinson and Cunningham was sold to Farmers in 1983.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square from Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date:          1973 to 1983

This busy street scene shows people making their way in and around the Square in 1937. Note the domed Midland Hotel, visible in the left side of the photograph.

Creator:      Evening Post, Wellington
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1937