By Laura Prahash*
By the late 1960s, wider social unrest was echoed within the international student community in Auckland as the relationship between these students and their host city shifted from cultural to increasingly political exchanges.

by Laura Prahash*
Many of us, myself included, tend to take the presence of international students for granted. With this pandemic preventing many international students from staying in or entering Auckland, it’s become increasingly clear how valuable their participation on campus and in our society is.

By Isabella Wensley*
The Summit complex on Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill has a complicated symbolism. The monument and summit itself have been seen alternatively as a memorial to John Logan Campbell, a symbol of racial harmony, or a symbol of colonialist domination.

By Isabella Wensley*
The idea of Aucklanders having their own maunga and opposing views as to their function is reflected in the decades long quest of the Auckland Astronomical Society to find a site for Auckland’s first observatory.

Part Two "The Yankee Hospital" – The 39th General US Army HospitalPart One “Mere Cold Stone” The Different Meanings of the One Tree Hill ObeliskPart Three “Not in my Backyard” – The Construction of the Auckland ObservatoryPart Four Activism at the Summit: a new...

By Isabella Wensley*
The Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill obelisk is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Auckland. Standing at odds with its natural landscape, it rises 100ft above the summit, its sharp concrete angles contrasting with the rolling grassy hilltop it sits upon.

By Tom Wilkinson*
In previous pieces, I have touched upon the changing makeup of Parnell’s social and physical landscape throughout the twentieth century. In this final piece of the series, I wanted to touch on some of the ways in which residents of Parnell experienced the area during this time.

by Tom Wilkinson*
Over the course of the 1960s and the 1970s, some major changes occurred in the suburb of contrasts. The post-war cycle of economic and residential growth helped turn Auckland into New Zealand’s ‘primate city’, and as a result vast swathes of land were converted to new industrial and residential suburbs.

By Tom Wilkinson*
Located on the periphery of Auckland’s CBD, Parnell has an extensive history as one of the city’s oldest suburbs. The area has a reputation of affluence and prestige – in part due to this long history, but also to the prevalence of boutique stores, expensive restaurants, and beautiful scenery.

by Tom Wilkinson*
Parnell, as one of Auckland’s oldest suburbs, has a history extending back to the early settlement of the area. When Pākeha arrived in New Zealand and began obtaining land, the area which we now call Parnell was one of the earliest acquisitions.

by Hanna Lu*
Let’s start with an end. ‘Chinatown’, located in what is now the city centre’s Greys Avenue, faded out of existence in the 1960s. As its buildings were demolished and its residents moved out, the 1966 Auckland Star published an article in which the author mourned that “Chinatown has gone—and with it one of the more colourful links with Auckland’s past”.

by Hanna Lu*
To live and die in the same place in the age of wanderlust is to incite pity from those who have only ever seen travel as a voluntary adventure. It’s an opportunity for growth and for excitement — but always with the knowledge that home is there, waiting patiently, for the traveller to come home to. For migrants, things are different.