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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.

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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

a. Reception to Colombe Plan StudentsView of Carter Observatory, Wellington Botanic GardenMichael Parmenter's Commotion Company, 1991 National Tourk. Reservoirs: Haywards - constructing pumping station and Punjab Street - watertank and views from areac. Kelburn Viaductk. Vehicle Access, Newlands Road, Newlandse. Unable to determine which job these negatives relate to - Job 7024; Job 7068Muralsb. Naturalisation Ceremony, Council Chamberb. 12 inch Water Main, Russell Tce Flatsd. Duncan Terrace Flats, steps for Marshall Court FlatsWalkway in cemetery groundsMayor Macalister's Christmas Party, December 1955Summer CityTangi, Porirua PaParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Floriadeh. Worser Bay, Launching RampSpecific sites around city and Denis O'Connor's worka. Job 1450, repairs to footpathb. Traffic Safety Week, award winners leaving airport for sightseeing flightQueens Wharf and the SS "Go-Ahead"as. Safety Week, Traffic DeptJellybeana. No 123 Vivian St, W and R Jack Ltdp. Reception, traffic housea. Brosnahan TerraceSummer CityWellpro [Graphic content warning - Meatworks]b. Workmen constructing new pumping station, Devonshire Roadb. Types of flats, PoriruaWellpro [Graphic content warning - Meatworks]b. Reception to Lord Rowallan99 Cockayne Roade. Cenotaph, Government BuildingsCity Engineers Department, staff photographc. Accident site/Streetscape, Wellington Road, Evans Bay.Robot 'Brosco' departing for WanganuiRoss Noble, Unrealtimeb. Bus Barn, Kilbirnieb. Gang, Wilton Road TunnelDamage to exterior of Tramcar no. 203Summer CityOld Saint Paul's, Mulgrave Street, ThorndonZoo: holiday programmeNorman Herbert Pearsong. Car ParkingCouncil owned houses, 44 Aro Street area and others, 12 Tonks Avenue and others, 8 Alameda StreetSummer City - Anderson Parkd. Mansfield Street FootpathNewtown Park, public gathering
 
 
 

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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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