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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.

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

a. Construction of Reservoir, Newlandsf. Traffic beacona. Laboratory, Corporation yardf. Zoo groundsBrooklyn Library, interiorb. Airport, drainage workPossibly a CompressorParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: FloriadeTaroona fire damageFestival of the Artsa. Rosalind Terracee. Streetscape, Hobart Street, MiramarCivic Centre ReconstructionGroup of men standing in front of train engineMillers Commercial Hotel, Lower Willis StreetParks and Recreation - Botanical Gardens: Floriadek. Town Planning Appeal Board. School patrols. Wellington Club, The Terraced. Residential property, 26a Delhi Crescent, KhandallahNissan Mobil 500b. Nos 37-43 Torrens Tceu. Mr Gott, Mr Mole, Mr Willard, or Mr Andy Wardf. New Chapel Karori Cemeterya. Corporation Yardc. Industrial area, Beaumont EstateRoadking Bus on Suburban runArlington Street, urban renewal old houses on present sitesb. No 75 Rintoul StreetBasin ReserveCambridge Terrace, Kent Terrace, Courtenay Place: building facades for eyebolt placementa. Airport - Runway Constructionb. Access, No 117 Sefton Stc. Slip, 114 Ohiro Road, BrooklynWellington Zoo, giraffes in enclosureSummer City, Maori and Pacific Island Festivala. Derelict structurej. Reservoirs: Haywards - constructing pumping station and Punjab Street - watertank and views from areab. Visit of Chinese Admiral, mayoral receptiona. elevated views of residential area, Saint Bridgid's School in the backgroundb. Workmen in base of underground pumping station, interiorp. Copies, old photos, milk deptb. Boulcott StreetGroup photograph of Wellington Tramways Cricket TeamH Barber, butcher Lambton Quay, in front of his shopc. Raroa Streetf. Unidentified streetNissan Mobil 500i. Duncan Terrace Flats, drainageNissan Mobild. Mayoral Reception for visiting Russiansal. Traffic Buildings Hutt Valley
 
 
 

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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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