Kohimarama and Related Topics

Mission Bay, New Zealand

6 links

Seaside suburb of Auckland city, on the North Island of New Zealand.

Mission Bay is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour, between Ōrākei and Kohimarama.

Affluent seaside suburb of Auckland with a population of as of This suburb is popular amongst visitors for the beaches, cafés, and views of Rangitoto Island, the distinctive volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf.

Looking westwards over St Heliers (foreground) and the other eastern beaches to the CBD in the distance

Waitematā Harbour at sunset, taken from the point between Kohimarama and St. Heliers Beaches

The suburb is relatively affluent, and includes some houses in styles rarely seen elsewhere in New Zealand

Shop window display of a shoe shop in St Heliers in Auckland

alt=View of the eastern end of St Heliers Bay. Photographed by William Archer Price between 1910 and 1930.|View of the eastern end of St Heliers Bay. Photographed by William Archer Price between 1910 and 1930.

alt=View of St Heliers Bay, Auckland, taken from Cliff Road looking west. St Heliers Bay Hotel and wharf are in the middle distance. Photographed by William Archer Price between 1910 and 1930.|View of St Heliers Bay, Auckland, looking west. The wharf is in the middle distance. Photographed by William Archer Price between 1910 and 1930.

Local government of St. Heliers is the responsibility of the Ōrākei Local Board, which also covers the suburbs of Ōrākei, Kohimarama, Mission Bay, Glendowie, St Johns, Meadowbank, Remuera and Ellerslie.

Ellerslie, New Zealand

3 links

Suburb of the city of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Spectators at Ellerslie Racecourse, 1908

Administratively, Ellerslie forms part of the Ōrākei Local Board, which also includes the suburbs of Orakei, Mission Bay, Kohimarama, Saint Heliers, Glendowie, St Johns, Meadowbank and Remuera.

Auckland

3 links

Large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand.

Print of a painting of Auckland port, 1857

Queen Street (c.1889); painting by Jacques Carabain. Most of the buildings depicted were demolished during rampant modernisation in the 1970s.

Looking east over the area that became Wynyard Quarter with the Auckland CBD in the middle distance, c. 1950s.

Satellite view of the Auckland isthmus and Waitematā Harbour

A view over Chelsea Sugar Refinery's lower dam towards Auckland Harbour Bridge and the CBD

The volcanic Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf, with the remnant of Takaroro / Mount Cambria in the foreground (yellow, grassy reserve) . Viewed from Takarunga / Mount Victoria over Devonport.

Asians are Auckland's fastest growing ethnic group. Here, lion dancers perform at the Auckland Lantern Festival.

St Matthew-in-the-City, a historic Anglican church in the Auckland CBD

Projection of the Auckland Region's population growth to 2031

The modern section of the Auckland Art Gallery, completed in 2011

View from the top of Maungawhau / Mount Eden

The twin towers of the National Bank Centre are among the tallest buildings in Auckland

Terraced housing built in 1897 as residential buildings and associated place houses for John Endean

Auckland Town Hall entrance on Queen Street

Old Government House, former residence of the Governor

The University of Auckland clock tower building is a 'Category I' historic place, completed in 1926

Railway lines serve the western, southern and eastern parts of the city from the Britomart Transport Centre.

Aerial view of the Auckland Harbour Bridge

The Auckland CBD skyline and Harbour Bridge at sunset.

The International Terminal at Auckland International Airport

Otahuhu Power Station's 404MW combined cycle turbine, also known as Otahuhu B

The Waitematā Harbour has several swimming beaches, including Mission Bay and Kohimarama on the south side of the harbour, and Stanley Bay on the north side.

Ōrākei

3 links

Suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Ōrākei was the first location where the New Zealand Flying School operated from between October and November 1915, before moving to Mission Bay, and a permanent location at Kohimarama in 1916.

Remuera

3 links

Affluent inner city suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

View from Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson across Remuera to Hobson Bay

Local government of Remuera is the responsibility of the Ōrākei Local Board, which also includes the suburbs of Ōrākei, Mission Bay, Kohimarama, St Heliers, Glendowie, St Johns, Meadowbank, and Ellerslie.