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Kōrero: Chinese

Haining Street, Wellington

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Haining Street, Wellington

This photograph of Haining Street, the heart of the Chinese district in Wellington, was published in the New Zealand Mail on 17 August 1904. The street was notorious for many years, thanks to rumours of opium and gambling dens.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-12470-1/2

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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Manying Ip, Chinese – Later settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/511/haining-street-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Manying Ip, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.