It's a stretch, but I'd probably allow it personally.
RAW...probably not. An axe is not a straight piece of wood, that big hunk of metal on the end changes things.
==Aelryinth
It all depends on what you're DM thinks is spear-like.
For a reference, spears are traditionally a rather varied array of weapons and many polearms are also counted as spears. Wikipedia lists halberd as a type of spear and a polearm. Even if you look at the spear weapon group, which sounds like a reasonable place to look for spear-like weapons, it lists tridents, tiger forks, Orc skull ram and Elven branched spear. Looking at those, halberd seems to fit right in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_spears
It may have a long pole on the end, but a Halberd is not a spear or a staff.
That isn't the question though, as those aren't your only choices. Is it "or the like"? That's not a yes no answer but a judgment call.
Looking at it, I'd say no. But as pointed out, that's a judgement call.
The intent is to be able to hold objects the same general size and shape as a strung bow, since drawing an unstrung bow would be useless.
As long as whatever items you put in the quiver are relatively flat in at least one dimension, halberds should fit fine, since you are referring to Pathfinder Halberds, and not some other type of Halberds.
The question shouldn't be whether it's spear-like, but whether "it's same general size and shape as a bow". I think a Halberd is really stretching that.
Strangely, Pathfinder doesn't list Halberds as being Reach weapons (even though they have the Brace property), even though the Halberd of Earth was definitely a Reach weapon. (Checked on both d20pfsrd.com and archivesofnethys.com just to make sure it wasn't a typo in one of them.)
The intent is to be able to hold objects the same general size and shape as a strung bow, since drawing an unstrung bow would be useless.
That is an assumption on your part (albeit a reasonable one in some respects). But a strung bow is definitely not the same "size or shape" as a staff or spear, an unstrung bow is however...
Talk the to GM, if this is for PFS, expect table variation and don't sink feats into a weapon that is a "grey" area.
I'm sure this is up to each individual GM, with many different answers.
I personally would not allow a strung bow; it would need to be unstrung to put it in the quiver (when strung, it is definitely not ghe same general size and shape as a spear or staff).
Likewise I would not allow any weapon that is basically a staff but with a large (read: significantly wider than the haft) chunk of metal on the end (while slim chunks of metal, e.g. about as big around as the shaft, like spears are OK).
It's a quiver. It's designed for ammunition. A few thrown weapons that are long and slender, like spears and javelins can fit. Items of similar shape that are not thrown weapons, like bows and staves, must also fit if if a spear can. But that's as far as I would go with it.
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It's also a Wonderous Item that specifies Bows as the primary for the section - I would assume strung, useful bows, so you can pull out the appropriate one when needed in battle. Since Pathfinder doesn't really address the action for 'stringing a bow', I think this stance is supported. Since a strung longbow sized appropriately is still near character height, putting a full (non-reach) polearm of (nearly) any dimensions is completely imaginable, if not also reach ones (though that is stretching interpretation).
We are talking extra dimensional spaces after all.
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I think you also have to consider that Pathfinder + Common Sense for space doesn't always work. Have you ever considered the Wrist Sheath and how little sense the range of items is? It's specifically listed as 6 Bows or Similar. Does that mean I can maybe fit 7 shortbows? Or maybe 12 javelins, since they might be half the size of a longbow?
No.
6 Bows or similar items. 6 items. It's a Wonderous Item with the space specifically defined.
Could a wrist sheath holding 5 arrows presumably hold more than one wand? Common sense says yes - item description says no. Specifically: 'a wand', '5 arrows'.
There is nothing in the rules concerning an unstrung bow.
Therefore, all bows must be considered to be strung at all times, except possibly one with the Broken condition.
The description is for items similiar in size to a bow and then lists spear, staff, etc.
It does not say items in similiar in size to a spear, which is just pole.
Why is it so difficult to believe a magic extra-dimensional space can accommodate up to 6 items no bigger than say, 60"x20"x4" (just a guess-atment)?
Do you want to put unstrung bows in it?
No problem.
Do you want to put staves in it?
No problem.
Does a magic staff count as a staff?
I think that has been established as RAW.
Does that mean all those magic staves in the CRB with their weird shapes and head-pieces will fit in an Efficient Quiver?
Would it break the rules to say things like that up to 6' tall could fit in there?
Nope, sounds fine. I don't play PFS, but I don't see why it wouldn't work there either.
Stop trying to be too realistic about it unless you want to make up a bunch of house rules concerning string/unstringing bows.