Kingsland is an inner-city
suburb
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of
Auckland
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, the largest and most populous urban area in
New Zealand
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. Kingsland is under the local governance of the
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 ...
. It is the home of
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 CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and King ...
, New Zealand's largest stadium, which hosted the finals for the
2011 Rugby World Cup
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. Kingsland has a village centre that contains a series of shops, restaurants, pubs and monthly markets.
Kingsland was established in the 1880s with the sale of allotments; the buildings predominantly date from the
Edwardian
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and the
interwar
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periods. Kingsland has a heritage trail that features iconic buildings and sites of interest identified by plaques, which uses
smartphone
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technology to provide information on the local history.
New North Road is the main thoroughfare in Kingsland, running northeast–southwest from the Auckland Central Business District (CBD), with the suburb running along the ridge line. Kingsland's main street is located on New North Road next to the
Kingsland railway station and directly across from Eden Park.
Don Croot Street
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* Don (river), a river in European Russia
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, which was established in the late 1960s, connects the Kingsland stretch of New North Road to the Western Springs stretch of Great North Road.
The
Northwestern Motorway
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was cut through in the 1970s, severing the cross streets that linked Kingsland to Surrey Crescent and
Arch Hill, leaving Bond St as the sole direct connection to these suburbs. The presence of the motorway means a certain amount of noise, but for the most part Kingsland remains a remarkably quiet suburb. Recently there has been a certain amount of gentrification in the area resulting in several cafes and boutique shops.
The local secondary schools are
Mount Albert Grammar School
Mount Albert Grammar School, commonly known as MAGS, is a co-educational state secondary school in Mount Albert in Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches students in year levels 9 to 13. , Mount Albert Grammar School is the second largest school in ...
,
Marist College
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and
St Peter's College.
Demographics
The statistical area of Kingsland, which includes part of
Eden Terrace
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, covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Kingsland had a population of 3,372 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 156 people (4.9%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 405 people (13.7%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 1,131 households, comprising 1,683 males and 1,686 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 31.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 423 people (12.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,119 (33.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,680 (49.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 150 (4.4%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 76.2% European/
Pākehā
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, 10.9%
Māori
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* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
, 13.6%
Pacific peoples, 10.3%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, and 3.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 29.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 61.7% had no religion, 26.2% were
Christian
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, 0.4% had
Māori religious beliefs, 1.7% were
Hindu
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, 0.7% were
Muslim
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, 1.2% were
Buddhist
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and 3.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,455 (49.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 168 (5.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $49,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. 921 people (31.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,001 (67.9%) people were employed full-time, 402 (13.6%) were part-time, and 90 (3.1%) were unemployed.
History
The origins of Kingsland are linked to the
European settlement of Auckland. In 1835,
Thomas Mitchell, a Sydney trader, purchased land from
Āpihai Te Kawau,
rangatira
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(chief) of the local
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
tribe,
Ngati Whatua
''Ngati'' is a 1987 New Zealand feature film directed by Barry Barclay, written by Tama Poata and produced by John O'Shea.
Production
''Ngati'' is of historical and cultural significance in New Zealand as it is the first feature film written an ...
, for £160, in a transaction which the Lands Claim Commission later disallowed. In 1841, Te Kawau gifted to the colonial government and Auckland began to take shape as a city.
Land continued to be bought and sold, and in 1852 John McElwain purchased for the purpose of farming and received the adjoining from his brother George in what is present-day Kingsland.
Cabbage Tree Swamp Road was one of the original streets in the area, but the settlers of
Mt Albert,
Morningside and Kingsland appealed for a change of name, and it became Kingsland Road.
Auckland experienced significant growth in population between 1874 and 1886, putting pressure on the areas closest to the city. That population growth combined with the establishment of rail and bus connections into the city by the early 1880s created excellent conditions for John McElwain to subdivide his farm. In 1882, 227 allotments were laid out. Kingsland Avenue — along with First, Second, Third and Fourth Avenues — provided road access to the properties. Prices for sections in the subdivision ranged from £28 to £100. By 1903
tram
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s serviced the area, and Kingsland was a well-established residential suburb.
Transport
Public transportation extended from the inner city to the surrounding areas in the late 1870s and early 1880s with horse-drawn buses being the first mode of regular public transportation in the late 1870s. In 1881, the long-awaited railway came, connecting
Newmarket with
Helensville
Helensville is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is sited northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. New Zealand State Highway 16, State Highway 16 passes through the town, connecting it to Waimauk ...
with stops in Mt Eden, Kingsland, Morningside and Mt Albert.
At the beginning of the 20th century, trams began connecting Mt Eden, Balmoral, Kingsland and Mt Albert with the city. The trams ran for the last time in the 1950s.
Politics
Kingsland falls within the
Mt Albert general constituency and the
Tāmaki Makaurau
Tāmaki Makaurau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was first formed for the . The electorate covers the Auckland area and was first held by Labour ...
Māori constituency for the national
Parliament
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. In terms of local government, Kingsland comes under the
Albert-Eden Local Board
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The Albert-Eden board, named after the two volcanic cones in ...
of
Auckland Council
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. The Albert–Eden Local Board includes the suburbs of
Waterview,
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 ...
,
Sandringham Sandringham can refer to:
Places
* Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia
* Sandringham, Queensland, Australia
* Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
**Sandringham railway line
**Sandringham railway station
**Electoral district of Sandringham
* Sand ...
,
Mount Albert,
Morningside,
Owairaka,
Balmoral, Kingsland,
Mount 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 ...
,
Epsom
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and
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 ...
.
Landmarks and features
Eden Park
Eden Park is New Zealand's largest stadium with a capacity of 50,000 seats. Every year it hosts almost half a million local and international sports fans and patrons who attend matches and functions at the park.
The park underwent a $240 million, three-year redevelopment prior to the
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
. Including a temporary expansion to 60,000 seats and the addition of four giant Māori carvings at each of the four main public entrances. The carvings represent
Tāne-mahuta, the spirit of the forest;
Rongo
In Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi) is a major god (''atua'') of cultivated plants, especially kumara (spelled ''kūmara'' in Māori), a vital crop. Other crops cult ...
, the god of peace;
Tūmatauenga
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In creation stories, Tū suggests to kill his parents to allow light into th ...
, the god of war; and
Tāwhirimātea
In Māori mythology, Tāwhirimātea (or Tāwhiri) is the god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms. He is a son of Papatūānuku (earth mother) and Ranginui ( sky father). Tawhirimatea is the second oldest of 7 chi ...
, the god of wind. The carvings were designed by
Ngāti Whātua
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carver, Arekatera Maihi.
Eden Park was located at the low point of Cabbage Tree Swamp, with the road running on a causeway across it. Eden Park has been used as a sports ground since 1900, and by 1914 the ground was drained and turned into two
ovals for cricket. Eden Park has been the home of Auckland Cricket since 1910 and Auckland Rugby since 1925. Its 100-year history boasts some of New Zealand's proudest sporting moments, including the
1950 Empire Games, the inaugural
1987 Rugby World Cup
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, and the
1992 Cricket World Cup
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. Since the early 1900s it has hosted major rugby and cricket matches, and is now a regular host of the
Bledisloe Cup
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,
ITM Cup
ITM may stand for:
Education
* ITM Global School, an English medium co-educational day school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
* ITM Law School, one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University
* ITM-IFM, Mumbai, India
* Institut Tekn ...
, and the
Super Rugby
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games. Most recently, Eden Park hosted the finals for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and it has been named the co-host for
2015 Cricket World Cup
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.
Ngā Ana Wai
The underground rivers that run through the area are known by the Māori as Ngā Ana Wai, which translates to ‘the watery caves.’ These ancient lava caverns were created 30,000 years ago during the eruption of
Mount Albert and
Maungawhau / Mount Eden
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Geography
The cone is a dormant volcano and its summit, at above sea level, is the highest natural point on the ...
. Water springs up at various locations including Eden Park grounds, which previously was swamp land.
Notable buildings
Many of Kingsland's older buildings have survived by adapting to contemporary uses.
*Shooters Bar (330 New North Road) — The original building was built in the 1910-1920's area, as two independent buildings which later were joined. Over the course of its usage it has been an established shoe shop, an office building and a function venue. It is located in prime position located next to the old kiwi bacon factory, today Fairfax media. The buildings, in most recent years has been home to one of Aucklands more unique function venues, providing a mechanical bull, affordable beers and has had major modifications including a large deck with a retractable roof for both summer and rainy days. The heritage and significance of the building has been maintained and renovated alike, though through the years it has survived by adapting to multiple usages, with an attempt being made, fortunately, to maintain the historical significance of the building and keep its presence today.
*Trinity Methodist Church & Jubilee Hall (400 New North Road) — The existing timber church was built in 1897 and the Jubilee Hall replaced an old timber church on the Sunday School site in 1909. The church has memorial windows commemorating local men who died in the First and Second World Wars.
*Windsor Dairy Buildings (434–442 New North Road) — Built as two separate buildings between 1900 and 1910, a unifying facade was applied in 1940.
*Public Amenity Building (448 New North Road) — Built in 1928 the Kingsland public toilets are a fine example of Art Deco style. The public toilets and a pedestrian overbridge were constructed after several fatalities at the station.
*Pages Buildings and Grain Store (460–470 New North Road) — The first Pages Stores were built in the late 1880s. Handy to the rail and later a major tram stop, these businesses provided goods, grain and fodder to local farmers. The Grain Store buildings date from 1900–14.
*Kingsland Post Office (478 New North Road) — Described as a typical government architect suburban Post Office type, this 1911 building blends Edwardian Classical Revival style and Arts and Crafts elements and was designed by architect
John Campbell. The Post Office remained in use until 1989.
*Theatre Royal (486 New North Road) — Built in 1915, the Theatre Royal was one of a number of new suburban theatres built around Auckland at a similar time to serve the entertainment needs of the fast-growing area around Kingsland. It closed as a cinema in 1978 and was refurbished in 1996 for its present use as a retail establishment.
*Kingsland Fire Station (516 New North Road) — Now privately owned, the Fire Station was built in 1933 in a Georgian Revival style, replacing an original timber station with a watch tower built in 1906.
The building was later repurposed for residential purpose and renovated for
season 8 of ''The Block NZ''.
*Mrs R Scott, Draper (477 New North Road) — Built in the early 1890s, the building was occupied by Mrs Rachael Scott, a draper, from around 1901 up until 1925–26. In 1970, the Kingsland Drapery Ltd was still operating from the building. By 1985 was being used a food business and it is now a restaurant- Canton Café.
*Portland Buildings (463–475 New North Road) — The Portland Buildings were constructed in 1914 on an empty site defining the corner of Central Road. Built for Arthur Page, it is named after the ship that brought the Page family to New Zealand.
Street art
*NETCH Street Art — Located on the corner New North Rd and Morningside Drive, it was created by the artists Stray, Vent, Askew, Shake, Misery and Berst over a period of three weeks in September 2009.
*Kingsland Light Show — Every Thursday night during the Rugby World Cup 2011, the old, distinctive Post Office in Kingsland came to life an hour after sunset with a building projection light show of Kiwiana images and scenes from Kingsland's past and present.
Local culture
Events and markets
*Vintage and Craft Markets — Kingsland is the host to several popular craft and vintage markets that occur on a monthly basis.
*Kingsland Festival — This annual autumn festival is organized by the Kingsland Business Society and the neighbourhood of Kingsland. The festival involves a kids' zone, a craft market, street performers, and nightly entertainment.
Local personalities
Herbs — a Pacific reggae band that formed in 1979 and produced a stream of
reggae
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hits and 10 top-20 hits in the early 1990s.
Herbs
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call
Ponsonby their home, but their base of operations was set in Kingsland.
John McElwain — Kingsland's first land developer, was born in
County Louth
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,
Ireland
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in 1821 and died in Auckland at the age of 95 in 1916. Impatient to see the hill-climb to his property reduced in grade, he subdivided in 1882. Later work by the Highway Board improved New North Road by cutting down three feet from McElwain's Hill between Kingsland and Morningside.
Pat Kraus — a musician and synthesizer-builder who records and performs in Kingsland as
Kraus
Kraus is a German surname meaning "curly". Notable people with the surname include:
* Adalbert Kraus (born 1937), German tenor
* Adam Kraus (born 1984), American footballer
* Adolf Kraus (1850–1928), lawyer and Jewish leader
* Adolph Robert ...
.
Transportation
Kingsland is well-served by trains and buses, and is only 5 km from Auckland's
CBD. The train station is right in the heart of Kingsland village, and trains run regularly into the city and the western suburbs beyond.
The centre of the shopping and business activities in Kingsland is New North Road. By vehicle Kingsland can be accessed from the North Western Motorway (SH16) by taking the St Lukes off-ramp or from the CBD via Bond Street and Great North Road.
Education
Kowhai Intermediate is a coeducational intermediate (years 7-8) school with a roll of as of
References
External links
Kingsland websiteEden ParkAuckland Destinations - KingslandPost Office Light Show videoHeritage in HandNETCH Street Art videoheld in
Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
{{Albert-Eden Local Board Area
Suburbs of Auckland