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

Auckland

CBD:
Queen Street, Karangahape Road, Hobson Street (one way), Wellesley Street, Victoria Street, Symonds Street, Bond Street, Newton Road, Customs Street, Fanshawe Street,
East:
Great South Road, Tamaki Drive, Penrose Road, Waipuna Road, Ellerslie-Panmure Highway, Panama Road, Lunn Avenue, Abbotts Way, Remuera Road, Broadway (Newmarket), 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, 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, 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, Clark Avenue, Rankin Avenue, Totara Avenue.

Gisborne

Gladstone Road

Hamilton

Victoria Street

Hastings

Heretaunga Street

Napier

Marine Parade, Tennyson Street, Kennedy Road, Taradale Road, Emerson Street, Napier-Hastings Expressway

New Plymouth

Devon Street (also the longest urban street in New Zealand and the longest main street in the Southern Hemisphere)Fact|date=February 2008

Palmerston North

CBD:Main Street (East & West) The Square, Fitzherbert Avenue, Rangitikei Street, Church Street, Broadway Avenue
North:Tremaine Avenue, Rangitikei Street, Rangitikei Line
South:Fitzherbert Avenue, Te Awe Awe Street, Park Road, Tennent Drive, Summerhill Drive.
East:Napier Road, Tremaine Avenue, College Street, Railway Road, Ruahine Street, Milson Line, John F Kennedy Drive, Vogel Street
West:Pioneer Highway, College Street

Rotorua

Fenton Street, Old Taupo Road

Tauranga/Mount Maunganui

CBD: Cameron Road (north), Elizabeth Street, Devonport Road, Waihi Road, 15th Avenue, 13th avenue, 11th Avenue, Chapel Street, Tauranga Harbour Bridge, The Strand
North: Marine Parade, Hewletts Road, Maunganui Road, Totara Street, Maunganui Road
East : Domain Road, Owens Place,Welcome Bay Rd,Maungatapu Rd, Girven Road
South : Chadwick Road, Oropi Road, Fraser Street,Lakes Bolavard, Cameron Road(south)
West : Moffat Road, Bethlehem Road, Otumoetai Road, Grange Road, Cambridge Road, Bellvue RoadExpress/Highways : Takitimu Drive,Route K

Wellington urban area

Wellington

Lambton Quay & The Terrace (financial district), Courtenay Place & Cuba Street (entertainment district)

Lower Hutt

High Street

Porirua

Titahi Bay Road (skirts south and west of business district, which is rather modern and pedestrian-unfriendly with no long traffic "street"); Lyttelton Avenue (through middle)

Upper Hutt

High Street, Fergusson Drive

Wanganui

Victoria Avenue, Taupo Quay

Whangarei

Bank Street, Walton Street

outh 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

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

South: Main South Road, Lincoln Road, Brougham Street, Opawa Road, Hoon Hay Road

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

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

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

South: King Edward Street, South Road (also known as 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

Invercargill

Dee Street, Tay Street, Herbert Street, Queens Drive, Tweed Street, Elles Road, Clyde Street, Esk Street, Spey Street

Nelson

Trafalgar Street, Hardy Street, Rutherford Street, Bridge Street, Halifax Street, Collingwood Street

Timaru

Stafford Street, Dee Street, King Street, North Street, Evans Street, Wai-iti Road, Church Street, Theodosia Street