Ōwairaka/Mount Albert

Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, also known as Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura, is a volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga which dominates the landscape of the Ōwairaka and Mount Albert suburbs of Auckland.

Photo: Bhutt, Public domain.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 75 metres
Description: mountain in Auckland, New Zealand
Also known as: “Mount Albert”, “Mt Albert”, “Ōwairaka”, “Ōwairaka / Mount Albert”, “Ōwairaka / Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura / Mount Albert”, and “Te Ahi-kā-a-Rakataura”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alberton and Ōwairaka Park.

Alberton

Museum

Photo: Sandy Austin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alberton is a 19th-century house in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, which is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure. The house was built in the 1860s for Allan Kerr Taylor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōwairaka and Mount Albert.

Ōwairaka is a suburb of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland. It is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. The area was primarily rural until the 1930s, when the area experienced suburban growth.

Mount Albert

Suburb

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Mount Albert is an inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred on Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape.

Wesley

Suburb

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Wesley is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located in the south-west of the Auckland isthmus. The area is a part of the Oakley Creek catchment, and in the 19th and early 20th centuries was primarily swampland owned by the Weslayan Mission.