Skip to content

Panorama of Oriental Parade and Oriental Bay

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

d. Abattoirsa. AbattoirsThorndonNZ Institute of Engineers-Jubilee Conference in Wellington. Major General RJH Risson, Tramways Board, Australian Institute of EngineersMobil Street Raceg. Various faults in footpath and street repairsa. Opposite no 25 Voltaire St, loose fillDwellings, Jackson Street, Island Bayh. Traffic lights, Evans BayFrancis Patrick Clune, Australian authorCivic Centre Reconstructiona. Mount Victoria Development schemeYes, Prime MinisterSummer Cityc. Traffic, Glenmore StreetTrackless tram, Kaiwharawharad. Buses with MO Building in backgrounda. Motor Vehicles, Registration number 87-446 and 42-049Nissan Mobilc. Japanese Lily, Botanical Gardensp. Substandard dwellings, Queens Drive, nos 344, 346, 348, 356, 11, 9School Sign, corner of Pipitea Street and Moturua StreetWellington City Corporation prize winning horsese. Tennis courts at rear of churchNew road to Mornington.a. No 61 Donald StCarols By Candle Lightj. Tramway Social Hall, Mansfield StParks and Recreation - Summer City Programmesf. Opening of Pensioner Flats, Hobart Streetb. 8 Brougham Avenueas. Shandon Golf Clubb. Micro strainer, Morton Damd. Faulty repairs on various streetsThe late Miss F Irvine Smith Book Fund ceremony, Khandallah Librarym. Slip - Valley StreetWellington Zoo, Mayor Fran Wilde with LemurAustralian Men's Basketball Tour, with Mayor Kittsa. Motor Vehicle, Truck L47-384a. Khandallah Public Hall, Ganges Road, Khandallah,b. Edge of bank has subsided onto neighbouring propertyPort of Lyttleton, 4 May 1899ad. Golf Tournament, Shandon Cluba. Motorcycle testing, Motor car testing, meter repairs, traffic house16 Kent Terraceh. Display Centre Health ExhibitionCarlton Gore RoadCivic Centre - Reconstructionb. No 98 Ruskin Rd-NewlandsStomp 09
 
 
 

Browse by Place / Tirotiro-a-Wāhi

Open map widget

Archives Newsletter / Kawerongo Rorohiko

Our quarterly Archives Newsletter allows us to share some of the coolest archives we've found, articles about the history of Wellington, and a little bit of behind the scenes from our archivists! Click here to subscribe
 

Social Media / Pae Pāpāho Pāpori  

We're active on social media! You can follow us on the below links for a look at the work we do and the cool archives we find in the collection

 

Facebook icon Facebook
Instagram Icon Instagram
 

If you are looking for building plans, building permits or consents, please use our