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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.

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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
 
 

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Statue of Queen Victoria, Kent TerraceCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Donald Stc. Views of slip in residential areaCashmere playground, ChristchurchCemeteries - KaroriParks and Recreation - Dragon Dance Festivalq. Footpaths and accesses, various streets - see log bookSummer CityStreetscape/Street Repairs, Park Street, ThorndonCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CitySummer City - Wacky WorkshopsMobil Street RaceGlenmore Street, Tram 69 passing under the Kelburn ViaductTaroonaNorm M Brooks, Milk Departmentb. King Stc. Staff working with equipment. Corporation Yard occupied site at Cable Street and Wakefield StreetAerial View of Wellington 1947, City, Wharfs [Wharves], Jervois QuayWellington Corporation Tramways, overhead equipment and maintenance crew.d. Chapel, Karori Cemetery - interiora. Derelict structurea. John Morris (Reserves Dept) for CouncilmanEpuni School, Wai Whetu Road, Lower HuttSummer City - Park Festivalg. Mrs Whittaker, Traffic Deptb. Grant Road, FootpathNissan Mobil 500b. Marshall Court Flatsf. Job 5429, Hawkestone StParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Rose GardensReplicas of Crown Jewels and Heraldic Shields on displaya. Airport runway, surface test stripsRMS Makura off Rarotongac. Allenby Terrace, collapsed concrete wall and stepsThe Wellington Company 19th Wellington Battalion 2nd NZE at Trenthamn. Helston Road wideningb. Hutt RoadCivic reception for the queen mothera. Mairangi Road, retaining wallc. Possibly a slipWCC Extraordinary Council Meeting - Streamed live on YouTubec. No 28 Oriental Terrace, Cavity on footpath and collapsed storm water earthenware drain under garaged. L Nicholls CouncilmanLambton Quay SubstationUnsealed road and drive access to propertyMichael Fowler CentreSummer CityReception to HM Queen Elizabeth II & HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
 
 
 

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