Karangahape Rocks

Karangahape Rocks, also known as the Karangahape Road Fountain, is a public sculpture located in Pigeon Park on Karangahape Road in Auckland, New Zealand, created by New Zealand sculptor Greer Twiss as his first large-scale public commission.

Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.

Type: Work of art
Description: sculpture on Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Also known as: “Karangahape Rd Fountain” and “Karangahape Road Fountain”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Symonds St Public Conveniences and Shelter and Auckland Baptist Tabernacle.

Symonds St Public Conveniences and Shelter

Historic building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Symonds St Public Conveniences and Former Tram Shelter is a category 2 historic place in Auckland, New Zealand, and included the first standalone street toilets in Auckland to cater to both men and women.

Auckland Baptist Tabernacle

Church

Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Auckland Baptist Tabernacle is a Baptist church] located near the corner of Queen Street and Karangahape Road, at the edge of Auckland central business district in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the Baptist Churches of New Zealand. Auckland Baptist Tabernacle is situated 210 metres northwest of Karangahape Rocks.

Grafton Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Grafton Bridge is a road bridge spanning Grafton Gully in Auckland, New Zealand. Built of reinforced concrete in 1910, it connects the Auckland CBD and Karangahape Road with Grafton. Grafton Bridge is situated 200 metres southeast of Karangahape Rocks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton and Grafton.

Newton

Quarter

Photo: Helenalex, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newton is a small suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of the Auckland Council. Since the construction of the Central Motorway Junction in 1965–75, Newton has been divided into two parts, and as a result, lost much of its size and coherence.

Grafton

Suburb

Photo: Oskari.miettinen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grafton is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is named for the Duke of Grafton, a patron of the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, and the grandfather of a subsequent Governor, Robert FitzRoy.

Eden Terrace

Suburb

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eden Terrace is an inner city suburb of Auckland, located 2 km south of the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. Eden Terrace is one of Auckland's oldest suburbs, and also one of the smallest.

Karangahape Rocks

Categories: sculpture, heritage site, and tourism
Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.85849° or 36° 51′ 31″ south

Longitude

174.76307° or 174° 45′ 47″ east

Established

1969

Open location code

4VMP4QR7+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 722097843

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

Wikidata ID

Q120961672

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pigeon Park and NZ Post.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: City Burgers and Symonds Street Cemetery.

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