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City lights, 1960s

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City lights, 1960s

This painting of Wellington’s Willis Street in the 1960s evocatively captures the bustle and bright lights of Friday late shopping night, despite the rain and gloom of winter.

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Adrian Humphris, Streets and lighting – Street lighting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/24497/city-lights-1960s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adrian Humphris, published 6 April 2010.