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Delve into Owairaka
The district Owairaka of Avondale in Auckland (Auckland) is a district located in New Zealand about 304 mi north of Wellington, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Evening Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
Night Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 64% |
Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 53% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Monday, 6th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
14°C (56 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
VR Queen Street - Hotel & Suites
St Marys Residence Private Luxury
Swiss-Belsuites Victoria Park
City Lodge Accommodation - Hostel
Mollies Boutique Hotel
The Great Ponsonby ArtHotel
QUEST PONSONBY
The Surrey Hotel
YMCA Hostel
Quest on Beaumont
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Unitec Institute of Technology
Unitec Institute of Technology is the largest institute of technology in Auckland, New Zealand with over 23,800 students in 2010. The main campus is situated in Mt Albert, Auckland City, while a secondary campus is situated in Henderson, Waitakere City, and a third campus in Albany, North Shore City which opened in August 2011. Unitec offers degree programs in arts, business, and technical subjects at the bachelors, masters and doctoral level.
Point Chevalier
Point Chevalier is a suburb and peninsula in the west of the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres to the west of the city centre on the southern shore of the Waitemata Harbour. The suburb stretches from the town centre / shopping area along its southern edge (on Great North Road, and near the SH16 motorway) to the tip of the peninsula in the north. Its postcode is 1022.
Mount Albert, New Zealand
Mt Albert refers to an inner city suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred around Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape. In the past Mt Albert also referred to the 2,500 acre borough that was created in 1911 on the outskirts of Auckland City. Mt Albert was also one of the original five wards within the Mt Albert Borough. The suburb is located seven kilometres to the southwest of the Central Business District (CBD).
Western Springs Stadium
Western Springs Stadium is an entertainment venue in Auckland, New Zealand, that consists of a natural amphitheatre. During the winter it is used for club rugby union matches and over summer it is used for speedway. It is also occasionally used for large music concerts and festivals. Western Springs Stadium has a crowd capacity of 30,000 for sports and upwards of 50,000 for concerts. It is located four kilometres west of the city centre in the suburb of Western Springs.
Museum of Transport and Technology
The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) is a museum located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand. It is located close to the Western Springs Stadium, Auckland Zoo and the Western Springs Park. The museum has large collections of civilian and military aircraft and other land transport vehicles. An ongoing programme is in place to restore and conserve items in the collections.
Mount Albert Railway Station
Mount Albert Railway Station is in the suburb of Mount Albert on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network, near Unitec, a local tertiary education provider, and is popular with Unitec students. It has an island platform and is reached by a footbridge from Carrington Road and a subway between Willcott Street and New North Road.
Avondale Railway Station
Avondale Railway Station is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. The proposed Avondale–Southdown Line would connect to the Western Line just east of the station.
Baldwin Avenue Railway Station
Baldwin Avenue Railway Station, in the suburb of Mount Albert, is on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network. The station has offset side platforms connected by a level crossing.
New Windsor, New Zealand
New Windsor, founded in 1865, is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located within Auckland, on the border to the former Waitakere City part of the city, between Mount Albert, Blockhouse Bay, Owairaka and Avondale. It is approximately 1.3 km² in size. The population of the New Windsor area unit was 5,787 as of the 2001 census, with 2,913 males and 2,874 females. The age of the population is distributed with 21.3% under 15 and 10% over 65.
Morningside, Auckland
Morningside is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It lies four kilometres south-west of the city centre, close to Eden Park and Western Springs. The residential suburb lies between the suburbs of Grey Lynn, Kingsland, Sandringham, and Mount Albert, near the arterial North-Western Motorway and Western Railway line. The name comes from a farm estate called "Morningside" that was subdivided in 1865 for housing lots.
Waterview, New Zealand
Waterview is a suburb of Auckland City, located along the western side of Auckland's isthmus. Its boundaries are Oakley Creek in the east, Heron Park in the south, the Waitemata Harbour in the west, and the Northwestern Motorway and the Oakley Creek inlet in the north. Waterview is primarily a residential area, with its residents commuting to work.
Mount Albert Grammar School
Mount Albert Grammar School "(M.A.G. S)" is a semi co-educational state secondary school in Central Auckland. It teaches from year 9 to year 13. Mount Albert Grammar is one of the largest secondary schools in the country. It is also one of the most multi-cultural schools in New Zealand.
Avondale College, Auckland
Avondale College is a secondary education college in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of the largest secondary schools in New Zealand with 2,700 students, with 100 of those being international students. There is a large cultural diversity within the school, with an ethnic composition of New Zealand European/ Pākehā 28%, Māori 9%, Samoan 15%, Chinese 12%, Indian 9%, other Asian 7%, other European 5%, Tongan 4%, Niuean 3%, other Pacific 2%, Other 6%.
LynnMall
LynnMall is a shopping centre in New Lynn, a suburb of Waitakere City, New Zealand, on Great North Road adjacent to New Lynn Train Station, 11.8 kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD.
Westfield St Lukes
Westfield St Lukes is one of the big three shopping centres in the western suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, and is located on St Lukes Road. It receives about 6 million shopper visits annually. With 43,000 m² gross floor area (2002 data), it features a Farmers, K mart, Foodtown, a Village SKYCITY 8 screen cinema complex and approximately 125 shops (2004 data). Its main competition is LynnMall in New Lynn and Westfield WestCity in Henderson.
MOTAT collections
This list collects the transport-related vehicles exhibited or owned by the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland, New Zealand.
Fowlds Park
Fowlds Park is a small public reserve in the northern part of Mount Albert, in Auckland City.
Glenavon School
Marist College, New Zealand
Marist College is a Catholic girls high-school located in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches from year 7 through to year 13 with a curriculum based on Roman Catholicism. It has a maximum student capacity of 800 girls.
Meola Creek
Meola Creek is a waterway in Auckland, New Zealand. It is situated in Integrated Catchment Area #1 within Auckland City’s drainage network. The catchment consists largely of a natural valley that runs down from the north-east slopes of Mt Albert (Owairaka), north of Mt Albert Road. The upper section of Meola Creek flows along the boundary of the Mt Albert Grammar and through the Kerr-Taylor Reserve.
Western Springs College
Western Springs College is a co-educational state secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches students from years 9 to 13 and is located near both Western Springs Park and Auckland Zoo. The school was originally part of Seddon Memorial Technical College but was moved to the current Western Springs site in circa 1960.
Avondale, Auckland
Avondale is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located in the Whau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions for the Auckland Council. It is commonly considered to be part of West Auckland. It was originally called "Te Whau", which is the common name, of Māori origin, for Entelea arborescens, a native tree. Its postcode is 1026.
Northwestern Cycleway
The Northwestern Cycleway (sometimes also referred to as the North West or Northwestern Cycle Route) is a 12 km mostly off-road cycle route connecting the Auckland CBD in Auckland City with Henderson, Waitakere City in New Zealand. For most of its length, it runs alongside the Northwestern Motorway (State Highway 16).
Hebron Christian College, Auckland
Hebron Christian College is a non-denominational private Christian school in Auckland, New Zealand. The school extends from New Entrant to Year 13 (Form 7). It performs well academically.
Immanuel Christian School, New Zealand
Immanuel Christian School is a small private school in Auckland, New Zealand. Today, the school extends from New Entrant to Year Thirteen (Form 7). Immanuel has a diverse, multicultural roll. Its vision is to have "a Christ-saturated curriculum in all educational areas".