New Lynn
New Lynn is a residential suburb in West Auckland, New Zealand, located 10 kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland city centre. The suburb is located along the Whau River, one of the narrowest points of the North Island, and was the location of Te Tōanga Waka, a traditional waka portage between the Waitematā and Manukau harbours.Places of Interest
Highlights include Memorial Square and New Lynn War Memorial Library.
Memorial Square
Square
New Lynn War Memorial Library is a public library located in New Lynn, West Auckland, New Zealand. Opening in 1956 as part of a planned community centre precinct and World War I memorial, the original library was demolished and redeveloped in 2005.
New Lynn War Memorial Library
Library
New Lynn War Memorial Library is a public library located in New Lynn, West Auckland, New Zealand. Opening in 1956 as part of a planned community centre precinct and World War I memorial, the original library was demolished and redeveloped in 2005.
New Lynn
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avondale and Kelston.
Avondale
Suburb
Avondale is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located to the east of the Whau River on the Auckland isthmus. Avondale was established as a small settlement but grew following the establishment of a railway line, which in turn led to the establishment of brickworks.
Kelston
Suburb
Kelston is a residential suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand. Originally a ceramics manufacturing centre, the area is now mostly residential, including a number of schools.
Blockhouse Bay
Suburb
New Lynn
- Type: Suburb with 22,100 residents
- Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.90854° or 36° 54′ 31″ south
Longitude
174.6838° or 174° 41′ 2″ east
Population
22,100
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Named after
United Nations Location Code
NZ NLN
Open location code
4VMP3MRM+HG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“New Lynn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “New Lynn”
- French: “New Lynn (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “New Lynn”
- Japanese: “ニュー・リン”
- Japanese: “ニューリン”
- Macedonian: “Њу Лин”
- Slovenian: “New Lynn”
- Turkish: “New Lynn”
- Urdu: “نیو لن”
- Welsh: “New Lynn”
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