page_title: Dominion Road
section_title: Mutton Birds song
hierarchical_section_title: Dominion Road / Mutton Birds song
caption_attribution_description: English: Unofficial Plaque marking halfway point along Dominion Road in Auckland, New Zealand.
context_page_description: Dominion Road is an arterial road in Auckland, New Zealand, running north–south across most of the central isthmus. It is a major public transport route that carries 50,000 bus passengers each week, making it one of the few roads in Auckland on which similar or greater numbers of people travel by public transport than by private car. It achieved some fame by The Mutton Birds' 1992 song titled "Dominion Road".
  The road, which passes through mostly suburban areas, has been described as having a colourful mix of shops, exemplified by areas like the "United Nations of restaurants" around the Balmoral town centre. There are claims that the road's development has been held back by uncertainty about future roading / public transport development plans for the last decade, which prevented investment certainty, and led to low shop rents.
context_section_description: Dominion Road was immortalised in song in 1992 by Don McGlashan, the song being recorded by his band, The Mutton Birds. The song caused some local debate for its reference to "a halfway house half way down Dominion Road". This may be a reference to The Salvation Army Auckland Bridge Programme, on Ewington Street. The line caused many New Zealanders to wonder exactly where "halfway down Dominion Road" is, as an extension has been built to this road. However, the extension was built after the song was written.
  The song's music video suggests that halfway down Dominion Road is the intersection of Peary Road and Dominion Road, and much of the video's footage shows the area between the road's Balmoral shops and Mt. Roskill shops. In 2013 a brass plaque was placed in the footpath by an anonymous artist to mark the halfway point along the road.
caption: Unofficial Plaque marking halfway point along Dominion Road
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