Churchill Park is a 40-hectare park in the

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suburb of

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, in

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. It was named after

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upon the park's creation in 1945, and lies on the eastern side of the

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towards the

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suburb was established in the 1920s when George Riddell created a loop road in the area. The owner of the rural blocks of land in the centre of the loop combined them to form a golf course, which later became Churchill Park. The park is home to up to 60 grazing cattle as well as many native trees, birds and ( longfin eels).

Churchill Park School Churchill Park School is a co-ed primary and intermediate school in Glendowie, Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches from year one until year eight. It is surrounded by Churchill Park, Glendowie, Churchill Park. It is a relatively small school, with a ...

, located at the northern end of the park, undertook a wetlands planting project in conjunction with the Auckland City Council in 2009 to improve Churchill Park.

References

External links

Churchill Park
Auckland City Council

held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. Parks in Auckland {{Auckland-geo-stub