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University clock tower

The clock tower of the old arts and commerce building at the University of Auckland was built in the mid-1920s to mark the success of a campaign to keep the university in the central city. For decades it was a landmark, but it has now been dwarfed by other university and central-city buildings. It remains a centrepiece of the campus.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Government, education and health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15947/university-clock-tower (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.