Parnell

Parnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's most affluent suburbs, consistently ranked within the top three wealthiest, and is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841.

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Type: Suburb with 7,670 residents
Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
Also known as: “Parnell, Auckland” and “Parnell, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. John the Baptist, Parnell and Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Church of St. John the Baptist, Parnell

Church

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Church of St. John the Baptist is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church located in Parnell, a suburb of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Museum

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The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD.

Scarborough Reserve

Park

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Scarborough Reserve is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlaw Park and Mechanics Bay.

Carlaw Park

Neighborhood

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Carlaw Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It neighboured the Auckland Domain's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1930s, though this fell to around 17,000 by the time the ground was closed in 2002.

Mechanics Bay

Quarter

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Mechanics Bay is a reclaimed bay on the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It is also the name of the area of the former bay that is now mainly occupied by commercial and port facilities.