Albert-Eden is a local government area in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

, in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

Auckland Region Auckland () is one of the sixteen regions of New Zealand, which takes its name from the eponymous urban area. The region encompasses the Auckland Metropolitan Area, smaller towns, rural areas, and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Containin ...

. It is governed by the

Albert-Eden Local Board The Albert-Eden Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward councillors. The Albert-Eden board, named after the two volcanic cones in ...

and

Auckland Council Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a ...

, and is located within the council's Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward.

Geography

The area include the suburbs of

Greenlane Greenlane is a central isthmus suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is bounded by Epsom to the west, Newmarket to the north, Remuera to the east and One Tree Hill to the south. The Greenlane shops are situated at the intersection of Great Sout ...

Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. ...

Mt Eden Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. It is south of the Central Business District (CBD). Mt Eden Road winds its way around the side of Mount Eden Domain and continues to weave ba ...

, Balmoral, Sandringham, Kingsland, Morningside, Owairaka, Mount Albert, Waterview and

Point Chevalier Point Chevalier (; commonly known as Point Chev and an original colonial name of Point Bunbury after Thomas Bunbury) is a residential suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres to t ...

. It is a high density residential area with strong transport connections. There are three ''maunga'' (volcanic cones) in the local board area: * Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mount Albert *

Maungawhau / Mount Eden Maungawhau / Mount Eden is a scoria cone and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in the Mount Eden suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Geography The cone is a dormant volcano and its summit, at above sea level, is the highest natural point on the ...

* Te Kōpuke / Tītīkōpuke / Mount St John There are also two main waterways: * Te Auaunga-Oakley Creek is the longest stream in Auckland City, flowing to Motu Manawa Marine Reserve at Waterview * Waititiko-Meola Creek, flowing to the Waitematā Harbour at Meola Reef There are remnants of lava flow forests at Withiel and Almorah in Epsom, and at Gribblehirst in Sandringham.

History

The area has evidence of early Māori settlement, including several pā sites and other intensive development, including excavation on Maungawhau.

Features

There are several town centres in the area. The Mt Eden Town Centre includes art galleries, the Kingsland Town Centre includes a range of bars, and the Sandringham Town Centre includes a range of Indian businesses. There is also a town centre at Mt Albert.

Eden Park Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, with a capacity of 50,000. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD, CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount E ...

hosts a range of international sport. Pt Chevalier has a range of beaches. There are also several recreational areas, including the Gribblehirst and Ōwairaka parks.

Highwic Highwic is a 19th-century house in Auckland, New Zealand, which is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure. The house was built in 1862 for Alfred Buckland, a wealthy colonial settler and landowner. The building sits in an ele ...

, an historic building and garden in Epsom, has been open to the public since 1981. The

New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame The New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame is an organization created to recognise and honour those whose achievements have enriched the New Zealand Harness racing industry. History In 1969, Noel Taylor, who was President of the Auckland Trotting ...

was established in 1997, with the first inductees being added in 1998.

References

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