Dominion Road

This guide to Dominion Road in Auckland follows an unmarked brass plaque set into the pavement at the street's midpoint, honouring a 1992 song by the Auckland band the Mutton Birds that turned this ordinary road into one of the city's best-loved. You'll hear about singer Don McGlashan's writing, the road's origins as a farm track cut in the 1840s, and its renaming in 1907 when New Zealand became a dominion. It's also one of the city's densest strips of Asian eateries; listen for the plaque as you walk toward Kensington Avenue.