Roskill may refer to:
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Mount Roskill
Mount Roskill is a suburban area in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is named for the volcanic peak Puketāpapa (commonly called "Mount Roskill" in English).
Description
The suburb, named after the Mount, is located seven kilometres to ...
, a neighbourhood of Auckland, New Zealand
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Mount Roskill (New Zealand electorate)
Mount Roskill is a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Phil Goff of the Labour Party held the seat from the until he resigned from Parliament o ...
, a House of Representatives electorate based on Mount Roskill
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Mount Roskill Grammar School
Mount Roskill Grammar School is a secondary school in the suburb of Mount Roskill, Auckland. Officially opened in 1953, the school is widely regarded as one of the most diverse schools in Auckland, having students of over 70 different national ...
, a secondary school in Mount Roskill
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Mount Roskill Intermediate
Mount Roskill Intermediate is a co-educational school for boys and girls in years 7 and 8. It is located in Denbigh Avenue, Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand next to Mount Roskill Primary and Mount Roskill Grammar School. It currently has a ro ...
, a middle school in Mount Roskill
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Puketāpapa, a volcano also known as Mount Roskill in Auckland, New Zealand
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Roskill (New Zealand electorate)
Roskill was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1919 to 1996. The electorate was represented by eight Members of Parliament.
Population centres
In the 1918 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further three electorates f ...
, a former parliamentary electorate, 1919–1996
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Roskill Commission
The Roskill Commission (formally the Commission on the Third London Airport) was a UK Government Commission charged with looking into finding a site for a new airport for London. Chaired by High Court judge Eustace Roskill, it sat from 1968 to ...
on the Third London Airport, 1968–1971
People with the surname
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Eustace Roskill, Baron Roskill
Eustace Wentworth Roskill, Baron Roskill, PC (6 February 1911 – 3 October 1996) was a British lawyer and public servant.
Background and education
Roskill was the youngest of four sons of John Roskill KC. His mother Sybil was the daughter ...
, chair of the Roskill Commission
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Stephen Roskill
Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, (1 August 1903 – 4 November 1982) was a senior career officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal ...
, Royal Navy officer and official historian of the navy in the Second World War
See also
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Roskell, a surname
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Roskelley, a surname
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