From basic huts on the foreshore to a city of 1,5 million, New Zealand's super city has had a remarkable history of change and development over the past 170 years. This book shows the dramatic changes and puts the reader into the picture showing the past coupled with the present using graphic photographs taken over the decades. Some pioneering colour photographs taken by the author when colour photography was in its infancy feature along with many classic photographs recorded on glass plates over 100 years ago.

Author Biography

Graham Stewart is the author of 21 books including The End of the Penny Section, The Tangiwai Disaster - a Christmas Eve Tragedy, Auckland Before the Harbour Bridge, Wellington - Portrait of a Region, New Zealand - Portrait of a Nation, Napier - Portrait of an Art Deco City, Wellington - The Best Little Capital City in the World, Dunedin - A Portrait of Today and Yesterday, Wellington from Above, and Christchurch - A Portrait of Yesterdays.