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Thorndon Quay, 2006

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Thorndon Quay, 2006

The coastal area of Thorndon has been given over to port activity and is no longer accessible to the public.

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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/8537/thorndon-quay-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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