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Kōrero: City public spaces

Memorial avenue

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Memorial avenue

The trees lining Ōamaru’s Severn Street were planted as a memorial to local war dead. Each tree has a plaque at its base honouring a particular person.

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Geoffrey Rice, City public spaces – Streets, avenues and pedestrian spaces, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22916/memorial-avenue (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Geoffrey Rice, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.