Hopwood Clock Tower, Clock tower in The Square, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Hopwood Clock Tower is a six-story structure in The Square featuring illuminated glass panels at its base and a lantern-style roof section at the top. The building blends contemporary materials with traditional architectural form.

Arthur Hopwood funded construction in 1953 to house the city clock after it had been stored away since the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake. The original mechanism was relocated into this new structure.

The Māori name Kerei Te Panau honours a Rangitāne chieftain, and the tower is also called the Palmerston North Clock Tower. Its lighting is switched to different colours on national holidays such as Anzac Day, and registered charities can request a colour change for a day of significance, Earth Day among them.

The tower stands in the middle of The Square, so it is reached on foot from the surrounding streets. Its lighting is changed for national holidays such as Anzac Day, and registered charities can ask for a different colour on a day of significance, Earth Day for example.

The cross on top was first put up temporarily for Christmas in 1960 and never taken down; it was replaced by a larger one in 1981 and blew down in 2006. The present lantern section, with a cross inside, dates from the 2007 rebuild. The tower's lighting is changed for national holidays such as Anzac Day, and registered charities can request a colour for a day of significance, Earth Day among them.