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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

Summer Cityd. Karori ReservoirPortrait of Lionel Lewis Harris, CouncillorWellington Corporation Tramways tram car no. 41Wellington Public Library: Junior Section, displaysa. Tank, tests on runway, airporth. Unidentified streetWellington COVID 19 Lock Down walk and drive aroundSummer City - Sound Shell Concertc. Drainage, Job 9880. Drainage Reserve Trunk Sewer Relaya. Footpath, Cobham DrivePanoramas - Cable Carb. Proposed tip, Elliott St, JohnsonvilleDownstage 25th anniversaryNissan Mobil 500Elevated view of area of wooden dwellingsDavid Halld. Various interiors, Public eating housesWorkmen are laying new road seal on Hutt Road.Così Fan TutteCivic Centre ReconstructionNissan Mobilb. Tory StreetParks and Recreation - Summer City Programmese. Zoo miniature railwayKelburn Cable Car concession ticket, adult 2-tripo. WCC staff social Golf Tournament, Shandon Club59 Ghuznee Street, Bath House, Private Hotelg. Scenes of WellingtonSlip at 3 Arden Wayr. Traffic Safety Weekb. Official opening of Abattoirsb. State of footpath and road, No 11C Lonsdale CrescentWellington Zoo groundsSummer CityCambelltown, Main Street [ High Street, Lower Hutt ]d. Reception to Charles and PalmerSupergroove, the Distraction Tours. Reception to Lochiel, Chief of the Cameron ClanSummer City - Hot Café with a Little Percolation / Human JukeboxLady Bird Johnson on the Kelburn Cable Card. Hobson Street Drainager. Milk Dept, Tory StCleverly Polynesian Youth Festivalb. Fence, corner Broderick Road and Bannister Avenueb. Contract Job Number 2019 - Construction of Terminal Building, Wellington AirportTe Aro ReclamationEvelyn Raye & Frank Lawton, receptionCity Scapes, DeBretts Tavern, corner of Ballance Street and Lambton QuayCouncillor Grey, Wellington City Council
 
 
 

Browse by Subject / Tirotiro-a-Kaupapa

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

Archives Newsletter / Kawerongo Rorohiko

Our quarterly Archives Newsletter allows us to share some of the coolest archives we've found, articles about the history of Wellington, and a little bit of behind the scenes from our archivists! Click here to subscribe
 

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