The Central Area Model is a 1:480 scale model of central Auckland carefully built during 1967 and 1968 to replicate the city in precise miniature. The model recreates the areas of central Auckland bordered by the motorways which now surround the inner-city area.

For more than two decades Council planners used the model to visualise the way proposed construction would alter the character and physical spaces of the city.

In this podcast we hear from Liam Appleton a member of the team who reconstructed and researched the model on display till end July 2022 at the Central City Library.

Learn more: http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2022/05/making-model-city-origins-of-central.html

Photo: The model in situ at the Central City Library, Liam Appleton, 2022.