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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

b. Laboratory Water Teste. Crossings, Mercer and Wakefield Streetsp. Construction of drainage channels, Wellington Airportr. Marshall Court FlatsJanine Jansen Plays TchaikovskyMr Ira Benson, US Secretary of Agriculture: receptionWilliam Clausonar. Cuba Street at Dixon Street intersectionSummer City - Wacky WorkshopsSigns along Kelburn Cable Car tracks, Salamanca RoadSummer CityKarori Park sportsground and bowling greenD, Official OpeningSummer Citym. Accesses, Hornsey Road and Sutherland Rd, reconstructionMichael Fowler Centre ConcertsQueen Mother's visit to NZ, 6-9 FebruaryNZ Scouts Reps for Jubilee Jamboree in Englandb. Presentation to Mr W Gambled. Machines, Burma Roadd. Access, No 117 Sefton Stbg. Lambton Quay: Magistrate courtsb. Damaged Motor Vehicleb. Alleged accident bridge, Lennel Streetk. Miss CutterCleverly Polynesian Youth Festivalb. Drainage - Hutt Roadl. Road Safety Week, Traffic Department Hugh Wright Ltd, Willis Streeta. Views of residential property affected by subsidenceDragon Boat Festival, crowd gathered in Civic Squareb. No 123 Vivian St, W and R Jack Ltdm. Cuba Street, Rear entrancesSummer City - Straw Fight / Building StageBotanic Gardens: Begonia House, prior building of new tea rooms, exterior, Rose Gardenb. Abattoirsj. Job 3104, Warwick Ste. Views of single storey dwelling on the corner of Darwin Street and Chamberlain Streeta. Parkvale Rd, shops - dwelling to be movedCivic reception in the Town Hall for the Prince of Wales, during royal visitad. WCC staff social Golf Tournament, Shandon Clubaa. Shop frontsc. Uneeda Fruit Co, no 44 Owen Sta. Mr McKeon, Assistant Librarianc. Procession, Traffic Safety WeekNissan Mobilf. Tips and Spray PlantSummer CityDownstage 25th anniversaryNo 1, 3, 5 and 7 Evelyn Place: houses and yardsd. Traffic Department
 
 
 

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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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