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View showing the right side of Saxon Street (which was an extension added to give access to the new housing subdivision from Oakley Avenue), looking towards the Daventry Street shops. Most of Lower Waterview is dominated by state houses built in the 1940s and 1950s. Photograph taken 2006.

The Daventry Street Shops (below) as viewed from Saxon Street (right side). From the 1950s-1970s, this group of shops (originally 4-6 shops ranging from a butcher's shop, a diary, a green grocer's, a stationery shop and a Post Office. Later it had a hairdressing salon and even in the 1960s a tiler's shop) was a thriving commercial centre. It slowly declined during the 1980s and finally closed down in the 1990s. Photograph taken 2006. No. 34 Daventry Street is a good example of a simple 1940s state house. It was sold in 1954 to its original tenants, Mr. E.G. Carter, a former soldier and salesman. They still reside there. Photograph taken 2006.

No. 63 Daventry Street. This stucco over brick single storey dwelling is typical of the state houses built on the Oakley Park Estate Housing subdivision in the 1940s and 1950s. Built in 1944 for Henry Alexander Hefferen, a French polisher, this building is in excellent condition. Note the round porthole window adds variety to this other wise standard design. Photograph taken 2006.

Great North Road (West Side) View of the Waterview Straight, Great North Road, Waterview Near the State Highway 16 interchange leading to the NW Motorway. Note the suburb/ houses to the right and Oakley Creek Walkway and cycle lanes to left. Photograph courtesy Of J. Munk 2006

Waterview State Highway 16 Interchange On ramps beneath Point Chevalier and onto North-Western Motorway (heading towards the city). To left (just visible) is the cycle over-bridge and the start of the cycle lane along the motorway heading towards Patiki Road. Photograph courtesy J. Munk 2006.

Great North Road (west side) Looking towards the Waterview Diary and Alford Street from near the corner of Oakley Avenue, showing the newly widened Great North Road. Photograph taken mid-1990s. Photograph courtesy A.R. Dragicevich and family.

Intersection of Great North Road (west side) and Herdman Street (left side) showing the 1940s style state houses near the corner and next to Waterview Primary School. Photograph taken 2006.

v View of the Great North Road (west side) Looking from Fir Street towards the corner of Alverston Street. Photograph taken 2006.

View of Great North Road (western side) looking up the Waterview hill towards Alverston Street. Photograph taken 2006.

Looking up Great North Road, past Fir Street towards Fairlands Avenue (western side). Note how the Waterview Methodist Church dominates the surrounding landscape at this point and the row of tall fir trees (after which the street derives its name). Photograph taken 2006.

Corner of Alford Street (left side) and Great North Road (west) Showing the residence D. Blows, customs agent (No.1487) on corner (built c.1938) and Jonathan Tarver, Taxi driver (No. 1491, built 1939), obscured by truck. Photograph taken 2006.

Great North Road (East Side) Corner Great North Road and Waterview Downs The last road to be added in Waterview, late 1990s/ early 2000s. East side not far from the intersection with Blockhouse Bay Road. Photograph courtesy of J.Munk 2006.

Avondale Lions Club Hall; the former Church of Christ, located on the small triangle of land between the Great North Road and Blockhouse Bay Road, this building forms the southern boundary between Waterview and the large suburban district of Avondale. Site of local historical society meetings. Photograph courtesy of J. Munk 2006.

Waterview Glades Forms the central part of the valley (western banks) of the Oakley Creek Reserve, formed from the old mental hospital farmland, now occupied by Unitec (buildings visible on opposite bank). Photograph taken 2006.

1510 Great North Road (East side) This collection of several storey multi-unit apartment blocks and large car-park forms a residential accommodation village for students studying at Unitec. These blocks are a prominent & visible landmark on the western bank of the Oakley Creek (and its reserve) and above the Te Auaunga Falls. Photograph taken 2006.

Lower Waterview Streets Arlington Street (off Daventry Street) Dominated by late 1940s-early 1950s style state houses formed on the old Oakley Park Estate. It is typical of most of Waterview's streets closest to the NorthWestern Motorway. Cul-du-sacs are a common feature of state housing developments of this era. Photograph taken 2006.

Hemington Street (off Daventry), l Like Arlington Street, it is one of Waterview's more recently acquired streets and as such is also dominated by late 1940s-early 1950s style state houses, typical of most of Waterview's streets formed from the old Oakley Park Estate. Photograph taken 2006.

Waterbank Crescent (off Daventry Street) This is also dominated by 1940s/1950s state housing. Most of the back streets in this part of Waterview curve around on themselves, form cul-du-sacs and dead-ends. This is a typical approach employed in state housing subdivisions from the 1930s to the 1950s. Photograph taken 2006.

Herdman Street (off Great North Road, west side) below Oakley Avenue. View along Herdman Street from Daventry Street, just past the entry to the Waterview (Herdman Street entrance) Reserve and opposite Waterview Primary School. This area of Waterview was mainly filled with 1940s & 1950s style state houses. Many soldiers returning from WW2 were settled in houses along Herdman & Daventry Streets. Photograph taken 2006.

Oakley Avenue Oakley Avenue View showing left side of the street. Note the houses are predominately of 1930s-1940s vintage, with a smattering of earlier 1920s style houses. Most houses in this street were originally state houses with areas of more recent styles, as "in-fill housing". Photograph taken 2006.

28 Oakley Avenue (left side) This modern block of two home units was erected c. 1978 . It replaced the original 1920s structure that operated as a general grocery store, known as the "Oakley Stores Ltd" that was originally run by Mr. Hieatt. Photograph courtesy of J. Munk. 2006.

No. 31 Oakley Avenue (right side) Was originally a small1930s wooden bungalow. In 1974, Gordon Kendrick (a manager) and his wife Shirley, extended this building enormously - it was lifted up and made it a two storey dwelling ( one of the few such dwellings of that size in the area), as well as making extensive additions and alterations at the rear. Photograph courtesy of J. Munk 2006. 3 & 3 A Oakley Avenue On the right side off the Great North Road, a two storey building of brick and concrete block construction was built in the late 1970s, replacing a group of 1930s and 1940s state houses with more modern style dwellings. Photograph courtesy J. Munk 2006.

Oakley Creek & Walkway The Te Auaunga Waterfall This is to be found on the upper reaches of the Oakley (Te Auaunga) Creek. It is located below Waterview Downs, in the vicinity of the Waterview Lodge and below the Unitec residential blocks on the eastern side of the Great North Road, in the valley of the Oakley Creek, is located one of Waterview's most unique features, an urban waterfall around 6 metres tall. Its Maori name means "whirling or whirl pool waters." Photograph taken 2006. Unitec Student Flats (view from behind, on the western banks of the Oakley Creek) Looking along the green belt area of the Oakley Creek Valley & across the Waterview Glades towards the Waterview straight and the North Western Motorway (in the far distance). Photograph taken 2006.

View across the Oakley Creek showing the buildings of the Unitec Campus These were designed to mimic the original mental hospital buildings. Viewed from on the eastern banks of the Oakley Creek, in the vicinity of the Te Auaunga Falls. Photograph taken 2006.

Start of the Oakley Creek Walkway (Avondale end), on the corner of Blockhouse Bay Road and Great North Road. Eastern side. Photograph taken 2006.

Reserves Herdman Street entrance to the Waterview Reserve looking towards Cowley Street. Photograph taken 2006.

The site of the former Waterview Tennis Club in the Waterview Reserve. The paved area is all the remains of the tennis courts and pavilion. The tennis club had been operating on this site since 1954 (although it wasn't until 1960/1 that the club house/ pavilion was built) and were demolished c. 2000. View towards Waterbank Crescent & Motu Manawa Reserve, near the Cowley Strret entrance to the reserve. Photograph taken 2006. View of row of state houses 1940s & 1950s styles, low lying, single storey with hipped terracotta tiled roofs, either in brick or wood, along the Great North Road (west side between Herdman & Cowley Streets) as seen from behind in the Waterview Reserve. Photograph taken 2006.

View of Cowley Street Right side looking towards Great North Road (west side) as seen from the Waterview Reserve entrance. Note the variety of modern house styles interspersed with earlier state houses of the 1950s. Photograph taken 2006.

Shops View of the Waterview Shops and Superette (Diary) (right) corner of Alford Street and Great North Road. This shop has continuously been in operation (with a variety of proprietors) since the 1920s. Today it is Waterview's only local corner store. Photograph courtesy of J. Munk.

View of the Waterview Shops and Diary taken from left side of Alford Street looking (right) towards the intersection with the Great North Road, with good off-street parking. The block of three shops was added in the mid 1950s and originally included a grocers, butcher's shop and a pharmacy. Photograph taken 2006.

The Daventry Street Shops were the only other major block of retail shops in Waterview set in the heart of the old Oakley Park Estate state housing subdivision. Competition from nearby malls and larger shopping centres nearby led to a decline in trade. They ceased to operate in the 1990s and are currently vacant and boarded up. Photograph taken 2006.

Upper Waterview Streets Bottom of Fairlands Ave Formed out of the old Cadman Estate, near the corner of Seaside Avenue, note the interesting mix of modern house styles with earlier 1950s style brick house in foreground. Photograph courtesy of J. Munk 2006.

Corner of Fairlands and Seaside Avenues with spectacular views across the harbour towards Heron Park, Rosebank Peninsula and the Waitakere Ranges. Note the mix of housing styles. The back streets of Waterview are particularly sought after for their views. Photograph courtesy J. Munk 2006.

Heron Park A unique green space on the boundary between Avondale and Waterview. Was once designated for railway purposes. Note the views of the Rosebank Peninsula (behind). Photograph courtesy J. Munk 2006

6 Hadfield Avenue built c. 1948 on a state housing subdivision formed out of the old Cadman Estate, this sold brick and stucco plaster duplex is an excellent example of the type of state houses built all across Waterview between the mid 1930s and the 1950s. It has excellent views across the harbour. Photograph courtesy J. Munk.

Back Streets-Waterview Concrete footbridge over gully at bottom of Fir Street is a unique feature of Waterview's back streets. View from Saxon Street looking towards Fir Street. The gully once formed part of the Eye's family Estate, who operated a large farm in the area from the 1920s. Photograph taken 2006. 19 Middlesex Road corner with Alverston Street, this set of three clinker brick units built c. 1973 defines the right side of this block. It replaced the row of 1940s state houses and the occasional 1920s bungalow. Photograph courtesy J Munk 2006.

Middlesex Road between Alford Street and Alverston Street, this set of several brick units dominates the right side of this block. Photograph courtesy J. Munk 2006.

Saxon Street Continuation of this street (left side) off Alverston Street offers vehicle access around the gully at the bottom of Fir Street (which had previously been Norman Street). Photograph taken 2006.

Waterview Streets View of lower Alverston Street looking towards the Waitemata harbour and the Motu Manawa (Pollen Island) Marine Reserve. Photograph taken 2006.

Howlett Street off the bottom of Oakley Avenue was formed in the 1950s as a state housing subdivision. From the 1930s-1950s a large radio transmitter tower was a significant landmark here. This street also features a coastal reserve. Photograph taken 2006.

View from Oakley Avenue looking along part of Saxon Street towards Alford Street. Saxon Street Reserve (to left) contains one of the area's few adventure playgrounds and swings for children. Photograph taken 2006.

Tutuki Street off Fir Street (left side) The only street in Waterview with a Maori name and was a state housing subdivision dating from the mid1940s. This street preserves its original character and is a good example of planning principles of that era, making use of cul-de-sacs and dead end streets, reserves and pedestrian walkways. Photograph taken 2006.