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Wellington municipal fish market

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Wellington municipal fish market

Wellington City Council set up a municipal fish market in Jervois Quay in 1912. It was never economic, as people could buy fish for the same price in their own suburban fish shops. It closed down in 1915.

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Wellington City Archives

Reference: 00138:0:11983

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Perrin Rowland, Markets – Municipal markets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23025/wellington-municipal-fish-market (accessed 5 June 2026).

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