There is no street information here, so you get a freebie! CD=50.īuilt during WW1 as the headquarters of the New Zealand Insurance Company, the eight-storey structure housed head and branch office, as well offices for let to other firms. Former tenants included NZ household names Collins Brothers (publisher Harper Collins), Arthur Yates and Company (Yates Seeds) and tailor Hugh Wright (Hugh Wright's clothing). The Commercial Bay shoreline was an important area of activity for Māori before colonial arrival. It is the second oldest known surviving commercial building on Queen Street. Rumour has it it was the secret command centre for the US military operation in Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands during World War 2.Ĭollect the digital root for the word immediately following "1927" =AĬollect the digital root for the word immediately following "classical"=Bīuilt in 1865, this is a rare existing commercial warehouse and store built on Auckland's original shoreline as you are now more or less standing on the original foreshore. The building was partly occupied by the American consulate for many years, and used as US Army headquarters during the Second World War. Originally intended to be one of two similar structures on either side of the road, creating a gateway, the building was erected by the Dilworth Trust in 1925-1927 to provide regular rental income for a school for disadvantaged boys (Dilworth College still exists). Make a note of whether you are collecting the word before (preceding) or after (following) so you collect the right word. Sometimes you will need to collect the word following (after) a word and sometimes preceding (before) a word.
For example, if the word was CAT, C=3 A=1 and T=20. To claim this virtual as a find, you will go from Customs Street to the Auckland Town Hall collecting some information along the way by visiting some of Queen Street's Category One listed historic buildings.įor this cache you will need to collect the digital roots of some words, SUMMED DOWN TO A SINGLE DIGIT. Home to a number of historic buildings, most of which are recognised by being included in Heritage New Zealand's list, buildings are category one or two, with category one buildings being recognised for their outstanding or special historical or cultural significance or value. Queen Street is the main street in Auckland's commercial district, more or less following the path of the Waihorotiu Stream which regularly overflowed its banks, leading to the stream being culverted beneath the street in the 1870s.