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Mayor Mark Blumsky juggling; a 1996 photograph by City Council photographer Neil Price
Alfred Brandon, soon to be Mayor of Wellington, c.1890

This project page records Wikimedia initiatives carried out by the Wellington City Archives (herein Archives). Projects were initiated by New Zealand Wikipedian at Large Giantflightlessbirds in December 2018. The Archives have a large collection of undigitised photos; many of these are historic photos in the public domain, and there are several decades of photos by City Council photographers. Under NZ law, copyright of photos by Council staff rests with the Council, and the Archives are authorised to release these under a Creative Commons license.

  • Neil Price • current Team Leader Photography and Video, official Wellington City Council photographer for some years
  • Alister K Bristow • History Librarian at the Wellington Public Library • between 1951 and 1963 took some 3000 images at the request of Council departments
  • Mark Graham, Mark Tantrum • Some photography