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Now a university town, Dunedin was New Zealand's leading city. Its story is expressed through its design, its industry and its people.Breakfast Walk/ Old Town Walk/ Heritage Highlights Walk Dunedin Railway Station (George Troup, 1906). Sir Nikolaus Pevsner's favourite New Zealand building recalls the city's heyday. Saved in the 1990s from an uncertain fate | Breakfast Walk/ Old Town Walk/ Heritage Highlights Walk Terrace houses, Stuart Street (built 1901) |
Farmers' Market, Dunedin Railway Station The place to be on Saturday mornings | Municipal Chambers, The Octagon, Dunedin Designed by Robert Lawson and completed in 1880, this building has always been an important symbol. Learn about it on a City Walks tour.. |
Old Town Walk The Mercure, Princes Street (formerly Wain's Hotel). Designed in 1878 by Mason and Wales, New Zealand's most enduring architectural firm | Pedestrian legends, The Octagon That's me (Athol Parks, City Walks) on the left, competing with Andrew Smith (Hair Raiser Ghost Tours) in the inaugural Joe Scott Memorial Walk, September 2011 |
The Octagon Fans before the Argentina v England match, RWC 2011 | The Octagon Springtime, St Paul's Cathedral |
Town & Gown Walk Students in the Quad, University of Otago | Town & Gown Walk The University of Otago's Archway Building (completed in 1914). Designed by Edmund Anscombe, this gated entrance is a fine complement to Maxwell Bury's earlier University buildings |
Town & Gown walk Relaxing after a hard day: "Scarfies" (Otago University students), 375 Leith Street | Town & Gown Walk Mathias Lefebvre, George Street |
Town & Gown Walk All Saints, Cumberland Street. Designed by W.H.Clayton, the nave was completed in 1865 and features some of the finest decorative brickwork in Dunedin |