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Story: Streets and lighting

Early street plan

This map shows allotments for sale at the top of Queen Street in Auckland in the 1860s. The map highlights how 19th-century streets varied in width, with Cardwell Place (which never actually eventuated) significantly narrower than George Street.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: NZ Map 4167

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Adrian Humphris, Streets and lighting – Street standards and planning, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/24478/early-street-plan (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 6 April 2010.