The streets of Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland aren't well known for their deciduous foliage, but one exception is Franklin Road in Freemans Bay, where 100-year-old plane trees guide you through the seasons. In spring and summer (when at night it turns into a veritable fairyland, thanks to its famous Christmas lights), a canopy creates a green roof overhead, then as the leaves fall away to expose bare branches, you know autumn and winter must be on their way.
The trees aren't the only things that have lined this street for quite some time — its villas were built in the Victorian era.
