Grafton
District of Auckland
Auckland - New Zealand

Auckland University of Technology

The Auckland University of Technology (AUT) (Māori: Te Wananga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 (1895 originally Auckland Technical School) when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district (CBD). AUT has three secondary campuses: North Shore, Manukau, and the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health (AUT Millennium Campus).

Located at -36.8533, 174.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Auckland University of Technology, Universities in New Zealand, Association of Commonwealth Universities

Aotea Square

Aotea Square is a large paved public area in the CBD, of Auckland, New Zealand. Officially opened in 1979 by Sir Dove-Myer Robinson next to Queen Street, it is used for open-air concerts and gatherings, and markets and political rallies. In November 2010, a major redevelopment of Aotea Square was completed. The square was redesigned to make it appropriate for use by crowds of up to 20,000 people.

Located at -36.8521, 174.763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Squares in Auckland, Visitor attractions in Auckland

Karangahape Road

Karangahape Road (commonly known as K' Road) is one of the main streets in the central business district (CBD) of Auckland, New Zealand. The massive expansion of motorways through the nearby inner city area - and subsequent flight of residents and retail into the suburbs - turned it from one of Auckland's premier shopping streets into a run-down red light district from the 1960s onwards.

Located at -36.8578, 174.76 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Red-light districts, Streets in Auckland, Visitor attractions in Auckland, Prostitution in New Zealand

Mount Eden Prisons

The Mount Eden, New Zealand prison site currently holds two separate prison facilities, the historic Mount Eden Prison and the Mount Eden Corrections Facility. The historic Mount Eden Prison has housed prisoners since 1888. Its design and functionality is now outdated and the deteriorating condition of the buildings makes it difficult to keep prisoners securely and humanely contained.

Located at -36.8672, 174.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Auckland, Prisons in New Zealand, NZHPT Category I listings in the Auckland Region

Boston Road Railway Station

Boston Road Railway Station was on the Western Line of the Auckland Suburban Railway Network, near St Peter's College and Auckland Grammar School. The station was below State Highway 1, one of the busiest motorways in New Zealand. At the southern end of the station is the north western wall of Mt Eden Prison. The station closed on 10 April 2010, the day after the opening of the new Grafton station, and has since been largely demolished.

Located at -36.8662, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rail transport in Auckland, Defunct railway stations in New Zealand, Railway stations opened in 1964, Railway stations closed in 2010

Grafton, New Zealand

Grafton is a suburb of Auckland City, New Zealand. The suburb is named for the Duke of Grafton, a patron of the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, and was once known as 'Grafton Heights', denoting its history as a well-off suburb in Auckland's earliest decades. According to the 2001 census, Grafton has a population of 2,052. The suburb is characterised by its many historic buildings, many of them essentially unchanged from the early decades of the 20th century.

Located at -36.8636, 174.764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Suburbs of Auckland

Auckland International College

Auckland International College is an independent coeducational secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It adopts the IB Diploma Programme as its sole curriculum. It also offers a Preparation Year Programme for IB Diploma course (Year 11) to allow students to prepare for the IB curriculum. The school runs with a Northern Hemisphere timetable, as the school year commences in July, and students sit their final IB examinations in May.

Located at -36.8558, 174.765 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Secondary schools in Auckland, International Baccalaureate schools in New Zealand, Boarding schools in New Zealand, Educational institutions established in 2003, 2003 establishments in New Zealand

Central Motorway Junction

The Central Motorway Junction or CMJ (best known as Spaghetti Junction and rarely as Central Motorway Intersection), is the intersection of New Zealand State Highways 1 and 16, just south of the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. A multilevel structure (three traffic levels crossing above each other in several locations), it has been described as a "fiendishly complicated, multi-layered puzzle of concrete, steel and asphalt".

Located at -36.8604, 174.76 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Motorways in New Zealand, Transport in Auckland, Buildings and structures in Auckland, Transport in New Zealand, Road interchanges in New Zealand

Myers Park, Auckland

Myers Park is a narrow park in central Auckland, New Zealand, running parallel to the upper part of Queen Street. It is characterised by steep, grassed slopes and canopied with a mixture of large exotic and native trees, including an alley of large palm trees. Benches and artwork (including a heritage marble copy of Michelangelo's sitting Moses statue) line the paths connecting to Queen Street, K Road, Grey's Avenue and Aotea Square.

Located at -36.8554, 174.761 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Urban public parks, Parks in Auckland

Grafton Bridge

For the bridge in Grafton, NSW, see "Grafton Bridge, NSW. " Grafton Bridge is a road bridge spanning Grafton Gully in Auckland City, New Zealand. Built of reinforced concrete in 1910, it connects the Auckland CBD with the Grafton suburb. Grafton Bridge spans about 97.6 metres (320 feet), rises 25.6 metres (84 feet) above the abutments and to a height of around 43 metres (142 feet) over the Grafton Gully.

Located at -36.8595, 174.765 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bridges in Auckland, Bridges completed in 1910, NZHPT Category I listings in the Auckland Region, Concrete bridges in New Zealand

Grafton Gully

Grafton Gully is a deep (about 50 m) and very wide (about 100 m) gully cutting northwards (towards the sea) through the volcanic hills of the Auckland Volcanic Field in Auckland, New Zealand. It divides the CBD of the city from the suburbs of Grafton and Parnell in the east. Grafton Gully is crossed by Grafton Bridge near its south end. Symonds Street Cemetery lies on its western slope.

Located at -36.8587, 174.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Transport in Auckland, Landforms of New Zealand, Valleys of New Zealand, Geography of Auckland

Waihorotiu Stream

The Waihorutiu Stream (or sometimes Wai Horotiu Stream), also called the 'Queen Street River', is a former stream in the downtown region of Auckland City, New Zealand, which has long since been covered over and made to disappear by the increasing urbanisation of the area.

Located at -36.8544, 174.762 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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History of Auckland, Geography of Auckland, Rivers of the Auckland Region

Auckland City Hospital

The Auckland City Hospital is Auckland's main hospital and the largest hospital in New Zealand, as well as one of the oldest medical facilities of the country. It is a publicly funded hospital, run by the Auckland District Health Board since 2001. Located in the suburb of Grafton, east of the CBD, it has 3,500 rooms and provides a total of 710 beds.

Located at -36.8605, 174.77 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Auckland, Teaching hospitals in New Zealand, Hospitals established in the 1840s, Frederick Thatcher buildings

Langham Hotel, Auckland

The Langham Hotel is a five-star hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. Formerly named the Sheraton Auckland Hotel & Towers, it occupies the historic site of Partington's Windmill, a local landmark until its demolition in 1950.

Located at -36.8578, 174.763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hotels in Auckland

Auckland Town Hall

The Auckland Town Hall is a historic building on Queen Street in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, known both for its original and ongoing use for administrative functions (such as Council meetings and hearings), as well as for its famed Great Hall and its separate Concert Chamber. The Town Hall and its surrounding context is highly protected as a 'Category A' heritage place in the city's district plan.

Located at -36.8527, 174.763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Culture in Auckland, Buildings and structures in Auckland, NZHPT Category I listings in the Auckland Region, Concert halls in New Zealand, City and town halls in New Zealand, Italian Renaissance Revival architecture, Visitor attractions in Auckland

Starship Children's Health

Starship Children's Health, opened in 1991, is one of the first purpose-built children's hospitals in New Zealand, and the largest such facility in the country. While a separate facility, it is located on the same Grafton-area grounds of Auckland City Hospital in Auckland City and adjacent to the Auckland Medical School. Starship Children's Health treats over 86,000 patients a year (2005/2006 financial year), around a quarter of them inpatients.

Located at -36.8596, 174.77 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Children's hospitals in New Zealand, Teaching hospitals in New Zealand, Buildings and structures in Auckland, Hospitals established in 1991

Pigeon Post House

The Pigeon Post House is located at 112 Newton Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, on the corner of Newton Road and Upper Queen Street. From 1897 into the early 20th century the building was used as a pigeon-carrier postal service between Great Barrier Island and Auckland. It was New Zealand's first regular air-mail postal service. Today the building houses offices.

Located at -36.8631, 174.758 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Auckland

Colonial Ammunition Company

The Colonial Ammunition Company (CAC) was an ammunition manufacturer in Auckland, New Zealand. It was established by Major John Whitney with government encouragement in 1885 during the Russian Scare. The first ordnance manufacturer in Australasia, it later expanded in other business directions from 1925 on.

Located at -36.8687, 174.763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Auckland, NZHPT Category I listings in the Auckland Region, Companies established in 1885, Companies of New Zealand, Weapons manufacturing companies

Mercury Theatre, Auckland

The Mercury Theatre is a theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, located on Mercury Lane, off Karangahape Road. It was built in 1910 by the architect Edward Bartley and is the oldest surviving theatre in Auckland. Built in the English Baroque style, it was initially known as the Kings Theatre. On being converted into a cinema in 1926, a new entrance was built on Karangahape Road – this is now the Norman Ng Building. From 1968 to 1991 it was the premises of the Mercury Theatre Company.

Located at -36.8582, 174.759 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Theatres in Auckland, Theatres completed in 1910

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

Saint Paul's Church on Symonds Street in Auckland, New Zealand, is a historic Anglican church near Auckland University.

Located at -36.8544, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Anglican churches in New Zealand, Places of worship in Auckland, NZHPT Category I listings in the Auckland Region

1993 Auckland mid-air collision

The 1993 Auckland mid-air collision was an aircraft accident in New Zealand. It occurred on 26 November 1993, when two aircraft operated by Airwork, under contract to the New Zealand Police, collided and crashed in central Auckland. The mid-air collision of the Aérospatiale TwinStar helicopter and Piper Archer airplane resulted in the deaths of all four occupants – a civilian Airwork pilot on each aircraft and two New Zealand Police officers on the helicopter.

Located at -36.8583, 174.758 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1993 in New Zealand, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1993, Aviation accidents and incidents in New Zealand, Accidents and incidents involving helicopters, History of Auckland, Mid-air collisions

Ironbank (Auckland)

Ironbank is a 4,500-m, six-level mixed-used (retail and office) development on Karangahape Road, Auckland City, New Zealand. The building also provides a mechanical, automated car stacker for 96 cars, which the robotic system racks in a four-level storage wall. It also used a variety of environmentally friendly building facilities, such as reduced energy demands due to a design that can dispense with air conditioning.

Located at -36.8583, 174.76 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Auckland, New Zealand architecture, Sustainable buildings in New Zealand

New Zealand Tourism Research Institute

The New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), based at the Auckland University of Technology, brings together New Zealand and international experts in the tourism and hospitality arena. The Institute was established in 1999 by Professor Simon Milne. It is located at the Level 1 of the School of Hospitality and Tourism on the corner of Wellesley Street East and Mayoral Drive in Auckland.

Located at -36.8522, 174.766 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Organisations based in Auckland, Research institutes in New Zealand

Auckland Baptist Tabernacle

The Auckland Baptist Tabernacle is a heritage-listed church located near the corner of Queen Street and Karangahape Road, at the edge of Auckland central business district in New Zealand.

Located at -36.8575, 174.761 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Baptist churches in New Zealand, Religious buildings completed in 1885

Symonds Street Cemetery

Symonds Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery and park in central Auckland, New Zealand. It is in 5.8 hectares of deciduous forest on the western slope of Grafton Gully, by the corner of Symonds Street and Karangahape Road, and is crossed by the Grafton Bridge. The cemetery and the street are named for William Cornwallis Symonds, a British Army officer prominent in the early colonisation of New Zealand. It has a Historic Place - Category I listing with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

Located at -36.8595, 174.764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Auckland, Cemeteries in New Zealand, NZHPT Category I listings in the Auckland Region, Visitor attractions in Auckland