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==== New Zealand ==== * [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton]] * [[Christchurch]] * [[Invercargill]] * [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schrader |first=Ben |date=26 March 2015 |orig-date=11 March 2010 |title=City planning β Early settlement planning |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/city-planning/page-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923041133/https://teara.govt.nz/en/city-planning/page-1 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |quote=The New Zealand Company settlements β including Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson β were highly planned...All towns were laid out on a rectilinear or grid plan. |ref=Schrader}}</ref> * [[New Plymouth]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Ron |date=1 September 2016 |title=Taranaki places β New Plymouth |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25873/frederic-carringtons-survey-of-new-plymouth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923035246/https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25873/frederic-carringtons-survey-of-new-plymouth |archive-date=23 September 2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |quote=Carrington's 1842 map records in detail the topography of the area, and shows the grid he laid out for the town's streets, ignoring the many river valleys. Carrington's tight street grid survived in 21st-century New Plymouth, but made traffic movement through the central city difficult at times. |ref=Lambert}}</ref> * [[Wellington]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schrader |first=Ben |date=26 Mar 2015 |orig-date=11 March 2010 |title=City planning β Early settlement planning |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25723/wellingtons-plan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923032146/https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25723/wellingtons-plan |archive-date=23 September 2023 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |quote=Wellington's plan was designed by New Zealand Company surveyor William Mein Smith in 1840. It comprised a series of interconnected grids which expanded along the town's valleys and up the lower slopes of hills. |ref=Wellington}}</ref>
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