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Kōrero: Transport – overview

Cars in Hamilton

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Cars in Hamilton

This view of Hamilton’s main street, Victoria St, in 1950, shows motor vehicles competing with bicycles. By the late 1940s, Waikato was one of the most highly motorised regions in New Zealand.

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James Watson, Transport – overview – Motor vehicles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24987/cars-in-hamilton (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā James Watson, i tāngia i te 10 June 2013.