Queen Street stories: landforms and parades and protests

This episode looks at Queen Street’s landforms and its role as a gathering place for Aucklanders. The landform of Queen Street has been shaped by both natural and man-made forces. Join Rebecca Freeman (Senior Specialist Historic Heritage, Auckland Council) and Marguerite Hill (Heritage Researcher, Auckland Council) as we explore the impacts of the Waihorotiu Stream, the Albert Park volcano and early land reclamations on the Queen Street we know today. Queen Street teams with intangible heritage: events that have happened there but have left no physical mark. It is a gathering place for people, and it has become the place for Aucklanders to parade, protest and celebrate. Queen Street has seen two riots and dozens of Santa parades, as well as numerous peaceful protests. Tune in to hear about a few of these events. Sources: Landforms Auckland City Heritage Walks – The Original Foreshore Best, Simon. (1989). The Queen Street Gaol: Auckland’s First Courthouse, Common Gaol and House of Correction (site R11/1559): Final Archaeological Report. Clough, R, C Judge, and S Macready (2012). City rail link project: Archaeological assessment Hayward, BW (2019). Volcanoes of Auckland: A field guide. University of Auckland Hayward, B W, G Murdoch, and G Maitland (2011). Volcanoes of Auckland: The essential guide. University of Auckland IPENZ (n.d.). Heritage walks: The engineering heritage of Auckland Parades, protests, and celebrations ‘Queen Street riot’, NZ History https://nzhistory.govt.nz/queen-st-riot-auckland Ben Schrader, ‘Parades and protest marches’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand https://teara.govt.nz/en/parades-and-protest-marches Auckland Libraries, ‘The 1932 Queen Street unemployment riot’, Heritage et al http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/ Russell Brown, ‘Riot going on’, AudioCulture https://www.audioculture.co.nz/scenes/riot-going-on Reference for image: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1337-46, photograph by Stephen Fleay.