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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.

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

Lambton Quay, parking metersSummer City poster, Pacific FestMichael Fowler Centre Concertsz. No 31 Rata Rd, Pohutukawa roots in sewer drain (Mr B Zimmerman)l. Traffic Cuba StreetSummer Cityb.Taranaki Sth. Airport - Runway ConstructionGeneral - Southern Coastal ScenesWellington Public Library: British standards specifications on shelvesg. Berhampore Nursery, potting shedPanoramas - Oriental Baya. Gradall, a long armed front-end digger is being used to excavate the road, May 3rdMobil Street Racet. Central Library, interior and exteriorNissan Mobil 500Parks and Gardens, Mount AlbertRt Hon Sir Bernard & Lady Waley-Cohen, Lord Mayor of London: civic dinnerVarious parks and gardensPanoramas - Harboure. Contract 2108a. Model of stadiumd. Buildings, Corporation YardSummer Cityo. Logging operations, Water Board Forest Area, Paraparaumuh. Laboratory staff, Tests for Traffic DeptTram 109, damaged in the Hataitai Tunnelc. Job 3145, KaroriCivic Centre ReconstructionCivic Centre ReconstructionRisdonb. Section, no. 6 Kemp Street, KilbirnieCivic Centre Reconstructionb. Car park, Taranaki StSummer City - Anderson ParkSakai Sister City Event at Te PapaOlaf Ripa-Swedish Consula. Hose Drying Tower, Wellington Airport, MiramarPanoramas - HarbourBrooke Fraserf. Slip, 75 Mills Road, VogeltownTaranaki Streetf. No 17 Irvine St, drainageHeadstone at the Bolton Street Cemetery, for five Wallace children who died within 20 days of each other.a. Workmen, machineryf. Job 9071Summer City - Beach FestivalWellington Central Public Library: Ms Immerson assists juniors in Junior RoomView along Bowen Street prior to the Western Access development that extended Bowen Street to join up with Tinakori Road. The Congregational Church is on the leftc. Glenmore 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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