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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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Old Library and Technical collegea. HRH The Maharajah of Mysore, Mayor Kitts, Mr PringleCivic Centre - Reconstructiono. Batchelor StreetFundraising Extravaganza for the Wellington Free Ambulance a. No 41 Mersey Streetdv. Safety Week, Traffic Depta. Sections For Sale signs, Townsend Estatej. Safety Week, Traffic DeptRongotai-factory buildings (for City Valuer)Events in WellingtonSummer City - Anderson Parkb. No 15A Waitoa RoadThe Killing of Sister Georgea. No 14 Blackbridge RoadSummer City, JazzerciseMayor R.L. MacAlister with Mr. Carmichael (Waterworks Engineer Wellington City Council) & ReporterElevated view of bathing beach, Evans Bayb. Traffic Cuba Streetc. Clifton TowersAhi Kā Matariki, illuminated starse. No 1 Milne Terrace"Tahiti", "Hulks", "Tahiti", "Takapuna" and "Gothic"Nissan Mobili. Railway StationMayoral chainBottom end, warehouse / factory buildings. Photograph of new asphaltic concrete surface, Ngauranga Gorge, March 1926n. Malls worldwidea. Liftman (Charlie Moffatt)Copy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Cleverly Polynesian Youth FestivalMunicipal Association ExecutiveSummer City, James Smith ParadeSummer City - Park Festivala. Council ChambersSummer CityCivic Centre Reconstructionc. Pedestrian Access, 4-6 Aplin Terrace, Ngaiob. Burma Road, upgradingTaroona fabricated box and nozzle plateb. 114 Upland Roadf. Old Substation Jervois QuayMobil Street Raceg. Reception room, City Valuer's DeptParliament Buildings, Wellington NZ. Contractors - Hansford & Mills Ltd, Wellington NZNissan Mobilb. Reception for Mrs Gandhi, Prime Minister of IndiaPanoramas - HarbourTop end of Boulcott Street, looking towards the harbourNissan Mobil 500
 
 
 

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