After a decade of flirting, I have finally entered into a committed relationship with the gorgeous, bustling, and nefarious Karangahape Road.
K’Road – as it’s commonly known – holds a lot of fond memories for me. Moments such as: skipping school to go drink bitter short blacks at Brazil (I was 14 and remember trying to make myself like coffee); evenings spent eating hotter-than-the-sun pizza at Crazy Crust; watching my friends start their musical careers along the strip; attending a wealth amazing art exhibitions and parties.
Now I am living a nano-second away from the strip and am having the time of my life. Vintage stores, cute cafes with vegan cupcakes, the Film Archive, wine bars, and army surplus stores are all on my doorstep. There are also ladies of the night dancing on my doorstep occasionally! It’s never boring…
Here is a portrait of my beloved road in 1987. The film is ‘Walkshort’ by The Front Lawn:
The big smoke in New Zealand in the eighties was small just a little village. And it still is today. I think as I get older I appreciate this more. Alright, I’m off to go get a coffee!
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The Topp Twins film Untouchable Girls had some great shots of them busking in Auckland in what I think was the 70′s or 80′s. It opened my eyes up to something I was entirely unaware of.