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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

Detail of tram rail jointe. Khandallah Swimming Pool, Woodmancote Roadb. Elevated view of construction site, Construction of Reservoir, NewlandsSummer CityDrainage Department, Caisson, Featherston Streetc. Traffic Safety Week Cathedral Servicef. Abattoirsa. Tinakori Road DrainageThe Dutch Swing College Band, 45th Anniversary TourNissan Mobil 500Events in WellingtonGiselleb. Panorama - Walworth Rd TipBetter Than Normal, Sue DunlopGrainger Street, South facingi. Morton DamCivic Centre - ReconstructionBallads to Blues Concerta. Slip, 92 Parkvale Road, Karoria. Workmen constructing drainage systemPanoramas - Cable CarCivic Centre ReconstructionWalkway in cemetery groundsPresentation at Computer Servicesa. Cracked concrete wall, 60a Ferry Streetf. Buildings being erectedCopy photograph of the Terrace Areaa. Coat of Armsa. Quebec Sta. No 5 Randwick Rd, Front yard and garage extensionk. Accesses, nos 31-61 Calcutta Streetn. HM the Queen Mother Receptionc. Crawford RoadSummer City, Mardi GrasQueen Victoria Statue, Kent Terrace - Decorative Panele. No 18 Lindum Terracee. Staff, Kaitoke and WainuiElevated view of Evans Bay from Hataitai, across to Lyall Bayc. Playground equipment, Owhiro Bay. Botanical Gardens. Khandallah Domainc. Pipe tackle, Karori Reservoird. No 90 Oban StreetSakai Sister City Event at Te PapaMobil Street Racei. No 49 Glanmire Rdg. Glenside Sewerage Treatment Plantb. Hobson Street DrainageSummer City - Raft RaceMobil Street RaceFire Brigade; Portrait of a firemanTram service to the Centennial Exhibition
 
 
 

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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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