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The work of Ans Westra now on Recollect
Purchased by Wellington City Libraries over 40 years ago, our complete collection of over 350 images by one of New Zealand’s most significant photographers of the 20th century is now available to view...
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Let’s Get Wellington Moving… in the 1920s
Courtenay Place in the early 1920s, a period of transition from horse-drawn to motorised vehicles. Photo by S C Smith, WCC Archives Ref: 00157-4 A century ago, the Wellington City Council was dealing...
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Her Excellency’s Knitting Book
“For the Empire and for Freedom we must all do our bit. The men go forth to Battle, the women wait – and knit.” Members of the Wellington Spinsters Club knitting socks for soldiers during World War I....
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‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith
Previously only available in an online text form, one of the most useful and readable books about Wellington’s local history is now fully digitised on Wellington City Recollect. The 1967 reprint of the...
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New online genealogical resource: The Scholefield Papers
A remarkable 80 year old collection of letters and family trees detailing the genealogy of thousands of individuals descending from early European settlers of the Wellington Province has now been...
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Wellington’s Historic Chinese Community
From vegetable shops to supermarkets, from import merchants to restaurants, and from miners to associations, Wellington’s Chinese history provides a unique perspective of the capital’s past. Chinese...
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The flowering of The Tulip
In the late 1950s, a pioneering restaurant helped introduce Wellingtonians to ‘fine dining’ but faced the absurdity of New Zealand’s antiquated liquor laws The menu for The Tulip In 1951 Boyd Klap...
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The Rise of Vernacular Architecture in Wellington
The 1960s and 1970s saw the rise of a unique style of New Zealand architecture. Two of the best known exponents of this new form were the Wellington based architects, Roger Walker and Ian Athfield. The...
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New online resource: the Wellington Provincial Council Gazette, 1854-1876
Digitised for the first time is the complete collection of the weekly gazette of the Wellington Provincial Council, which offers a fascinating insight into the city and region’s early colonial...
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The spectacular cinemas of Wellington
The Plaza Cinema, Manners Street, ATL Ref: 1/2-100179-G For much of the 20th century, entertainment in Wellington was dominated by movies and movie theatres. Many of our early cinemas grew or were...
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