Wānaka History has access to a large collection of prints, negatives and digital scans of images and maps dating from the 1860s.
Each image and map is available to view in person at the Wānaka Library.
We are able to provide digital copies at a cost. If you would like to view the physical copies, please get in touch.
View down Ardmore Street with Post Office, Library and Hotel (c. 1900) #1002.2
Ardmore St. aerial photo (1959-1963) #2024.1566
Theodore Russel (unknown date, printed in the Otago Witness 20 Aug. 1913) #2007.581
Load of flax bales on horse drawn wagon (unknown date) #1002.3
Ardmore Street - the Hall, Manson's garage, dairy, the bus parked on front of the milk bar is 'Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Co. Ltd' (1960s) #2023.1378.1
Fred Norman with his cow, Brindle (early 1900s) #2010.638
Ardmore Street in the Snow (unknown date) #1002.1
Ardmore Street (2023) #2023.1344.1
New Post Office is on right, Left is the Old Post Office and Postmaster's Residence. (unknown date) #2013.858.17
Celebrating Duke of York Visit, Wanaka (1927) #2015.928.1
Pembroke Post Office. From left: George Norman, Miss Vera Murdoch, Harry Norman, Charlie Norman, Johnnie King, Peter Veliestra, Cowman from Wanaka Station and his horse. (c. 1908) #2018.1023.1
White Star Road Service Dunedin to Wanaka, on the left is the Hall (unknown date) #1987.122.9.jpg
Wanaka Hall in Ardmore Street (unknown date) #2019.1087
Accommodation Manager's House and Wanaka Hotel with a man biking (unknown date) #1987.122.7
Wanaka Community Policing Centre (c. 1990) #2023.1331
Wanaka Police Station (c. 1900s) #2023.1331
Police Station, Dunmore Street (1942-1988) #2023.1331
Constable Nicholas Marsh (unknown date) #2021.1187
E. C. Hedditch (unknown date, printed in the Otago Witness 20 Aug. 1913) #2007.581
Police House Station, with the 'Lockup' single room and the stone stables. The Commercial Hotel is in the background. (c. 1890) #2023.1331
Duke of York Visits Wanaka Hotel (1927) #2018.1074.3
Colourised image of the the first Wanaka Hotel (c.1875) #1003.1
McDougall and Son General Storekeepers Wholesale Retail, Cardrona (unknown date) #1018.1
Jolly's Store (1923) #1985.14.1
Jolly & Sons Bakery Fire (14 June 1926) #2012.791.2
Pembroke Flats - Boats possibly Eureka and The Nun (1868) #1001.2
Roys Bay Lake Wanaka (7 Nov 1908) #1990.224.1
Roys Bay Lake Wanaka (unknown date) #1990.224.2
Wānaka Station Homestead and buildings, photo taken by Joseph Perry (1865) #1009.1
Cobb and Co crossing the Lower Albert Town punt (unknown date) #1009.7
Lake Hāwea Outlet (c. 1950-1957) #1012.1
Hugh and Archie McLaren Hut, Motatapu (early 1900s) #2018.1023
Mr. Tonkinson with horses Duke, Jip and Prince. Looking to Lake Wānaka from Wanaka Station (unknown date) #1007.1
White Star Road Service, Wanaka Hall (unknown date) #1987.122.11
Holiday Inn, Wanaka (unknown date) #2012.789.1
Looking Down Ardmore Street, Wanaka (c. 1940) #2014.911.3
Looking Up Ardmore Street, Wanaka (c. 1940) #2014.911.4
New Wanaka Library being built (1967) #2024.1566.2
Old Wanaka Library being moved to a farm at Tarras (1967) #2024.1566
Upper Ardmore St, Post Card, N. S. Seaward's Studio, Broad Bay, Dunedin (unknown date) #1002.5
Building Wanaka Fashions and Furniture Extension to Wanaka Services Centre, provided by the Milne Family. (unknown date) #2016.990.8
Wanaka Fashions, Furniture Nees, and National Bank, provided by the Milne Family (unknown date) #2016.990.9
Foundations laid for Wanaka Volunteer Fire Service building (1962-63) #2023.1353
Wanaka Volunteer Fire Service building being constructed (c. 1963) #2023.1353
White Star Hotel, Pembroke. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ. Reference #PA1-o-305
Looking down Ardmore Street (unknown date) B11
Wanaka Hotel celebrating Duke of York visit (1927) B20
P11 - Scan - B115 Queensberry Hotel and Post office 1907 #1016.11
Lake Wānaka, looking East from Mt Iron (1870-1880s) Photo by Burton Brothers Dunedin, (Te Papa O.026603) #2021.1203
Celebrations at Pembroke Wharf, Lake Wānaka - SS Theodore and Makarora (1 Jan 1903) #1989.182
Dance Hall lower Cardrona (unknown date) #2022.1256
Collings Family car broken down (unknown date) #2004.496