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Story: Law of the foreshore and seabed

Thorndon Esplanade, around 1910

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Thorndon Esplanade, around 1910

Until the 1920s, Wellingtonians had public access to the coast in Thorndon. The coastal area attracted walkers and boaters, and was used for the Thorndon baths.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)

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Mark Hickford, Law of the foreshore and seabed – Public access, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8536/thorndon-esplanade-around-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Hickford, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 January 2015.