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This central Auckland cottage tells a remarkable tale of the city’s bicultural history

  • Written by Ahmed Uzair Aziz, PhD Candidate in Māori Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
This central Auckland cottage tells a remarkable tale of the city’s bicultural historyRose Davis, CC BY-NC-ND

This story begins with a 160-year-old cottage, sited in a vortex of overlapping histories, and becomes the tale of a city itself.

The green and cream weatherboard house at 18 Wynyard Street is a rare survivor of the old dwellings that once lined this central Auckland lane.

These days it houses the University of...

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