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Conclusions

Part Five How Auckland Ditched Rail for Roads and Rubber Tyres: ConclusionsPart One The good old tramsPart Two Trams out; trolleybuses inPart Three The tubePart Four Motorway maniaby Sam Turner-O'Keeffe* Over the last four articles, we have traipsed through the halls...

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Motorway mania

Part Four How Auckland Ditched Rail for Roads and Rubber Tyres: Motorway maniaPart One The good old tramsPart Two Trams out; trolleybuses inPart Three The tubePart Five Conclusionsby Sam Turner-O'Keeffe* In the last article, we saw that Auckland had grown increasingly...

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The tube

Part Three How Auckland Ditched Rail for Roads and Rubber Tyres: The tubePart One The good old tramsPart Two Trams out; trolleybuses inPart Four Motorway maniaPart Five Conclusionsby Sam Turner-O'Keeffe* So, we have seen in the previous two articles that the decade...

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Trams out; trolleybuses in

Part Two How Auckland Ditched Rail for Roads and Rubber Tyres: Trams out; trolleybuses inPart One The good old tramsPart Three The tubePart Four Motorway maniaPart Five Conclusionsby Sam Turner-O'Keeffe* In 1945, the Auckland Transport Board faced a conundrum. Their...

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The good old trams

The good old trams

by Sam Turner-O’Keeffe*
Auckland has certainly improved its public transport system over recent decades. Its proponents will point to its new electrified trains, its Northern Busway and the relocation of its central city transport station to Britomart as all major successes. Yet despite those advancements Auckland remains indisputably a congested, car-obsessed nightmare.

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The Survival of Women’s Sport in Auckland

Part Five The Survival of Women’s Sport in Auckland Part One Auckland’s Sportswomen: a Conduit for Social TensionPart Two An Uphill Climb for Women’s Cricket in AucklandPart Three The Rise of Marching in Auckland: A Healthy Sport for Girls or Hidden Militarism?Part...

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Marching: Aesthetics and Uniformity

Part Four Marching: Aesthetics and UniformityPart One Auckland’s Sportswomen: a Conduit for Social TensionPart Two An Uphill Climb for Women’s Cricket in AucklandPart Three The Rise of Marching in Auckland: A Healthy Sport for Girls or Hidden Militarism?Part Five The...

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An Uphill Climb for Women’s Cricket in Auckland

Part Two An Uphill Climb for Women’s Cricket in Auckland Part One Auckland’s Sportswomen: a Conduit for Social TensionPart Three The Rise of Marching in Auckland: A Healthy Sport for Girls or Hidden Militarism?Part Four Marching: Aesthetics and UniformityPart Five The...

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Auckland’s Sportswomen: a Conduit for Social Tension

Auckland’s Sportswomen: a Conduit for Social Tension

by Katia Kennedy*
Women’s sport has long been a subject of contention. Since the late 1880s, Auckland sportswomen have faced backlash, criticism and a general lack of support within their chosen sports. Where women’s sports have developed immensely since then, women’s involvement in male-dominated sports remained contentious.

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Feminist Theatre Takes the Stage in 1980s Auckland

Part Four Feminist Theatre Takes the Stage in 1980s AucklandPart One The Rise of Professional Theatre in AucklandPart Two Auckland Acting Women’s Experiences within Early Professional Theatre CompaniesPart Three Cultural Conflicts and Evolutions in Late 1960s-1980s...

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