thirty-and-odd

Updated: August 9, 2026

Our companion dilates upon the institutions of the city, which are highly creditable to so young a community, and are in advance of those of many European towns of equal population, that can trace back their history considerably further than Auckland's thirty-and-odd years. In matters ecclesiastical and educational the young city is indeed well endowed.

William Delisle Hay - Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2): or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand