Historic Places Wellington

13/06/2026

12/06/2026

12/06/2026

11/06/2026

When George William Cooper lost his WWI keepsake in 1944, he placed a newspaper advert asking, “Will finder kindly return?” They have, finally.

10/06/2026

Harbour Capital Chorus entertaining commuters this afternoon at the historic railway station...

09/06/2026

📢 Landscaping maintenance work at Massey Memorial, Point Halswell.

Starting this Thursday 11 June, annual landscape maintenance work will be carried out at Massey Memorial. This work includes removing storm-damaged and hazardous trees, w**d management, and new plantings across the site.

🌳 Arborists will be working on the pōhutukawa near the marble colonnade at the northern end of the headland.
🚧 The Memorial will be temporarily closed while work is underway.
🚶 Walking tracks to the Memorial will remain open, although access may be restricted at times. Please follow all signage and contractor directions on site.

The work is expected to be completed by the end of June 2026.

For further information, contact or call 04 499 4229 for urgent enquiries.

📷Jamie Mackay, NZ History

Miramar Peninsula / Te Motu Kairangi (Wellington)

06/06/2026

Amongst the J H Bethune & Co. records and artefacts handed over by Francis Fanning to the Onslow Historical Society last week are three complete sets of the Ward map of Wellington. The Ward map, comprising 88 sections, is the most wonderful inventory of Wellington in the 1890's, and has recently been the subject of a fabulous book by Elizabeth Cox. We're thrilled to have Elizabeth as the speaker at our AGM on Saturday 4 July. The book tells social history stories of the city which emerge from the map. Elizabeth will talk to us about her project to write the book, the map itself, and focus on one of the 88 map sheets which go to make up the larger map.

Our AGM is open to everyone and we'll post information about the time and location later in June, but note the date now.

06/06/2026

Great response by WCC: staff to reach out to heritage owners following the survey it conducted awhile ago...

Engagement with owners of buildings and structures subject to heritage protections in the District Plan and other interested parties.

03/06/2026

Learn about the project to conserve the Albion Battery mining remains at Terawhiti station. You will need to RSVP to reserve a place at this talk. See link.

Consultant Archaeologist Mary O’Keeffe and Terawhiti Station Director Michael Grace discuss the project to conserve the 19th century Albion Battery goldfields site at Terawhiti Station.

03/06/2026

An article from Heritage NZ about Tonks bricks and brick making family of Wellington ...

David Watt, Our Senior Outreach Advisor, recently met up with one of our members, Gary Tonks, to interview him about his family and their brickmaking legacy that has left an indelible mark on the capital city.