Albert-Eden Local Board

Community Organisation

Albert-Eden Local Board
135 Dominion Road
Mount Eden
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The Albert-Eden Local Board, drawing its name from two of the volcanic cones located within its boundaries; Owairaka-Mt Albert and Maungawhau-Mt Eden, includes the established suburbs of Waterview, Point Chevalier, Mount Albert, Sandringham, Morningside, Owairaka, Balmoral, Kingsland, Mt Eden, Epsom and Greenlane.

Centrally located within the Auckland Isthmus, the area has very good transport links, well-established and relatively high density residential areas and an ethnically diverse population. It is characterised by a strong ‘village’ character. Village centres include Mt Eden, with an arts focus; Kingsland, which has in recent years become home to an edgier, younger culture; Sandringham with its distinctively Indian community focus and; Mt Albert, whose community is in search of urban renewal.

Geographically, the area is defined by three volcanic cones - Owairaka-Mt Albert, Maungawhau-Mt Eden and Titikopuke-Mt St John and by the urban streams and the sea coast. Te Auaunga-Oakley Creek, the longest stream in Auckland City, flows into the Motu Manawa Marine Reserve at Waterview; Meola Creek converges with the Waitemata Harbour at Meola Reef.

There are a number of lava flow forest remnants - Withiel and Almorah in Epsom and Gribblehurst in Sandringham. The area includes evidence of early Maori settlement; numerous pa sites and other intensive development, such as the excavation on Maungawhau, are found within Albert-Eden.

Located within the area are Eden Park, which hosted key parts of the Rugby World Cup, the popular Pt Chevalier beaches, and a number of well-used recreational areas and parks such as Gribblehurst and Owairaka Parks.