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Wellington City nightscape, City reflected in harbour

Kia ora, welcome to Wellington City Archives, Te Kano Kohinga Kupu o Pōneke.

Wellington City Archives is the business archive of the Wellington City Council. Our collections date from the 1840s to the present day.

 

Wellington City Archives acknowledges the mana and tangata whenua of this region/rohe and the connection they have to this whenua/land.

Featured Content / Whakaaturanga Ihirangi

 

Feature: Thomas Ward Maps/ Whakaaturanga Thomas Ward Mahere

1892 map sheet 33

 

     
Circa 1900 map sheet 33

 

  
Link to 1892 maps   Link to 1900 maps
 
 

Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

Summer Citybg. Golf Tournament, Shandon ClubTe Wharepōuri Street Name Correction CelebrationBotanic Gardens, playgrounde. Streetscape, Taranaki Street, Mount Cooku. ZooMayor Frank Kitts with Japanese Navy Officers. Mayoral Reception Rooms.Portrait of unidentified CouncillorLyall Bay sea walla. Oriental Parade, b. Crawford Roadr. Footpaths and accesses, various streets - see log booka. AbattoirsWorkmen are laying new road seal on Hutt Road.h. Copies, Turnbull Library maps of early WellingtonWellington Public Library: Junior Section cataloguee. Reception to Colombe Plan Studentsa. Wellington City and Harbour from the Botanic GardenFestival of the Artsf. Wellington Festival, Night LightsSummer City - Sound Shell ConcertMobil Street Racea. Presentation, Shell Trophy, Thorndon Schoolb. Walworth Roadc. Sewerage Treatment Plant, NgaurangaFrancis Patrick Clune, Australian authorSummer City - Bricks / Marathon / Anderson ParkKarori ReservoirWellington COVID 19 Lock Down walk and drive aroundColour negatives, progress, Cuba MallMonuments, Memorials, Ataturk59 Ghuznee Street, Bath House, Private Hotelc. Nos 161-163-165 The Terraceb. Municipal BuildingEntertaining Mr. SloaneMobil Street RaceBlessing ceremony for Childcare Centre for Wellington City Council employees, 16 Hugh StreetCity Scapes - Mount VictoriaRubbish tips, Houghton Bay, general viewsCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Cnr Willis and Ghuznee Streetsa. Streetscape, Stout StSummer CityOld Library and Technical collegePublic Library, WellingtonCashmere playground, Christchurchbb. Side of unknown buildingg. Nairn Street Flats, interiorsWahine II lounge a. State of footpath, New Library, Main Rd, KaroriAerial View of Wellington 1947, Seatoun, Aerodrome
 
 
 

Browse by Subject / Tirotiro-a-Kaupapa

ANZ Tower Abattoir BNZ Centre Basin Reserve Bolton Street Cemetery Botanic Gardens Bus Shelter Capital on the Quay Carter Observatory Centennial Exhibition Civic Awards Civic Square F G Barker Frank Kitts Park Freyberg Pool Interceptor Johnsonville Mall Karori Cemetery Keith Spry Pool Majestic Centre Makara Cemetery Mark Blumsky Massey University Michael Fowler Centre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Neil Price Nissan Mobil 500 Reserve Bank Scots College State Insurance Tower Stephen Rainbow Street Race Substation Summer City TS Taroona (Ship) Town Belt Town Hall Tramways Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Wellington Botanic Garden Wellington Central Library Wellington High School Wellington Hospital Wellington International Airport Wellington Railway Station Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre Wellington Town Hall Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Zoo

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