Uncovered: the Gore St jetty

A piece of Auckland history has been uncovered by contractors working on a multimillion-dollar transport hub for the city of the future.

Part of the Gore St jetty, built in 1865, was discovered at the Britomart site on Tuesday.

The wooden piles and beams of the 138-year-old jetty, dwarfed by the concrete pillars of the construction site, once ran 500m from Gore St down past Quay St.

The land was later reclaimed and the jetty was found buried under four to five metres of earth.