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Auckland: Open for business
Auckland was the first place in the country to benefit from the economic upturn of the early 20th century, writes Graeme Hunt.
Auckland was the first place in the country to benefit from the economic upturn of the early 20th century, writes Graeme Hunt.
The first half of the 20th century saw people flocking to the region in droves, with urban Auckland growing at twice the rate of the rest of the country, writes Russell Stone.
Dr Wardlow Friesen examines the reasons for Auckland’s population flows.
State houses, now so often stigmatised, were actually an important part of our architectural heritage, writes Julia Gatley.
Two generations ago a cluster of Auckland students and writers set the stage for the true beginnings of New Zealand literature.
The Big Five department stores were an Auckland shopping institution, writes Jenny Lynch.
A short trip to Auckland was the start of a big future for Dunedin builder James Fletcher and his family firm.
From the late 19th century, education became more egalitarian, prompting the founding of schools — many of which are still open today.
Symonds, the man who bought and started the fledgling capital.
The arrival of mail ship was a big event in the life of Auckland’s early settlers.
This is a Ngati Whatua account of how their land was lost. They believe it was a gift that was never reciprocated.
Governor Grey went to war against the Maori King Movement largely at Auckland’s bidding.
Queen St was a swamp when the founders of Auckland began carving out their new settlement.
William Hobson was cautious on his early expeditions to Tamaki but ultimately decided it was the best place for his new capital.
Many publications have fallen in the battle for the hearts and minds of Auckland’s newspaper readers, writes David Hastings.
Allan Davidson looks at the part played by religious institutions in forming Auckland’s character.
Two of the first settlers cross the Tamaki isthmus and see it as it was, just before Auckland was founded.
From sports to business to the arts, these are some of the most notable Aucklanders of our time.
Auckland has been home to many different Maori settlements down the centuries. Rawiri Taonui introduces the tribes of Tamaki.
The lie of the land 20,000 years ago was very different from the Auckland of today.
People who belonged to a confederation of Hauraki tribes lived on the east coast of Auckland and the Gulf islands. William Peters tells the Marutuahu story.
Titanic forces have contributed to the shaping of Auckland’s landscape and its place on the Earth.
The city of Auckland enjoys a temperate climate, protected from extremities by its two seas.
Huge events in the extraordinary history of New Zealand took place beneath the waves.
Archaeologist Harry Allen describes the earliest evidence of people living in the Auckland area.
Ngati Whatua o Orakei, tangata whenua since 1740, tell their own story of settling Auckland.
Aucklanders are strangely ambivalent about their adopted home, writes John Roughan.