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Kōrero: Waikato places

Victoria Street then and now

  • 1939

    Victoria Street, 1939.
  • 2010

    Victoria Street, 2010.

Before a railway subway was constructed in the early 1960s, cars had to give way to trains crossing Victoria St. The contrast between 1939 and 2010 can be seen in these two photographs, taken at the same spot.

1939 image courtesy of Grantham House Publishing; 2010 image by Te Ara – Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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New Zealand Herald

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Hamilton west of the river, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/27311/victoria-street-then-and-now (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.