Last updated: 2 March 2010
Westpac New Zealand Archive, Westpac New Zealand Ltd.
About Westpac New Zealand Archive, Westpac New Zealand Ltd.
Westpac was first established in New Zealand in April 1861 as the Bank of New South Wales . The first branch to open in 1861 was Auckland in June 11, this was followed by; Lyttleton July 18, Christchurch July 19, Invercargill July 24, Dunedin August 8, Wellington September 2, Wanganui September 3
In 1982 Westpac took over the Commercial Bank of Australia and in 1996 it purchased Trust Bank New Zealand.
The archive holds historical banking records mainly from the Bank of New South Wales. Records include: photographs of banking premises and staff, first branch customer records (mainly from the 1800s), early staff records, premises records and advertising material about banking products and services.
We have 9 collections in The Community Archive »Facilities and services
Contributor type:
- Business/industry
Archive types:
- Business archives
Research services:
Information is mainly retrieved through the archivist - but material can be made available for researchers if given plenty of notice. Most of the archives are held in off site archive storage .
Reproduction services:
Available.
Visitor information
Opening hours:
Mon-Wed by appointment
Onsite parking:
No. Wellington City Library carpark is nearby (charged)
Physical access:
The bank archives are available to the public by appointment with the archivist
Contact details
Contact person:
Address:
Level 10
318 Lambton Quay
Wellington
318 Lambton Quay
Wellington
Postal address:
PO Box 691
Wellington
Wellington
Phone number:
- +64 4 4981442
Website address:
