Shortland Street was the initial commercial street of Auckland and remains a key financial and legal centre for Auckland city. It runs east from
Queen Street up to Princes Street, providing a connection from the business district to the Auckland
High Court and
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...
.
The street was named for
Willoughby Shortland
Commander Willoughby Shortland RN (30 September 1804 – 7 October 1869) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. He was New Zealand's first Colonial Secretary from 1841, after having arrived in New Zealand with Lieutenant Gover ...
, New Zealand's first
Colonial Secretary.
Demographics
The statistical area of Shortland Street, which includes Fort Street and the area between Lorne Street and Kitchener Street, covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Shortland Street had a population of 1,602 at the
2018 New Zealand census
Eighteen or 18 may refer to:
* 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19
* one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018
Film, television and entertainment
* ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...
, a decrease of 120 people (−7.0%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 786 people (96.3%) since the
2006 census
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In mathematics
Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
. There were 1,071 households, comprising 834 males and 768 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 32.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 42 people (2.6%) aged under 15 years, 627 (39.1%) aged 15 to 29, 810 (50.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 120 (7.5%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 50.9% European/
Pākehā
Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a Māori term for New Zealanders primarily of European descent. Pākehā is not a legal concept and has no definition under New Zealand law. The term can apply to fair-skinned persons, or to any non- Māori New Z ...
, 3.7%
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
, 1.9%
Pacific peoples, 40.4%
Asian
Asian may refer to:
* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, and 8.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 68.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 57.5% had no religion, 24.3% were
Christian, 3.4% were
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
, 3.4% were
Muslim, 3.0% were
Buddhist
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...
and 2.8% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 819 (52.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 45 (2.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $43,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 432 people (27.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 966 (61.9%) people were employed full-time, 180 (11.5%) were part-time, and 78 (5.0%) were unemployed.
History
Shortland Street, initially called Shortland Crescent, was the initial main street of Auckland, built close to the shoreline of
Commercial Bay
Commercial Bay ( mi, Onepanea) was a bay on the southern side of the Waitematā Harbour that defined the original extent of the Auckland waterfront in Auckland, New Zealand.
It was framed by two substantial headlands, Smale's Point dividing ...
(since reclaimed),
established and metalled by 1844.
Fore Street (now Fort Street) was built a block north on the shore of Commercial Bay in 1850.
Shortland Street was the earliest commercial hub of Auckland, however by the 1860s Queen Street became the primary commercial street for the township, after the reclamation of Commercial Bay.
Soap opera
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...
was named for the street, after it was originally planned to be filmed in a TVNZ-owned studio at 74 Shortland Street.
Notable locations
![Auckland Star Newspaper Building](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Auckland_Star_Newspaper_Building.jpg)
*Blacketts Building, corner of Queen Street and Shortland Street, 1879, South British Insurance building.
*South British Insurance Company building, 5–13 Shortland Street, 1920s.
*Jean Batten Place Departmental Building, 12 Shortland Street, 1942. Government office/Post Office until 1989.
*Hotel DeBrett, 15–19 Shortland Street, 1860 but rebuilt 1920s, called the Commercial Hotel until 1959.
*
Auckland Star building, 28 Shortland Street, c.1889–1989.
*General Buildings, 29–27 Shortland Street, 1928.
*Auckland Club, 34 Shortland Street, 1883–2010, gentleman's club.
*
Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street, 2000, 38-storey office tower.
*
Kenneth Myers Centre, 74 Shortland Street, built 1934 as a broadcasting studio for 1YA, and later used by Television New Zealand.
**
Gus Fisher Gallery
Gus Fisher Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the Kenneth Myers Centre, a historic building restored in 2000 with the help of the gallery's patron, Gus Fisher (1920–2010). The gallery exhibits a re ...
, located in the Kenneth Myers Center.
*Shortland Flats, 93 Shortland Street, 1924, apartment building.
*Churton Memorial, corner of Shortland Street and Emily Place, 1909, memorial to Reverend John Churton, first minister of
St Paul's Church.
References
{{coord, -36.8465, 174.7668, type:landmark_region:NZ, display=title
Streets in Auckland
Auckland CBD