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Kōrero: City history and people

Rush-hour commuters

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Rush-hour commuters

Morning commuters spill out of a suburban train at Wellington railway station in 1978. By this time most city dwellers lived in the suburbs. People came into town with a purpose in mind: to shop at a department store, see a movie, or go to work.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-NZ Transport-Commuters-01

by Jack Short

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, 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 – Suburban growth, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23520/rush-hour-commuters (accessed 4 June 2026).

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