A Window on Wellington's Past

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

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

04/06/2024

Been a little MIA these past couple of years, but pleased to be finally getting back into this with this gem from November 1965 from the Dominion.

10/07/2022

Editorial questioning the impact of the Thorndon motorway extension. Many of the arguments could be repeated in 2022 - Dominion, November 1965

07/07/2022

Save more by shopping in Miramar - Dominion, March 1977

06/07/2022

"Guess who's going to get a twin carb fastback first?" Advertisement for Post Office Savings Bonds - Dominion, January 1976

06/07/2022

"Be proud to teach" - Dominion, November 1966

05/07/2022

With the recent announcement of a local MP's tilt at the mayoralty, a reminder that a seat in Parliament is not always a guarantee of mayoral chains. In 1995 Liz Tennet, Labour MP for Island Bay, stood to replace Fran Wilde as Mayor. She ended up losing to local shoe salesman Mark Blumsky - Evening Post, June 1995

04/07/2022

Railways Department investigates moving the interisland ferry terminal from Aotea Quay. In the end it was moved to the reclamation in Kaiwharawhara, the new terminal opening in 1986. It's first substantial renovation is underway, ahead of the new ferries arriving in 2025 - Dominion, August 1981

03/07/2022

Marking the launch of the DC-10 for Air New Zealand - Dominion. January 1973

30/06/2022

Advertisement (and review) of the Volkswagen Beetle - Dominion, June 1970

30/06/2022

An architect imagines the tidying up of the Hataitai portal of the Mt Victoria tunnel - Dominion, November 1965

29/06/2022

Style section - Evening Post, September 1983

29/06/2022

BOAC announce a special fare of $497 to Honolulu ($8,800 in today's money) and $625 to Los Angeles ($11,000 in today's money) flying the VC10 - Dominion, June 1970

29/06/2022

Promoting the Mini in a time of petrol shortages - Evening Post, October 1980

28/06/2022

Tenants fight to save Inverlochy House. The house still stands today - Dominion, February 1980

28/06/2022

Back when Housewives predominantly did the shopping - Dominion, November 1965

27/06/2022

Traffic officers campaigning for pay increases - Dominion, February 1974

27/06/2022

In the great tradition of tall poppy syndrome, the Sports Minister seeks to pierce the post-1990 Commonwealth Games euphoria, where New Zealand recorded its largest ever medal haul - Evening Post, February 1990