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• • A history of Wellington City Libraries

    • History of Wellington City Libraries
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    • libraries
  
  

• • Building Madness in Mt Vic

    • Who said renovating a character cottage wasn't easy?! I did!! Why did I buy that house...
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    • mount-victoria
  
  

• • Floating Crane Hikitia - a brief history

    • Hikitia arrived in Wellington harbour on 21 December 1926 after a voyage of 82 days. She began work almost immediately and for over 70 years has been a familiar sight on the harbour, taken for granted and unheralded. She has worked on all types of construction projects including wharf construction.
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• • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust

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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Friends of Karori Cemetery

    • Our purpose is to advocate for and develop the heritage and ecological values of Karori Cemetery, and to assist with grave/plot restoration.
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    • karori
    • local-history

    Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Heritage Building Inventory

    • The Heritage List contains basic information on each place that has official heritage status with Wellington City Council. To be included a place must have significant historic, architectural, technical or social value, or be significant to tangata whenua and other Maori.
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    • heritage-buildings
    • wellington-city-council
  
  

• • Historic Places Wellington

    • We are a membership not-for-profit organisation based in Wellington, New Zealand. We advocate for heritage in the wider Wellington region, and offer events such as talks, walks and visits to historic places and buildings.
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    • lobby-groups
  
  

• • History of Wellington

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• • Karori Historical Society

    • The Karori Historical Society promotes the local history of Karori, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.
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    • community-groups
    • local-history
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• • Katherine Mansfield House

    • The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace is the childhood home of one of the world's best-known short story writers and New Zealand's most famous author.
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Keep Wellingtons Character

    • Keep Wellington’s Character is a heritage based campaign that opposes sweeping building deregulation and the removal of protections in Wellington’s historic ‘character’ suburbs.
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    • heritage-buildings
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• • Makara Hall and St Patricks Church

    • Originally built in 1873 by the Catholic diocese, St Patricks is a non-denominational, community owned church. Situated in the farming and lifestyle area of Makara, St Patricks is twenty minutes drive from the centre of Wellington. The Church is listed with the Historic Places Trust and is lovingly maintained by local volunteers.
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    • makara
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• • Mount Street Cemetery

    • The Mount Street Cemetery was the first cemetery in Wellington for Catholic burials and contains the graves of the first nuns and priests in Wellington. It remained open until 1891 although burials continued in existing family plots until 1954. The earliest surviving grave marker dates from 1851, and the latest from 1954. Although only around 200 headstones survive, it is estimated that there could have been as many as 750 to 800 burials. Many of the early markers were simple wooden crosses, which have long since vanished.
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    • kelburn
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    Mount Street Cemetery, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Mt Victoria Historical Society

    • Mount Victoria Historical Society's aims are to develop and promote interest in and knowledge of the Mount Victoria area, research and record its history, encourage the protection of its natural and built heritage.
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    • local-history
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• • Old Saint Paul's

    • Old St Paul's, Thorndon, is a must see for visitors with its neo-Gothic architecture cast entirely in native timbers. Still consecrated this historic church is well loved for weddings, funerals, concerts and special events. A multi-media exhibition recently opened honouring the US Marines in NZ during WWI. Guided tours available.
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    • thorndon
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• • Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust

    • The Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust shall work to acquire, develop and administer the venue of the Railway Station Precinct at Paekakariki for recreational, historic preservation, tourism, education, cultural and other allied or supporting activity.
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    • local-history
    • trains
    • kapiti
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• • Plimmers Ark

    • This site replicates and expands the interpretation material at the two conservation and display facilities in Wellington, New Zealand of the 1848 sailing ship Inconstant that became a central city building known as Plimmer's Ark
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• • Plimmers Ark

    • In July 1997 ships timbers were found under the 1880's Old Bank & Chambers complex in central Wellington during restoration. The timbers were the bilges of the 1848 Nova Scotia built wooden sailing ship the Inconstant that was beached during early colonial development and converted to a Warehouse and wharf.
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• • Rimutaka Incline Railway

    • The Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust aims to reinstate and operate a world-class heritage railway between Wellington and the Wairarapa. The railway has the potential to be a unique tourist attraction for Wellington and New Zealand, and a major contributor to the regional economy.
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    • rimutaka-railway

    Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Save Erskine College Trust

    • SECT's overall purpose to save Erskine College its grounds and its chapel as a significant and historic part of the Island Bay community.
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    • island-bay
    • heritage-buildings
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• • Southern Bays Historical Society

    • MISSION: To provide the community with a good understanding of the history and people of the Southern Bays.
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    • local-history
  
  

• • Tawa Historical Society

    • Tawa Historical Society was established in 2001 from an initiative of the Rotary Club of Tawa. The Society has membership of approximately 45 people interested in the heritage of the community of Tawa.
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    • tawa
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• • The Endeavour Visit

    • On February 2nd 1996, around mid-day, the full scale replica of the sailing ship 'Endeavour' came into Wellington Harbour.
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• • The Thistle Inn

    • The Thistle Inn was built in 1840. she is the oldest hotel in NZ still trading from the original site. In July 1866 she was burnt to the ground but by December the same year she was back operating. You will see the original beer cellar through the glass floor. She is a Category 1 historic place building and was completely restored in 2004 (as close as possible to how she was in 1866).
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    • bars
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• • The life and times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor

    • ‘The life and times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor’ enables us to enter into the life and times of a man, a family, a society, and ways of thinking and acting different to, yet not so distant from, our own. We enter the world of an architect, who is also an artist; builder, craftsman; a theosophist, an astrologer, a photographer, a furniture maker.
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• • Upper Hutt; a pictorial heritage

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• • Wellington City Recollect

    • A database of heritage photos, books, maps and related ephemera reflecting the Capital's past. The database is administered by Wellington City Libraries.
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• • Wellington Heritage

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• • Wellington Heritage Week

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• • Wellington Southern Bays Historical Society

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• • Wellington Trolley Bus Page

    • Welcome to the Wellington Trolley Bus website. This site is all about the Trolley Buses of Wellington New Zealand - both past and present.
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• • Wellington's Coastal Defences

    • On the high points around Wellington Harbour are the remains of fortifications and gun-emplacements built to defend the capital city against attack from the sea.....
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• • Wrights Hill Fortress

    • Built during World War Two, the Fortress consists of an underground network of tunnels, operation rooms and three gun emplacements.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

Local History Feeds

• • Karori Historical Society feed

    • Karori Historical Society
    • Latest Item: 4 Sep 2024
    • Last Read: 3 minutes ago
    • Submitted by tonytw1
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    • karori
    • community-groups
    • local-history
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• • Friends of Karori Cemetery stories

    • Friends of Karori Cemetery
    • Latest Item: 11 Sep 2024
    • Last Read: 3 minutes ago
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    Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wrights Hill Fortress feed

    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • Latest Item: 25 May 2024
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Katherine Mansfield house what's new blog 2020

    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • Latest Item: 30 May 2024
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust feed 2020

    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • Latest Item: 9 Sep 2024
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• • RIR HTTPS

    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Latest Item: 13 Sep 2024
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    • rimutaka-railway

    Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • cuba st project posts

    • cuba st project
    • Latest Item: 5 Mar 2014
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    • cuba-street

    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust news

    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Latest Item: 2 Jan 2017
    • Last Read: 3 minutes ago
    • Submitted by tonytw1
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    • local-history
    • rimutaka-railway

    Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust news

    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • Latest Item: 9 Sep 2024
    • Last Read: 3 minutes ago
    • Submitted by tonytw1
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• • Building Madness in Mt Vic feed

    • Building Madness in Mt Vic
    • Latest Item: 1 Mar 2011
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    • mount-victoria

    Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

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• • Wellington Heritage Week blog

    • Wellington Heritage Week
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• • MVHS newsletters

    • Mt Victoria Historical Society
    • Last Changed: 5 months ago
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    Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)