Kingston Road

A DigitalNZ Story by Lisa Te Raki

Image: Kingston Road, Lake Wakatipu, including car on side of the road

Kingston Road, Lake Wakatipu, including car on side of the road

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kingston-Queenstown Road, Lake Wakatipu, 1934

Kingston-Queenstown Road, Lake Wakatipu, 1934

Auckland Libraries

Image: Kingston-Queenstown Road, Lake Wakatipu, 1934

Kingston-Queenstown Road, Lake Wakatipu, 1934

Auckland Libraries

Image: Official opening of Kingston-Queenstown road, 1936

Official opening of Kingston-Queenstown road, 1936

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Kingston-Queenstown Road, Lake Wakatipu

Kingston-Queenstown Road, Lake Wakatipu

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kingston Road, Lake Wakatipu, including mountains

Kingston Road, Lake Wakatipu, including mountains

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Staircase Creek bridge on the lakeside road from Queenstown to Kingston

Staircase Creek bridge on the lakeside road from Queenstown to Kingston

Auckland Libraries

Image: Some of the charms of the Queenstown district, Lake Wakatipu

Some of the charms of the Queenstown district, Lake Wakatipu

Auckland Libraries

Image: Easter vacation activities illustrated in a selection of photographs from various parts of the country

Easter vacation activities illustrated in a selection of photographs from various parts of the country

Auckland Libraries

Image: A shingle road alongside Lake Wakatipu north of Kingston Township, with steep tussock covered mountain slopes, Central Otago Region

A shingle road alongside Lake Wakatipu north of Kingston Township, with steep tussock covered mountain slopes, Central Otago Region

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: On The Route of the Road Round Lake Wakatipu, Between Queenstown And Kingston: Slips Cause Difficulties For Motoring Party

On The Route of the Road Round Lake Wakatipu, Between Queenstown And Kingston: Slips Cause Difficulties For Motoring Party

Auckland Libraries

Image: Kingston Road, Queenstown, New Zealand

Kingston Road, Queenstown, New Zealand

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Kingston-Queenstown Road, 1934

Kingston-Queenstown Road, 1934

Auckland Libraries

Newspaper

COMPLETION URGED (Evening Post, 12 August 1933)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: THE FIRST MOTOR CAR ON KINGSTON ROAD. A great haunt of the old waggoners in the good old days, (Otago Witness, 05 September 1906)

THE FIRST MOTOR CAR ON KINGSTON ROAD. A great haunt of the old waggoners in the good old days, (Otago Witness, 05 September 1906)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

SCENIC GRANDEUR (Evening Post, 06 April 1936)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

A NEW ROAD (Evening Post, 18 July 1934)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

ROAD TO QUEENSTOWN (Evening Post, 23 July 1932)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

TO OPEN FOR TRAFFIC (Evening Post, 16 December 1935)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

SHORTAGE OF LABOUR (Evening Post, 27 November 1934)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

NEW MOTOR ROAD (Evening Post, 11 April 1936)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

FOR WOMEN MOTORISTS (Evening Post, 25 January 1930)

National Library of New Zealand