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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

Kaibosh Food Rescue team during COVID-19af. Traffic Dept Cycle Rally - Miramar SchoolPlan of City of WellingtonEvents in Wellingtona. Mr H Price and Mr Ben Hunter, for Games RoomCivic Centre Reconstructionc. Women from Town Clerk's Typist Pool Air Vice-Marshall Ky Prime Minister of Vietnam: receptiona. Flats, Darwin StMobil Street RaceNew Newtown Library building, opened 22 October 1957f. LifeboatsPortrait of Mayorb. Sump educator, plant no 480Headstone at the Bolton Street Cemetery, for Marion and Nathaniel Sutherland and their five childrenj. Various stages of asphaltic road surfacing by Council workmen, Lambton Quay end of Featherston Street. People passing by have stopped to watch work in progress. Trolly buses in backgroundb. Moeller StA Life in the Theatream. Central Library, interior and exteriorThe Sleeping BeautyOpening day of Brooklyn Resource CentreWellington Zoo, MeerkatsTram Signal at Railway Station Tram Stop, Featherston Streeta. Tram/Bus Barns, Kilbirnied. No 28 Todman Streeti. Tramway Managers house, Mansfield Street - a two storey dwellingMurals - SculpturesCivic Centre ReconstructionArts Bonus installation, Lambton Quayb. No 149 Main Road, Johnsonvilleak. Cycle rally, Miramar School, Traffic DeptSummer City - Anderson ParkYouth Council ?Telephone Exchange, Featherston Streeta. AbattoirsNo 143, 147, 149 Wallace Street, houses and yards, stormwater excavation at no 143, Addisonf. Farewell to Sir Bernard FergusonInternal view, Electricity House Cuba Street.h. Mairangi RoadResidential area, KelburnSummer CityCity Scapes, waterfront areaC Public LibraryCivic Centre Reconstruction119 Mairangi Road slip in relation to access way, slip at 9 Jonathan WayWellington Public Library: Commercial Room catalogueUS Marines marching in formation down Lambton Quayc. Nairn Street Flats - constructionSummer City - Holmes and Judge Dance Showc. Flats, Regent St, Daniel St
 
 
 

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ANZ Tower Abattoir BNZ Centre Basin Reserve Bolton Street Cemetery Botanic Gardens Bus Shelter Capital on the Quay Carter Observatory Centennial Exhibition Civic Awards Civic Square F G Barker Frank Kitts Park Freyberg Pool Interceptor Johnsonville Mall Karori Cemetery Keith Spry Pool Majestic Centre Makara Cemetery Mark Blumsky Massey University Michael Fowler Centre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Neil Price Nissan Mobil 500 Reserve Bank Scots College State Insurance Tower Stephen Rainbow Street Race Substation Summer City TS Taroona (Ship) Town Belt Town Hall Tramways Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Wellington Botanic Garden Wellington Central Library Wellington High School Wellington Hospital Wellington International Airport Wellington Railway Station Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre Wellington Town Hall Wellington Urban Motorway Wellington Zoo

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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
 

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