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Kōrero: City history and people

Timber at Auckland wharves, late 1860s

Timber at Auckland wharves, late 1860s

Towns that had resource-rich hinterlands had an advantage over those that did not. The milling of Auckland’s kauri forests in the 1860s and 1870s increased the city’s wealth and encouraged further growth. These logs lie on a wharf below Point Britomart, ready for shipping.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: 4-9024

by James D. Richardson

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

David Thorns rāua ko Ben Schrader, City history and people – Towns to cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23502/timber-at-auckland-wharves-late-1860s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Thorns rāua ko Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 15 April 2010.