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Wellington City nightscape, City reflected in harbour

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

Civic Centre ReconstructionSummer City - Kite Day / Skits in SchoolsAbba, Thank You for the Music World Tourd. Mansfield Street FlatsElevated view of Miramar Motor Camp, looking southb. Interior view of pumping stationb. Onslow Collegea. No 3 Melrose CrescentCorner of Mercer Street and Wakefield Streeta. AbattoirsSummer Cityc. Various views of Taranaki Street road works. Includes Traffic Offices directing traffic, the Panama Hotel on the corner of Vivian Street, Wright Stevenson Building, workmen and equipment, and motor vehiclea. Bridge, Broderick Rdb. Seatoun Heights RoadThe Parade, three 40 foot welded rails.b. Lambton QuayAerial View of Wellington 1947, City, Railway Yards to Island Bayb. No 1 Mairangi RoadCivic Centre ReconstructionSummer CityMartin Square Encroachment for Traffic Dept.WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreakf. Hobsons Gully DrainageNissan Mobilh. Traffic safety week, traffic officer's visit to Children's hospitalb. Bus stop, Moxham Avenuea. Job 9020, Wellington Airportc. Streetworks, Taranaki Streetb. Various interiors, Public eating housesg. Reception, Town Hall, Sir Arthur Porrittam. Copies of oil paintings and old photoss. Abattoirs, details of conveyor systema. Paved path to Houghton Bay School, off Buckley Rd, damaged by kidsb. Shandon Golf ClubJapanese Navy Officersa. Government buildingKeep Left signage COVID-19 Level 2Municipal Association ExecutiveParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Rose Gardenso. Drainage, Job 9880. Drainage Reserve Trunk Sewer RelayCleverly Polynesian Youth FestivalLa Bohèmeaj. Opening of Traffic House, Dixon Stc. Seamens mission, drainage work, Whitmore Std. No 25 Canterbury StreetOfficial opening, new cable car systeme. Road Safety Week, Traffic Department Hugh Wright Ltd, Willis StreetSummer City, illuminated crossCivic Centre - Reconstructionc. O and M Office
 
 
 

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