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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.

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

Begonia House, Rose Garden, Botanical GardensCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Zoo pictures for Councilmanb. New concrete mixer, corporation yardCivic Centre - ReconstructionPortrait of unidentified Councillora. Views of playing fieldsOne FleshCentennial Exhibition, crowd watching performance in Sound Shellu. VariousChildren and rose bush, Lady Norwood Rose Gardenl. Views of dwelling that has been affected by a slip. Concrete retaining wall has fallen over against the housex. Civic Square, Princess Anne and royal party walking around, accompanied by Mayor, Town Clerk and their wivesCustomhouse QuayCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Sir & Lady Denys Lowson, Lord Mayor of London: Civic BanquetParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: FloriadeSister City Photo Competition: prize presentations at Michael Fowler Centre with Mayor Sutherland (Sydney)bm. Intersection, streetscapea. Job 1733, Footpath, Adelaide RoadFull coverage of all sides of G P O, Panama Street, G P O footpath, streetscape, Featherston Street, G P O footpathac. Forestry Area, Water Board. Council in sessionSummer Citye. Airport, night paving of runwaySummer City - John Pilley's PhotosFull MoonFarewell at Library for Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm)Fire Brigade; Portrait of a firemanWellpro [Graphic content warning - Meatworks]Houses in Aro Street area, ScottMillers Commercial Hotel, Lower Willis StreetNissan MobilSakai Sister City Event at Te PapaMichael Fowler Centre, illuminated at nightOld Library and Technical collegen. Substandard dwellings-see log bookb. Abattoirso. Workmen are working on the tramtracks inside the Karori Tunnel, outside entrance to tunnel. Machinery, motor vehicles, road worksb. Car ParkingPeter PanPortrait of Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, CouncillorChildren on Seesaw in Park Playground, Poriruae. Damaged Motor Vehicle, Sussex StreetMayor Fowler, Councillor Shand, break new ground, drainage tunnelSummer Cityf. Copies, old photos and documents of Karoric. Hanson Street Flats, Stage 3 Interior and exterior concrete wallsCashmere playground, ChristchurchSummer City, Maori and Pacific Island FestivalMichael Fowler Centre
 
 
 

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