FIND THESE STEPS – These steps link the lower level of Douglas Street to the upper level. Douglas Streets lies between Tasman Street, at 76 Tasman, and 24 Adelaide Road.

This is a very short set of steps, but always busy – popular with dog owners, too.

URONG?

An unexpected territorial claim.

The view looking toward Adelaide Road.

 

 

 

 

 

FIND THESE STEPS – Between 21 and 25 Awarua Street and at the top at 29 Rothsay Road, Ngaio.

These steps are a little farther along from the Awarua train station  and go down a gully to an unexpectedly beautiful little stream, and then back up to Rothsay Road, from where you can look back at the other end of the steps and it looks to be an impressive distance away.

The stream in the middle of the walk.

The view of the bridge over the stream from the Rothsay Road hill.

The steps seen from the other side of the valley.

And the climb back up to Awarua Street.

 

 

 

 

FIND THESE STEPS – The Inn is at the Parliament end of town at 3 Mulgrave Street, near the Wellington Railway Station  and the bus station.

Although these steps aren’t as famous as Plimmer’s Steps and Church Street, they are well known and used, and historic since they lead you up to the oldest pub in Wellington.

The original pub was built in 1840 – the year also of the Waitangi Treaty – but the building burnt in July 1866. This is the replacement, built by the end of 1866, and still standing although it has experienced many modernising efforts since.

My first visit was in 1994 when the lunch crowd was full of workers from the railway and wharfs. It was packed with men talking loudly.  The whole place went quiet when I walked in alone.  I walked to the bar, ordered a beer, and took a sip, and all the noise started up again, and I was welcomed to a standing table for a chat with curious patrons. Apparently it was not then a usual place a woman for a beer at lunch but now it is upscale but still friendly.

At the other end of town, near the top of Cuba Street, is another building entirely – Thistle Hall – and often confused for this pub. An important distinction.

The National Archives (with 7 million archives) is around the corner on Mulgrave Street and further on Aitken Street and Molesworth Street is National Library – the new location for the original Treaty of Waitangi.

 

FIND THESE STEPS – Rueben Street intersects Ohiro Road at No 230 Ohiro Road, and the steps are at the end of  Rueben Avenue at No 57.

These are lovely, hidden steps in a quiet hillside – beautiful trees, winding steps, and ending at a private residence.

 

 

 

FIND THESE STEPS – Near the bus stop at 156 Ohiro Road and across from Bretby Crescent, Brooklyn. Near the intersection of Tanera Crescent (leading to those steps) and across from the Brooklyn Road steps and Central Park.

Just a short set of steps leading to the footpath parallel to Ohiro Road. When you turn around from the steps you have a view of the bright and fun mural on the wall opposite.