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Kōrero: Auckland places

Queen Street makeover

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Queen Street makeover

The Auckland University of Technology has met the rising demand for space by redeveloping its central city site and acquiring nearby buildings, including this one on Queen Street. The nīkau palms are part of a group of 47 shipped from the West Coast and Taranaki and transplanted along the street in 2007. The scheme was controversial because much-loved London plane trees and other exotic trees had to be felled.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Shirley Williams

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Auckland central business district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16159/queen-street-makeover (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.