List of main streets of New Zealand cities

The following is a list of the names of the main streets of New Zealand's cities, and of the larger towns in New Zealand known unofficially as cities (see List of cities in New Zealand for explanation). In some cases, it is difficult to ascertain the single main street of a city - especially in the larger cities - and in these cases two or more main streets have been listed.

Main Street is defined as "... the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in many parts of the world. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in the city centre, and is most often used in reference to retailing."

North Island cities

Auckland urban area

Central (former Auckland City)

CBD: Queen Street, also

Downtown: Customs Street

Midtown: Wellesley Street, Victoria Street, Symonds Street

Uptown: Karangahape Road

Newton: Symonds St

Newmarket: Broadway

East: Great South Road, Tamaki Drive, Penrose Road, Waipuna Road, Ellerslie-Panmure Highway, Panama Road, Lunn Avenue, Abbotts Way, Remuera Road, Green Lane West, Manukau Road, College Road, Hugh Watt Drive (Motorway), Mt Wellington Highway, Atkinson Avenue

West: Great North Road, New North Road, Balmoral Road, Dominion Road, Hillsborough Road, Mt Eden Road, Mt Albert Road, White Swan Road, Carrington Road, Pt Chevalier Road, Ponsonby Road, Queenstown Road, Pah Road

Manukau

Wiri Station Road, Puhinui Road, Roscommon Road, Mahia Road, Weymouth Road, Redoubt Road, Cavendish Drive, Ronwood Avenue, Lambie Drive, Te Irirangi Drive, Highbrook Drive, Pakuranga Road, South Western Arterial, Ti Rakau Drive, East Tamaki Road, Botany Road, Springs Road, Prestons Road, Bairds Road Great South Road (also Papakura)

North Shore

Lake Road, Taharoto Road, Wairau Road, Target Road, Northcote Road, Mokoia Road, Glenfield Road, Esmonde Road, Beach Road, East Coast Road, Albany Expressway

Waitakere

Great North Road, Lincoln Road, Royal Road, Universal Drive, Edmonton Road, Te Atatu Road, Clark Avenue, Rankin Avenue, Totara Avenue, West Coast Road.

Gisborne

Gladstone Road

Hamilton

Central: Victoria Street, Anglesea Street, Ward Street, Alexandra Street

East: Grey St, Clyde St, Peachgrove Road, Cobham Drive, Wairere Drive

West: Kahikatea Drive, Greenwood St, Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Road

Hastings

Hastings: Heretaunga Street East/West, Karamu Road, Maraekakaho Road, Nelson Street, Omahu Road, Pakowhai Road, Railway Road, Russell Street, Saint Aubyn Street East/West, Southampton Street East/West, Napier-Hastings Expressway

North (Flaxmere): Chatham Road, Flaxmere Ave, Henderson Road, Wilson Road

South (Havelock North): Te Mata Road, Napier Road

Napier

City Centre: Marine Parade, Emerson Street, Dickens Street, Tennyson Street

North: West Quay, Nelson Quay, Ahuriri Bypass

West: Kennedy Road, Taradale Road, Prebensen Drive, Napier-Hastings Expressway

New Plymouth

Devon Street, Elliot Street, Coronation Avenue, St Aubyn Street, Northgate.

Palmerston North

North: Rangitikei Street (SH3), Tremaine Avenue, Grey Street

CBD: The Square, Broadway Avenue, Church Street

East: Main Street East, Napier Road, Princess Street (all SH3)

West: Main Street West, Pioneer Highway, Pitt Street

South: Fitzherbert Avenue, Tennent Drive, Ferguson Street

Rotorua

Fenton Street, Old Taupo Road

Taupo

Tongariro Street, Lake Terrace

Tauranga/Mount Maunganui

Cameron Road, Elizabeth Street, Grey Street, Devonport Road, The Strand, Fraser Street, Chadwick Road, Maunganui Road, Marine Parade, Domain Road

Wellington urban area

Wellington City

The Golden Mile: Courtenay Place, Cuba Street, Lambton Quay, Manners Street, Willis Street.

Lower Hutt

High Street, Queens Drive

Porirua

Titahi Bay Road (skirts south and west of business district); Lyttelton Avenue (through middle)

Upper Hutt

Main Street, Fergusson Drive

Wanganui

Victoria Avenue, Taupo Quay, Anzac Parade (SH4), Great North Road (SH3) ,Guyton Street, Carlton Avenue

Whangarei

Bank Street, Walton Street, Western Hills Drive, Kamo Road, Riverside Drive

South Island cities

Blenheim

Market Street, Main Street, High Street, Maxwell Road, Seymour Street, Grove Road, Sinclair Street, Nelson Street

Christchurch

CBD: Colombo Street, Worcester Street (these two orthogonal streets cross at Cathedral Square), Hereford Street, Cashel Street, Gloucester Street, Manchester Street, Montreal Street, Durham Street, Oxford Terrace, Cambridge Terrace, Tuam Street, Lichfield Street, Madras Street, Armagh Street, Barbadoes Street, Kilmore Street

North: Main North Road, Bealey Avenue, Marshland Road, Cranford Street, Sherborne Street, Innes Road, Papanui Road, Wairakei Road, Harewood Road

South: Moorhouse Avenue, Main South Road, Lincoln Road, Brougham Street, Opawa Road, Port Hills Road, Hoon Hay Road

West: Deans Avenue, Riccarton Road, Blenheim Road, Memorial Avenue, Springs Road, Fendalton Road, West Coast Road

East: Fitzgerald Avenue, Ferry Road, Pages Road, Dyers Road, Anzac Drive, New Brighton Road, Wainoni Road, Buckleys Road, Aldwins Road, Linwood Avenue

Dunedin

CBD: George Street, Princes Street (basically the same street, separated by the city centre (The Octagon)), Castle Street, Cumberland Street, Great King Street, Stuart Street, Moray Place, Rattray Street, High Street, Hanover Street, Frederick Street, Crawford Street

North: North Road, Pine Hill Road, Opoho Road

South: King Edward Street, Prince Albert Road, South Road, Caversham Valley Road, Hillside Road, Bay View Road, Forbury Road, Victoria Road

East: Portsmouth Drive, Andersons Bay Road (close to harbour end); Portobello Road, Highcliff Road (south of harbour); Ravensbourne Road (north of harbour)

West: Mornington Road, Kaikorai Valley Road, Mailer Street, Highgate, Taieri Road, Brockville Road