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Mount Wellington
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Mount Wellington
Total population
27,440
Demographic figures from Stats NZ. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Mount Wellington is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of the city centre. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Stonefields, Tamaki, Panmure, Penrose, and Ellerslie, and by the Tāmaki River. The suburb is named after the volcanic peak of Maungarei / Mount Wellington. Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre located in the suburb.
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History
The isthmus south of the mountain was traditionally settled by Ngāi Tāhuhu, descendants of Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, captain of the Moekākara waka and namesake of Ōtāhuhu. A large number of storage pits for root vegetables (such as kūmara) were found at the sites, suggesting the area was extensively gardened by Māori, as well as an area where toki (adze) were created. Mount Wellington Borough was formed in 1952 from the earlier Mount Wellington Road District (formed 1865 from the earlier Panmure Road District), three years later it annexed the Panmure Township Road District.
Geography
Maungarei / Mount Wellington is a volcanic peak of the Auckland volcanic field. It is the youngest onshore volcano of the Auckland volcanic field, having been formed by an eruption around 10,000 years ago. It is the largest of Auckland's scoria cones. Prior to European settlement, the area around Maungarei was bracken scrub and not densely forested. The southern section, closer to Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond, was primarily broadleaf and podocarp forest with patches of clear scrubland.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Wildlife & biodiversity
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Auckland
- Penrose1.2 mi away · pop. 970
- Ellerslie1.2 mi away · pop. 9,860
- Panmure1.2 mi away · pop. 4,040
- Stonefields1.3 mi away · pop. 4,320
- Saint Johns2 mi away · pop. 6,330
- Glen Innes2.2 mi away · pop. 4,960
- Point England2.2 mi away · pop. 3,400
- Pakūranga2.3 mi away · pop. 8,320
- Greenlane2.4 mi away · pop. 8,380
- One Tree Hill2.4 mi away · pop. 4,780
- Meadowbank2.5 mi away · pop. 5,680
- Remuera2.7 mi away · pop. 24,470
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Mount Wellington
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Recent natural events nearby
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image