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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

e. Job 9230 Shell CoKarori Library, interiorc. Evening for retired members, Green rooma. No 15A Waitoa RoadParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: FloriadeToscaCombined choirs celebrating 25 years of music - a tribute to H Temple WhiteBritish Chief of Staff, Commander Vickberg (UK Salvation Army)Matuac. Mayor's room, boy presenting plaque to Mayora. No 38 Homewood Cr (Mr Page). complaint as to car repair activities affecting adjoining propertiesg. Buildings, The TerraceFlyer of Earthquake Duties, Circa 1930sSonsSummer City - Sun FestivalDoctor Who, Inside the TARDISb. Hobsons Gully DrainageWellington City Council Tour of Works: officials arrivingWellington Central Public Library: main entranceIntersection with Oriental Parade. Road improvements are in progressCivic Centre ReconstructionTāhunanui Beach playground, NelsonUnite against COVID-19, Facebook post, New Zealand to move to traffic light systemc. Visit by officers of USS Gridleya. Buildings and machineryCivic Centre ReconstructionUnsightly Garages & Signs (George Porter, Councillor, Wellington City Council's inctus)e. Drainage, Woodward Streeta. Grandstand - Rugby League Parka. Hobson Street Drainaged. 28 Coolidge Street, Brooklyn, a two-storey wooden dwellingWellington ZooThe MikadoSummer City poster, Fun Buso. Emerson Street, Berhampore, Floodingk. Traffic BuildingsSummer Citym. Berhampore Nursery, glass housea. No 123 Vivian St, W and R Jack Ltdf. Construction of Airport Runway, Drainaged. Streetscape, Jervois Quay, Customhouse Quayc. Instruments Karori Reservoira. Slip, Mairangi RoadCopy: Abortion, Apartheid, Unions, Nuclear (posters, handouts, protests)Goods train heading north, Ngaioa. Kellsmere Crescenta. Truck no 612, Ebor StreetCivic Centre ReconstructionMonuments, Memorials, Ataturkb. Town Plan, 178 Burgess Road, Johnsonville
 
 
 

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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 Zealandia

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