Wellington City Libraries and Local History
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Wellington’s Historic Chinese Community
- Wellington City Libraries
- From vegetable shops to supermarkets, from import merchants to restaurants, and from miners to associations, Wellington’s Chinese history provides a… Continue reading Wellington’s Historic Chinese Community →
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Where did Rongotai Terrace go?
- Wellington City Libraries
- With the launch of the newly digitised Ronald Cameron Airport Collection, we take a look back at a version of Rongotai that no longer exists. Ron extensively documented the development of Wellington Airport and the effect it had on the shape of Rongotai, Evans Bay and Lyall Bay in the 1950s. A selection of his photographs are available to view in person at the Kilbirnie Library throughout the month of June.
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Kilbirnie Library (WCC), Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith
- Wellington City Libraries
- Previously only available in an online text form, one of the most useful and readable books about Wellington’s local history… Continue reading ‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith →
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Plating Up: a talk about the history of Wellington’s restaurant trade
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- From basic grill restaurants serving countless plates of sausages & chips to French cuisine served on fine porcelain, through to… Continue reading Plating Up: a talk about the history of Wellington’s restaurant trade →
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Risk anything! Remembering Katherine Mansfield on the centenary of her death
- Wellington City Libraries
- Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for… Continue reading Risk anything! Remembering Katherine Mansfield on the centenary of her death →
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Making Space: Interview with Wellingtonian historian Elizabeth Cox
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- The hidden history of women and architecture in New Zealand is one that, until very recently, has been a story… Continue reading Making Space: Interview with Wellingtonian historian Elizabeth Cox →
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Let’s Get Wellington Moving… in the 1920s
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- A century ago, the Wellington City Council was dealing with similar issues to those facing planners today: how to manage… Continue reading Let’s Get Wellington Moving… in the 1920s →
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Lost artworks of Wellington
- Wellington City Libraries
- Wellington is full of public works of art that blend seamlessly into our landscape. Sculptures effortlessly populate the waterfront and botanic gardens while many murals and installations take pride of place on retaining walls, the sides of buildings and in the city’s parks. Many of us tend to wander past these works on our way to work with little more than a passing glance. They’ll be there tomorrow, right?
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The 80s called and they’ve given their magazine back
- Wellington City Libraries
- Wellington City Libraries is bringing the past back to the future with the popular 1980s Wellington City Magazine now accessible online.
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Dining out in Wellington in the early 1990s
- Wellington City Libraries
- Newly digitised on our Recollect site, the Sheridan Restaurant Guide from 1993 is another snap-shot of our eating-out habits and a startling contrast to the Menu Guide published a decade earlier.
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When Post Office Square was the centre of town
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- He roamed from Post Office Square to the wharves, where black mysterious little waves suck under sea-rotted, weed-twined piles, from the wharves back again to various haunts of publicans and sinners.
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The Cuba Street Memories Project is moving!
- Wellington City Libraries
- After more than a decade, our Cuba Street Memories Project is moving to a new platform.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dining out in Wellington during the era of shrimp cocktails and deep-fried camembert
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- Today Wellingtonians are spoilt for choice when it comes to dining out in the city with a huge range of different cuisines to try and restaurants which cover every budget.
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