Glen Innes, New Zealand
Glen Innes is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the waters of the Tamaki River estuary.
Glen Innes | |
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Suburb | |
Glen Innes, September 2018 | |
| Coordinates: 36°52′34″S 174°51′41″E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Auckland |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Electoral ward | Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward |
| Local board | Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board |
| Board subdivision | Tāmaki |
| Area | |
| • Land | 137 ha (339 acres) |
| Population (June 2023) | |
| • Total | 4,960 |
| Train stations | Glen Innes Railway Station |
| Kohimarama | Saint Heliers | Glendowie |
| Saint Johns |
Glen Innes
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Wai o Taiki Bay |
| Point England | Tamaki River |
Glen Innes was named after a large farm owned by William Innes Taylor in the area. There were four Taylor brothers in Auckland, the sons of a British man who had had a military career in India. Three of the brothers had farms in this area and built houses; William Innes Taylor at Glen Innes, Richard James Taylor at Glendowie and Charles John Taylor at Glen Orchard (now Saint Heliers). Their brother Allan Kerr Taylor had a farm estate in Mount Albert, whose house was called Alberton.
The main streets in Glen Innes are Taniwha Street and Apirana Avenue, which meet in the shopping centre of the suburb. Glen Innes has a train station on the Eastern Line of the Auckland rail network, and is a hub for eastern Auckland isthmus buses (Metrolink).
Glen Innes is a low-income, working class area with around 1,500 state houses. In an effort to improve the quality of state housing in Glen Innes, the government introduced "Talbot Park", an area of higher density housing, consisting of mostly apartment-style housing.