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Kōrero: Markets

The government store

The government store

This sketch by James Richardson shows Commercial Bay, Auckland (later the site of the Shortland Street post office) with the government store and the tents of traders, including John Logan Campbell, in 1840. Unsold goods were usually handed over to the government store for safekeeping.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: 4-504

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

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Perrin Rowland, Markets – Early public markets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/23016/the-government-store (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Perrin Rowland, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.