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Archivist Adrian Humphris, Wellington City Archives

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Archivist Adrian Humphris, Wellington City Archives

The Wellington City Archives, which holds Wellington City Council's records and Wellington-based archival material back to 1842, is one of the largest territorial archives in the country. Archivist Adrian Humphris is dwarfed by the long lines of shelving containing maps and plans.

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Stuart Strachan, Archives – Government archives, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41757/archivist-adrian-humphris-wellington-city-archives (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Stuart Strachan, published 21 May 2013.