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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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p. Kaitokea. No 14 Majoribanks StreetBridle Trackb. Kelburn Park - fountainNew Zealand Accountant's Award. Presented to Wn Cable Holdings LtdU6, Holy Trinity Church, Ohariu Valleycd. Opening of Traffic House, Dixon StTapu Te Ranga, marae, main house and gardens, 44 Rhine Streetf. Kearney Estate, Abel Smith StreetPlunket Streetb. Oban Street, garagei. Zoo miniature railwayb. Nos 205-207 Tinakori RdGroup Photograph, Wellington City Council Public Works and City Engineer's Departmentc. Guniting Karori ReservoirZoo: holiday programmeb. Roseneath ReservoirSummer CityThe Mayor meets with Cliff Richardk. School Patrol, NewtownMobil Street Raceba. Central Library, interior and exteriorh. Test Run, Civil DefenceMayoral chainAerial View of Wellington 1947, City, Te Aro Flat, Courtenay Place to Winter Show BuildingsRubbish tip at Kaitoke and JudgefordSummer City - Hot Café with a Little Percolation / Human Jukeboxe. Various types of Corporation Housesa. Kerb and Channel, Hutt RoadCivic Centre Reconstructiond. Opposite No 54 Helston RoadCompagnie Philippe Genty, Desirs Parade, Theatre of IllusionSummer CityPoi E The Musicalc. No 7 Tio Tio Roadl. House Frontages, Tinakori Rd-Park Stc. Traffic Buildings Hutt Valleyi. Farewell function to Mr John H Henning - US ambassadorMunicipal Electricity Department Control RoomTEV Wahine, Māori Woman (Wāhine) with child on her back (artwork)e. Job 9880, Drainage Reserve Trunk Sewer Relayb. Municipal Parking Building, The TerraceView from Oriental Parade, includes view of Band Rotunda. Monastery in background, Oriental Parade, December 1925Civic Centre ReconstructionPhotograph of Jacobina (nee McGregor), wife of J P Luke, Mayor 1913-1921a. Group photograph, Town Clerks, Weir HouseWellington Public Library: NZ Roomm. Wellington AirportNissan MobilSummer City - Hot Café with a Little Percolation / Human Jukebox
 
 
 

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