Churchill Park is a 40-hectare park in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie, in New Zealand. It was named after Winston Churchill upon the park's creation in 1945, and lies on the eastern side of the Auckland isthmus towards the Tamaki River. Glendowie suburb was established in the 1920s when George Riddell created a loop road in the area. The owner of the rural blocks of land in the centre of the loop combined them to form a golf course, which later became Churchill Park.[1] The park is home to up to 60 grazing cattle as well as many native trees, birds and tuna kuwharuwharu (longfin eels).
| Churchill Park | |
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 Churchill Park Looking South | |
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| Location | Glendowie, Auckland |
| Coordinates | 36°51′17″S 174°52′31″E / 36.8546°S 174.8754°E |
| Area | 40 hectares (99 acres) |
| Operated by | Auckland Council |
| Status | Open |
Churchill Park School, located at the northern end of the park, undertook a wetlands planting project in conjunction with the Auckland City Council in 2009 to improve Churchill Park.[2]
References
edit- ^ Cossar, Charlotte (14 June 2003). "Glendowie". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Glendowie Wetlands Project". Archived from the original on 17 March 2010.
External links
edit- Churchill Park Auckland City Council
- Photographs of Churchill Park held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
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