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Jay-walker, Auckland, 2006

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Jay-walker, Auckland, 2006

Jay-walking is a common urban practice that contests codes of behaviour, especially the idea that pedestrians must defer to vehicles. Though jay-walking is dangerous it is common in a busy, fast-paced urban environment where people and vehicles co-exist in close quarters.

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Kerryn Pollock, City styles – City communication and codes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24584/jay-walker-auckland-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 4 May 2010.