Heritage List - Introduction

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts

The Wellington City District Plan Heritage List contains information on places and objects that have official heritage status with Wellington City Council. To be included a place must have significant aesthetic, historic, scientific or social value, or be significant to tangata whenua and other Māori. There is also a list of heritage trees in the District Plan.

Entries in the Heritage List contain the following information:

• name of the place at the time of listing
• date
• street address
• map reference number.

The list is updated from time to time as more places are identified as having heritage value. Council staff are constantly in the process of identifying new heritage items to add to the Heritage List.

If you are interested in having a place evaluated for adding to the Heritage List, contact the Council. Listing a place requires research and assessment of the heritage values of the place, as well as a full public notification process.

The list is contained in the District Plan under 'Schedule of Heritage Areas, Buildings, Objects, Trees and Māori Sites.'

District Plan - Heritage Chapters

Heritage Building Inventory

You can find more detailed information about some (but not all) of the buildings that are listed on the District Plan in the Wellington Heritage Building Inventory 2001.

The inventory also includes some buildings that are not currently on the Heritage List in the District Plan.

Each entry contains the following:

• photo
• brief history
• physical description
• explanation of the heritage values for that entry.

A hard copy of the inventory is available at the public libraries, service centres and at the Council Offices at 101 Wakefield Street.

There is also a Māori Sites Inventory - Nga Waahi Taonga O Te Whanganui a Tara, which is available at the Council Offices.

Additional information about buildings may be available through the Wellington City Archives as well as public libraries and the National Library.

Heritage Buildings Search

Related Links

• Libraries
• Service Centres

Department Details:
Urban Development & Transport