A Window on Wellington's Past

13/10/2024

Speculation in 1999 that construction of Transmission Gully could begin by 2002 - it wouldn't be until 2014 when construction would actually begin - Evening Post, May 1999

03/10/2024

View of Wellington Airport before the runway extensions - Dominion, November 1971

02/10/2024

Marking the closure of the Taranaki St Police Station. It is now a bar - Evening Post, October 1989

01/10/2024

Announcing the decision to build the new stadium on the waterfront. The other option being considered was "Aotea Stadium" in Porirua. The new stadium was estimated to cost $72 million and be opened by 1997 - it eventually cost $130 million and opened in early 2000 - Evening Post, August 1994

25/08/2024

People who like people are at Fred Astaire's Dance Studio - Dominion, February 1972

07/08/2024

Marking the development deal for what would become the Old Bank Arcade, billed to become the "most beautiful shopping centre in NZ" - Evening Post, June 1995.

05/08/2024

Advertising the "Sultans Tent", 137 Willis Street (the building still stands and is now a restaurant and offices), Dominion, November 1976

04/08/2024

Marking the demolition of the original Wellington Club building, 80 The Terrace - Dominion, February 1972. The back section of the property was acquired by the Government as part of the construction of the Wgtn Urban Motorway. It was replaced by a Roger Walker-designed building as noted - which itself was demolished in controversial circumstances in 1986 to build the new club building and high rise that sits on the site today.

31/07/2024

Advertisements backing a vote for Prohibition - Evening Post, November 1966

29/07/2024

Absolutely Positively Wellington merch - Evening Post, June 1992

Clippings from newspapers from Wellington, New Zealand, from the 1960s to 1990s. A record of a time long ago.

29/07/2024

A story on the undeveloped site on the corner of Willis and Manners Street - March 1977. The site would remain empty for a further three years, and even be home to a community garden, before the Dukes Arcade was built in 1980. The arcade was only supposed to be a temporary structure until a more permanent building was developed - but it remains there to this day.

09/06/2024

Back when you could take the ferry direct to Christchurch - Dominion, February 1974