Skip to content

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.

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

Michael Fowler Centre ConcertsSummer City - Sound Shell Concertb. No 44 Devon St, drainageSummer City, Sun Festival, parading charactersBackstage with the QuigleysSummer CityThe 1997 Wine and Food Festivald. Official opening of AbattoirsDownstage 25th anniversaryh. Standen StreetOld Library and Technical collegea. Boulcott Streeto. National Youth Orchestra, Town HallManonf. Emergency exercise, Lyall BayPanoramas - Harbourb. Glenmore StTaroonad. LaboratoryParks and Recreation - Summer City ProgrammesKupe Statue UnveilingTLC with Kingsc. Panorama/Streetscape, Burma Road, Raroaa. Pedestrians crossing road at corner of Courtenay Place and Blair Street. Diesel buses at bus stop in backgroundq. Storm damage, Ridgeway subdivisionKatea Botanic Gardensz. Food Handling, Hydatids, House InspectionCarmenCivic Centre ReconstructionDancescapeArtists, Jacquie Baxter (J C Sturm) and Jacqui Fraser, City Art Gallerya. View from KhandallahSalvation Army Orphanage, Owen Street, Newtowna. Bank and road opposite No 45 Orangi-Kaupapa Rdo. Flatsb. Art GalleryCity ScapesPipitea Point, prior to reclamation of 1876 along Thorndon Quaye. Uneeda Fruit Service, No 44-46 Owen Streetac. Golf Tournament, Shandon Clubb. Awa RoadWellington City Council Administration Building: Foyer (bust of Duke of Wellington)Civic Centre - ReconstructionBlack and White Minstrel ShowCleverly Polynesian Youth Festivale. Streetworks, Taranaki StreetArts FestivalPortrait of unidentified CouncillorCivic Centre Reconstruction
 
 
 

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