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Mount Albert (Māori: Ōwairaka) [A] is an inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred on Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape. By 1911, growth in the area had increased to the point where Mount Albert was declared an independent borough, which was later absorbed into Auckland.
Jun 21, 2019 · Mt Albert is Auckland’s second oldest suburb and arguably its best. It’s home to one of the country’s biggest schools, best playgrounds, and most delicious noodles, and has recently undergone a...
- Alice Webb-Liddall
Mar 29, 2017 · Top 5 Things to Do in Mount Albert: See reviews and photos of Mount Albert, Auckland (New Zealand) on Tripadvisor.
Wide streets, leafy pathways and cool eateries surround this neighbourhood’s namesake maunga (mountain), which majestically rises above the city.
Jun 19, 2019 · Hayden Donnell argues Mt Albert is the best place to live in Auckland. First, a terrible confession: I grew up on Auckland’s North Shore. For most of my life, all I knew were Planet 8 board...
- Hayden Donnell
Mount Albert is an interior suburb of Auckland Central, New Zealand, based on Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak that dominates the area. The suburb is situated seven kilometres southwest of the Auckland Central Business District (CBD).
The best known peoples to settle on Ōwairaka/Mt Albert was the group led by Wairaka, who came with her extended family to Aotearoa/New Zealand from Rarotonga on the Mātatua waka with her father Toroa, chief of the Ngati Awa people and captain of the waka.
