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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
 
 

Image Lucky Dip / Tou Waimarie Whakaahua

b. Maldive Stc. Job 9071Streetscape/Drainage, Main Road, Karorip. Shandon Golf Clubl. Uneeda Fruit Co, no 44 Owen Stj. Mr David Pottinger for CouncilmanHouses in Aro Street area, ScottCivic Centre ReconstructionCivic Centre ReconstructionDanny BhoyHutt Roadl. AkatarawaCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Moa Point DrainageCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)af. Intersection, streetscapeSummer CityOld Library and Technical collegeb. Street Works, Paterson Street, Mount Victoriac. Accident to Gradall no 87, Gilbarco Factory, Tauhinu RoadCivic Centre Reconstructione. Onslow CollegeCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)b. AirportMichael Fowler Centre, interior viewPanoramas - Harboura. Lombard StAcrobatic displays by Royal New Zealand Navy, Civic Square, Festival of Wellingtonm. Wellington AirportCivic Centre ReconstructionEdward Hutt, director of Parks 1947-1965g. Various interiors, Public eating housesWellington East Girls College swimming pool, children playingSummer City - Sound Shell Concerte. Interior of flat, Newtown Librarye. Front of railway station from roof of Waterloo Hotel and ground leveli. Kearney Estates. Visit of Chief Constable of LancashireSummer Cityb. House Frontages, Tinakori Rd-Park StSummer Cityba. Rugby, Martin Luckie ParkCivic Centre ReconstructionPrize-giving for secondary schools cooking competition, MED showroom Electricity House Cuba Streeta. Karori ReservoirG, Open Day and Official Openinga. Robertson Stf. Parking problems in streets, Town Plana. Featherston Streetg. Exterior of airport buildings
 
 
 

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