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Bringing History Into 2024: A Recap
This year our heritage team have digitised and uploaded over 1500 unique items to our platform Wellington City Recollect, including posters, photographs, books, documents, maps and more! -
Author Interview: Daniel Beban
Riki Gooch interviews author Daniel Beban about his new nonfiction book Future Jaw-Clap. -
RAD: Radio Active Digest now on Wellington City Recollect
A 1980s magazine from Wellington’s pioneering alternative radio station is now available to read online -
New online resource: the Wellington Provincial Council Gazette, 1854-1876
Digitised for the first time is the collection of the weekly gazette of the Wellington Provincial Council, which offers a fascinating insight into the city and region’s early colonial history. -
The Spectacular Cinemas of Wellington
For much of the 20th century, entertainment was dominated by movie theatres. Many of our early cinemas grew from live theatres following the first screening of motion pictures in the capital in 1896. -
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 Flowering of The Tulip
In the late 1950s, a pioneering restaurant helped introduce Wellington to ‘fine dining.' -
New online genealogical resource: The Scholefield Papers
A collection of letters and family trees detailing the genealogy of thousands of individuals descending from early European settlers of the Wellington Province is now available on Recollect. -
‘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 work of Ans Westra on Recollect
Purchased over 40 years ago, our collection of over 350 images by one of New Zealand’s most significant photographers of the 20th century is now available to view on Wellington City Recollect. -
Scope magazine: New Recollect collection
Recollect now hosts the complete digitised collection of Scope, the essential guide to Wellington’s alternative scene in the early 1990s. -
City Voice: News you can use
One of Wellington’s most significant independent media outlets of the 1990s has been fully digitised and is now available to view on Wellington City Recollect. -
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.” -
The Photography of Derek Smith
Wellington City Libraries is proud to host a remarkable collection of photographs on Recollect that capture the vibe of our city from three decades ago. -
Design and Living by E. A. Plischke
Now digitised on Wellington City Recollect, ‘Design and Living’ published in 1947 offers pertinent solutions to our current housing issues nearly 75 years later. -
The 1951 Waterfront Dispute: 151 days that shook New Zealand
2021 marked the 70th anniversary of the longest labour dispute in Aotearoa’s history. A selection of pamphlets and newsletters from the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union is now on Recollect. -
The Levin House of Hobson Street
Completed in 1904, the Levin House was one of the most extravagant houses ever constructed in Wellington to that time. -
The Day the Empress Came to Town
The RMS Empress of Britain visited Wellington in 1938; one of the largest and most luxurious ocean liners of the period.