Trethewey, William Thomas, 1892-1956. Sculpture by William Trethewey at the Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington, depicting Kupe, his wife, and a tohunga. Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986 :Collection of prints and negatives. Ref: 1/2-004298-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. 

Held in storage by Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Wellington City Council

In the foyer of Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

1940 Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Kupe Group

Alex Fraser, 'Joy Fountain', 1946, Botanic Gardens, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024.

Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā

The Friends of the Botanic Gardens Inc.

M.J. Kilgour Esq.

Botanic Gardens, (near Glenmore St entrance), Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Joy Fountain

Belinda Reburn, Neville Porteous and Helene Carroll, 'Wishing Well,' 1960/1996, Oriental Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Wellington Jaycees

Oriental Bay Residents Association

Community Trust of Wellington

Jane Aim

Jack Illott

Peter Hemsley

Oriental Parade near bus stop 7515 (Oriental Terrace), Oriental Bay

Wishing Well

Johnston, Orchiston, Blumhardt, et. Al, ‘Richard E. Byrd II Memorial’ (1993), Mt Victoria, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Nov 2025

Richard E. Byrd Fellowship New Zealand

Orchiston Power & Associates

Doreen Blumhardt

Mt Victoria Lookout, Mt Victoria, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

New Zealand National Memorial to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), ICI House, Wellington, mural. Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs. Ref: DW-1285-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. 

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)

Stephenson & Turner

Wellington City Council storage

ICI House, 61 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Copper Crystals

Burren & Keen (firm) with Graham Allardice, ‘Bucket Fountain’ (1969), Cuba Mall, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

Frank Kitts

Cuba Mall (between Dixon and Ghuznee Sts), Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Bucket Fountain

Guy Ngan, 'Geometric Progression' (1974), CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Michael Fowler Centre car park on Wakefield St, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Mainzeal Corporation Ltd

Civic Centre at the corner of Victoria & Mercer Sts, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Geometric Progression

Jock McEwen with prisoners from Rimutaka Prison and students of Petone Technical College, 'Te Pou o Wi Tako' and 'Te Pou o Wi Tako' (1983), Michael Fowler Centre, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Images: Left - Te Pou o Tauiwi; Right - Te Pou o Wi Tako. Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Petone (Hutt Valley) Technical Institute

Rimutaka Prison

Main Foyer, Ground Floor, Michael Fowler Centre, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Te Pou o Tauiwi me Te Pou o Wi Tako

Students of Petone (Hutt Valley) Technical Institute

Gordon Crook, Wall Hangings (1983), Michael Fowler Centre, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Nancy Seaton

Between each door to the main auditorium, Levels 1-2, Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Wall Hangings

Gordon Crook, Banners (1983), Michael Fowler Centre, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Banners

Tanya Ashken, ‘Albatross’ (1989), Taranaki Street Wharf, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

Wellington Sculpture Trust

Edge of Whairepo Lagoon toward Frank Kitts Park on the waterfront, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Albatross

Terry Stringer, ‘Grand Head’ (1987), 86 Victoria St, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

Wellington City Council Arts Bonus Scheme

Renouf Properties Ltd.

Outside 86 Victoria St, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Grand Head

Philip Trusttum, ‘Northern Lights’ (1987), The Terrace, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Image: Maribeth Coleman, ‘Public Art and Publically Accessible Art’, c/- Wellington City Libraries Recollect. Ref: 50012-047 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 

https://wellington.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/6182

Aurora Group Limited

Structon Group Architects

Kiwi Property

Keith Cooper

Betty Logan

Ben Hanly

Suzanne Johnson

In Wellington City Council storage

Above the front facade, 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington Central, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Northern Lights

Robyn Kahukiwa, ‘He Tatai Whetu Ki Te Rangi Mau Tonu Mau Tonu He Tatai Tangata Ki Te Whenua Ngaro Noa Ngaro Noa’ (Gods Never Die – Only People Do) (1988), Waitohi, Johnsonville Library
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa NZ, 2024

City Gallery Wellington

Athfield Architects

Johnsonville Library Waitohi, 34 Morefield Rd, Johnsonville, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Entry Foyer, Wellington City Council Building, 101 Wakefield St, Wellington Central, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington 

City Gallery Wellington and various touring sites

He Tatai Whetu Ki Te Rangi Mau Tonu Mau Tonu He Tatai Tangata Ki Te Whenua Ngaro Noa Ngaro Noa

Henry Moore, ‘Bronze Form’ (1986), Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Fletcher Development & Construction Ltd

Wellington Botanic Garden near Salamanca Road, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Midland Park, Lambton Quay, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Bronze Form

Paul Hartigan, ‘Whipping in the Wind’ (1988), Legal House (formerly Sybase House), CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

In the rotunda tower of Sybase House (now Legal House), 101 Lambton Quay at Ballance Street,  Wellington

Whipping in the Wind

Matt Pine (Te Āti Hau-Nui-a-Pāpārangi, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), ‘Circle Segment’ (1988), 23 Waring Taylor Street, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

The entrance of 23 Waring Taylor Street, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Circle Segment

Peter Kundycki, ‘Umbrella’ (1990), Cnr Cuba & Dixon Sts, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

In Manners Mall on the corner of Cuba and Dixon Street, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Cnr Cuba & Wakefield Sts, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Umbrella

Chris Booth, ‘Silent People’ (1991), Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Decommissioned

Civic Square Development Project

In the raised garden bed where Te Matapihi Central Library faces onto Te Ngākau Civic Square, CDB, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Silent People

Nicola Mannering, ‘Memorial Fountain to the Brig 'Gertrude'’ (1991), Plimmer Steps, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Top of Plimmer Steps, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Memorial fountain to the Brig 'Gertrude'

Chris Booth, ‘Peacemaker’ (1991), Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Manuka Way, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Peacemaker

Athfield Architects, 'Nikau Palms' (1992). Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Wellington Library, Civic Square, CBD, Wellington (bordering Harris & Victoria Sts).

Nikau Palms

Paul Dibble, ‘Looking and Listening for the Sea’ (1992), Begonia House, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Sir Frank and Lady Nola Holmes

Begonia House, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, 101 Glenmore St, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Looking & Listening for the Sea

Matt Pine (Te Āti Hau-Nui-a-Pāpārangi, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), ‘Prow & Capital’ (1992), Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

To either side of the entry of the City to Sea Bridge from Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Prow & Capital

Shona Rapira Davies, ‘Te Aro Park’ (1992), Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Photo: Kevin Stent. Courtesy Stuff Limited (used with permission).

National Mutual

Te Aro Park, 2 Dixon Street, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington 

Te Aro Park

Rewi Thompson, John Gray and Paratene Matchitt, ‘City-to-Sea Bridge’ (1993) [pou], Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

In between Te Ngākau Civic Square and Whairepo Lagoon over Jervois Quay, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

City-to-Sea Bridge

Alison Clouston, ‘The Bee Lady’ (1994), Botanic Gardens, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Maribeth Coleman, Public Art and Publicly Accessible Art collection, 1994. Courtesy Wellington City Libraries. CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0.

South end of Herb Garden, Wellington Botanic Garden, 101 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington 

Entrance to Treehouse Visitor Centre, Wellington Botanic Garden, 101 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

The Bee Lady

Andrew Drummond, ‘Listening & Viewing Device’ (1994), Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Druid's Hill, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Listening and Viewing Device

Bill Culbert & Ralph Hōtere (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa), ‘Fault’ (1994), City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Scollay Holdings Ltd

Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council

South façade of City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Fault

Alan Hobbs, ‘Pig’ (1995), Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Maribeth Coleman, Public Art and Publicly Accessible Art collection, 1991. Courtesy Wellington City Libraries. CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0.

Near the lawn directly outside the Town Hall, Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Eruera Te Whiti Nia (Ngāti Te Whiti), ‘Pouwhenua’ (1996), Thorndon Quay, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Lou and Bob Loizou

Capital Gateway Centre, Thorndon Quay, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Pouwhenua

Mary-Louise Browne, ‘Body to Soul’ (1996), Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Creative New Zealand

Norwood Path in the Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Body to Soul

Tom Tischler, ‘John Plimmer and his Dog Fritz’ (1996), Plimmer Steps, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Ross Wilson

Judy Alexander

Alex Kennedy

Plimmer Steps, Lambton Quay, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

John Plimmer and his Dog Fritz

Silvia Salgado, ‘Nga Korerorero: Ongoing Talk’ (1996), Midland Park, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Midland Park, Lambton Quay, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Nga Korerorero

Denis O’Connor, ‘Rudderstone’ (1997), Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Manuka Path, Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, Kelburn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Rudderstone

Bruce Campbell, ‘Axis of the Gate to Serendipity’ (1997), Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Bruce Campbell

Jack Illot Green, Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Axis of the Gate to Serendipity

Neil Dawson, ‘Ferns’ (1988/2018), Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts

ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd

Credit Suisse First Boston

Saatchi & Saatchi

Telecom New Zealand

TOWER Group

Remade - suspended above Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Suspended above Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Ferns

Ralph Hōtere (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa) & Mary McFarlane, ‘Rūaumoko’ (1998), CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

South-East corner of Lambton Quay & Stout Street, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Rūaumoko

Brett Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui), ‘Kaiwhakatere: The Navigator’ (1999), Parliamentary Precinct, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Site of fomer Broadcasting House ('Bolger Park'), Bowen Street, Parliamentary Precinct, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Kaiwhakatere

Mary-Louise Browne, ‘Seven Steps to Heaven’ (1999), Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Image: Neil Price, Wellington City Council, 1999

In the raised garden in front of the Council Administration Building, Te Ngākau Civic Square, CBD, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Seven Steps to Heaven

Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the country's capital city Wellington. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Greater Wellington Region.

Wellington became the capital of Aotearoa, replacing Auckland, in 1865. Consequently the population rapidly grew from around 7,000 residents to 49,344 by the end of the century. As of June 2022 the Wellington city had a population of 213,100.

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