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Parnell, New Zealand

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{{Infobox New Zealand suburbs
| name = Parnell
| image =
| caption1 =
| city1 = Auckland
| city2 =
| ward =
| established = 1840s
| area =
| population =
| popdate =
| trainstations =
| ferryterminals =
| airports =
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| north = [[Mechanics Bay]]
| northeast = [[Judges Bay]]
| east = [[Hobson Bay]]
| southeast = [[Broadway Park]]
| south = [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]]
| southwest = [[Grafton, New Zealand|Grafton]]
| west = [[Auckland CBD]]
| northwest = [[Auckland CBD]]
| map =
| caption2 =
}}
[[Image:Parnell.JPG|thumb|300px|Looking north-north-west down Parnell Road, [[Ports of Auckland]] and [[Waitemata Harbour]] visible in the distance.]]
[[Image:Anglican Cathedral, Parnell.JPG|300px|thumb|The [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland|Anglican Cathedral]], with old St Mary's church behind it]]
[[Image:Parnell Rose Festival.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Parnell Rose Gardens]] during the 2006 Rose Festival.]]

'''Parnell''', a suburb of [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], dates from the Pakeha settlement of Auckland in 1841. To its west lies the Auckland Domain, to the south [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]], and to the north the commercial area of St Georges Bay with mainly office-space.

Parnell Rise and Parnell Road make up the main road through Parnell. Parnell Rise leads to the [[central business district]] to the west; Parnell Road runs from Parnell Rise uphill to the top of the suburb, and then bends almost 90 degrees and continues towards Newmarket in the south-east. Parnell Road ends at the intersection of George and Sarawia Streets, where it becomes Broadway. Early European settlers knew Parnell Road as "Manukau Road" until well after the formation of Khyber Pass (or Khyber Pass Road) in 1845.

== History ==

The Borough of Parnell amalgamated into the [[Auckland City Council]] area in 1913<ref>
[http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chronology.asp Selected Auckland City chronology 1840-1998], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>
or in 1915.<ref>
G.W.A. Bush: [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chap2.asp "History of Auckland City"], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>

== Buildings ==

The [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland|Anglican Cathedral]], which stands at the top of the hill, has become an iconic feature of Parnell. It replaced the old wooden St Mary's, demolished in 1888, having served the community for 28 years. The {{As of|2008|alt= current}} building has two parts: the brick [[Choir (architecture)| choir]] and body of the church date from about 1960 and represent a "modern" simplified version of [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]]. This closely resembles [[Guildford Cathedral]], by [[Edward Maufe]], completed in 1961. (Guildford exempllifies Municipal Gothic: one commentator{{Who|date=April 2008}} described it as "the dying gasp of the Gothic Revival in England".) The massing of the forms, the detailing of the masonry and the smooth expanses of plain brick occur in both buildings. Over the transept entrance stands a bronze sculpture of the Archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] defeating the [[Devil in Christianity| Devil]], very similar to the [[Jacob Epstein| Epstein]] sculpture of the same subject on [[Coventry Cathedral]] (finished 1962).

The front part of the church, built in the 1990s to the design of Professor [[R.H. Toy]] and [[John Sinclair (architect)|John Sinclair]], recalls the new [[Coventry Cathedral]] built after World War II. It features large stained-glass windows, illuminated by the sunlight at certain times of the day. [[Māori]] motifs and symbols appear in the newer part of the building, which awaits a large spire to finish the composition.

Next to this building stands the smaller wooden Gothic St Mary's. This dates from 1885 and served as the pro-cathedral after the demolition of the earlier St Mary's and until the building of the current cathedral. Designed by [[B.W Mountfort]], it stood on the other side of Parnell Road until the 1980s.

Across the road, on St Stephens Avenue near the intersection with Parnell Road, stands Bishopscourt or Selwyn Court, the residence of the Anglican [[Bishop of Auckland]]. This wooden gothic house, designed by [[Frederick Thatcher]], has a chapel and an octagonal turret. [[George Augustus Selwyn|Bishop Selwyn]] and his wife moved here in May 1865.

In this area stand two houses of the same period as Bishopscourt, both open to the public: Kinder House, the residence of the Rev. [[John Kinder]]; and Ewelme Cottage. At the end of St Stephens Avenue one finds the Parnell Rose Gardens, [[Judges Bay]] and the Parnell Swimming Pool.

During the early 1970s the suburb became rather dilapidated. Les Harvey, a local [[businessman]], created "Parnell Village" and revitalised the area as a week-end tourist shopping-destination. This involved Parnell re-inventing itself as a set of "Ye Olde Worlde Shoppes". As many other Victorian buildings underwent demolition in Auckland at the time, period materials became available cheaply, and the buildings of Parnell village emerged altered, extended and tarted up in a somewhat fanciful but fun ersatz [[Victorian architecture| Victorian style]]. Much of this restyling remains in evidence within Parnell Village and within the Parnell Road shopping area, under the ongoing ownership of the Harvey family's company, City Construction.

Along the upper part of Parnell Road stand a number of these houses, most of them now used by law firms, accountancy firms, shops, and a few restaurants.

The lower part of Parnell has a larger concentration of Edwardian retail buildings, including a number of fashionable boutiques, nightclubs and bars. The streets to each side of Parnell Road remain mainly residential in character, with some townhouses and apartments, especially towards St Georges Bay Road.

At the bottom of Parnell Rise runs Beach Road, so called because it ran round the beach-front of the now-reclaimed [[Mechanics Bay]] and [[Official Bay]]. St Georges Bay disappeared at the same time. Here stands the former [[Auckland Railway Station]], an impressive brick 1930s structure, designed by Gummer and Ford. The City Fathers relocated the Railway Station here from the bottom of Queen Street to become the centrepiece for the new downtown business area of Auckland.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} The plan did not prove successful; the station building has ceased to operate as a station and the [[Britomart Transport Centre]] has taken over the earlier location. This has started{{Fact|date=April 2008}} to prove a great success.

==Education==

Parnell lies within easy reach of two universities ([[University of Auckland]] and [[Auckland University of Technology]]) and of some significant State secondary schools: [[Auckland Grammar School]], [[Epsom Girls Grammar School]], [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]] and [[Baradene College of the Sacred Heart]].

Other private educational institutions located in Parnell include [[Euroasia]] and [[Kaplan Aspect]].

== Politics==
=== Mayors ===

The following served as Mayors of the Borough of Parnell until its incorporation into Auckland City:<ref>
[http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/heritage/localhistory/aucklandcity/aucklandcitysmayors/aucklandcitysmayors.htm Lists of Auckland area mayors], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>

* 1877 - 1877 Henry Matthew Nation
* 1877 - 1878 J.W. Melton
* 1878 - 1879 William Coleman
* 1879 - 1880 J.W. Robinson
* 1880 - 1881 J. Friar Clark
* 1881 - 1883 Robert Walker
* 1883 - 1885 D.H. McKenzie
* 1885 - 1887 Jonathan Winks
* 1887 - 1888 Seymour Thorne George
* 1888 - 1891 H.B. Sealy
* 1891 - 1892 Seymour Thorne George
* 1892 - 1894 John McCabe
* 1894 - 1895 George S. Kissling
* 1895 - 1896 Spencer Von Sturmer
* 1896 - 1897 Joseph Thornes
* 1897 - 1898 N.W. Pollard
* 1898 - 1903 Hugh Campbell
* 1903 - 1906 John Fitt
* 1906 - 1909 George W. Basley
* 1909 - 1913 Richard Stevenson Briggs

=== Electorate ===

Parnell forms part of the [[Epsom (NZ electorate)| Epsom Electorate]] for [[Parliament of New Zealand| Parliamentary]] representation, and of the Hobson Ward for council representation within [[Auckland City]]. Parnell represents approximately 20% of the population in each of these. The {{As of|2008|alt= current}} Member of Parliament for Epsom, [[Rodney Hide]], represents [[ACT New Zealand]]. Hide won re-election in the [[New Zealand general election, 2008 | 2008 general election]]<ref>
[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/2289838 Hide wins Epsom]</ref>. The {{As of|2008|alt= serving}} city councillors for the Hobson Ward all stood on the [[Citizens and Ratepayers Now]] ticket.

== Prominent residents ==

One of Parnell's most prominent residents, [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] (2008- ) [[John Key]], lives in a [[NZ$]]9 million private mansion on St Stephen's Avenue.<ref>
[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10543277 New Zealand Herald article]
</ref>.

== Further reading ==

* ''The Heart of Colonial Auckland, 1865-1910''. Terence Hodgson. Random Century NZ Ltd 1992. ISBN 186941148X
* ''Colonial Architecture In New Zealand''. John Stacpoole. A.H & A.W Reed 1976.
* ''Decently And In Order, The Centennial History of the Auckland City Council''. G.W.A Bush. Collins 1971.
* ''Auckland Through A Victorian Lens''. William Main. Millwood Press, 1977.
* ''Auckland's Original Shoreline''. Dr Neride Campbell. Heart of the City 2005.
* ''The Lively Capital, Auckland 1840-1865''. Una Platts. Avon Fine Prints Limited New Zealand 1971.

== External links ==

* [http://www.parnell.net.nz Parnell Mainstreet's Guide to Parnell]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/history/index.html#guide Parnell Heritage Walks]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/news-events/index.html What's happening in Parnell]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/history/LesHarvey1.htm Les Harvey - creator of Parnell Village]
* http://www.parnell.school.nz/ Parnell District School

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Auckland urban districts]]

Parnell, New Zealand

2008-11-16T12:38:51Z

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{{Infobox New Zealand suburbs
| name = Parnell
| image =
| caption1 =
| city1 = Auckland
| city2 =
| ward =
| established = 1840s
| area =
| population =
| popdate =
| trainstations =
| ferryterminals =
| airports =
| hospitals =
| north = [[Mechanics Bay]]
| northeast = [[Judges Bay]]
| east = [[Hobson Bay]]
| southeast = [[Broadway Park]]
| south = [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]]
| southwest = [[Grafton, New Zealand|Grafton]]
| west = [[Auckland CBD]]
| northwest = [[Auckland CBD]]
| map =
| caption2 =
}}
[[Image:Parnell.JPG|thumb|300px|Looking north-north-west down Parnell Road, [[Ports of Auckland]] and [[Waitemata Harbour]] visible in the distance.]]
[[Image:Anglican Cathedral, Parnell.JPG|300px|thumb|The [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland|Anglican Cathedral]], with old St Mary's church behind it]]
[[Image:Parnell Rose Festival.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Parnell Rose Gardens]] during the 2006 Rose Festival.]]

'''Parnell''', a suburb of [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], dates from the Pakeha settlement of Auckland in 1841. To its west lies the Auckland Domain, to the south [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]], and to the north the commercial area of St Georges Bay with mainly office-space.

Parnell Rise and Parnell Road make up the main road through Parnell. Parnell Rise leads to the [[central business district]] to the west; Parnell Road runs from Parnell Rise uphill to the top of the suburb, and then bends almost 90 degrees and continues towards Newmarket in the south-east. Parnell Road ends at the intersection of George and Sarawia Streets, where it becomes Broadway. Early European settlers knew Parnell Road as "Manukau Road" until well after the formation of Khyber Pass (or Khyber Pass Road) in 1845.

== History ==

The Borough of Parnell amalgamated into the [[Auckland City Council]] area in 1913<ref>
[http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chronology.asp Selected Auckland City chronology 1840-1998], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>
or in 1915.<ref>
G.W.A. Bush: [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chap2.asp "History of Auckland City"], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>

== Buildings ==

The [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland|Anglican Cathedral]], which stands at the top of the hill, has become an iconic feature of Parnell. It replaced the old wooden St Mary's, demolished in 1888, having served the community for 28 years. The [[as of 2008| current]] building has two parts: the brick [[Choir (architecture)| choir]] and body of the church date from about 1960 and represent a "modern" simplified version of [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]]. This closely resembles [[Guildford Cathedral]], by [[Edward Maufe]], completed in 1961. (Guildford exempllifies Municipal Gothic: one commentator{{Who|date=April 2008}} described it as "the dying gasp of the Gothic Revival in England".) The massing of the forms, the detailing of the masonry and the smooth expanses of plain brick occur in both buildings. Over the transept entrance stands a bronze sculpture of the Archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] defeating the [[Devil in Christianity| Devil]], very similar to the [[Jacob Epstein| Epstein]] sculpture of the same subject on [[Coventry Cathedral]] (finished 1962).

The front part of the church, built in the 1990s to the design of Professor [[R.H. Toy]] and [[John Sinclair (architect)|John Sinclair]], recalls the new [[Coventry Cathedral]] built after World War II. It features large stained-glass windows, illuminated by the sunlight at certain times of the day. [[Māori]] motifs and symbols appear in the newer part of the building, which awaits a large spire to finish the composition.

Next to this building stands the smaller wooden Gothic St Mary's. This dates from 1885 and served as the pro-cathedral after the demolition of the earlier St Mary's and until the building of the current cathedral. Designed by [[B.W Mountfort]], it stood on the other side of Parnell Road until the 1980s.

Across the road, on St Stephens Avenue near the intersection with Parnell Road, stands Bishopscourt or Selwyn Court, the residence of the Anglican [[Bishop of Auckland]]. This wooden gothic house, designed by [[Frederick Thatcher]], has a chapel and an octagonal turret. [[George Augustus Selwyn|Bishop Selwyn]] and his wife moved here in May 1865.

In this area stand two houses of the same period as Bishopscourt, both open to the public: Kinder House, the residence of the Rev. [[John Kinder]]; and Ewelme Cottage. At the end of St Stephens Avenue one finds the Parnell Rose Gardens, [[Judges Bay]] and the Parnell Swimming Pool.

During the early 1970s the suburb became rather dilapidated. Les Harvey, a local [[businessman]], created "Parnell Village" and revitalised the area as a week-end tourist shopping-destination. This involved Parnell re-inventing itself as a set of "Ye Olde Worlde Shoppes". As many other Victorian buildings underwent demolition in Auckland at the time, period materials became available cheaply, and the buildings of Parnell village emerged altered, extended and tarted up in a somewhat fanciful but fun ersatz [[Victorian architecture| Victorian style]]. Much of this restyling remains in evidence within Parnell Village and within the Parnell Road shopping area, under the ongoing ownership of the Harvey family's company, City Construction.

Along the upper part of Parnell Road stand a number of these houses, most of them now used by law firms, accountancy firms, shops, and a few restaurants.

The lower part of Parnell has a larger concentration of Edwardian retail buildings, including a number of fashionable boutiques, nightclubs and bars. The streets to each side of Parnell Road remain mainly residential in character, with some townhouses and apartments, especially towards St Georges Bay Road.

At the bottom of Parnell Rise runs Beach Road, so called because it ran round the beach-front of the now-reclaimed [[Mechanics Bay]] and [[Official Bay]]. St Georges Bay disappeared at the same time. Here stands the former [[Auckland Railway Station]], an impressive brick 1930s structure, designed by Gummer and Ford. The City Fathers relocated the Railway Station here from the bottom of Queen Street to become the centrepiece for the new downtown business area of Auckland.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} The plan did not prove successful; the station building has ceased to operate as a station and the [[Britomart Transport Centre]] has taken over the earlier location. This has started{{Fact|date=April 2008}} to prove a great success.

==Education==

Parnell is located close to two universities ([[University of Auckland]] and [[Auckland University of Technology]]) and to some significant State secondary schools, [[Auckland Grammar School]], [[Epsom Girls Grammar School]], [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]] and [[Baradene College of the Sacred Heart]].

== Politics==
=== Mayors ===

The following served as Mayors of the Borough of Parnell until its incorporation into Auckland City:<ref>
[http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/heritage/localhistory/aucklandcity/aucklandcitysmayors/aucklandcitysmayors.htm Lists of Auckland area mayors], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>

* 1877 - 1877 Henry Matthew Nation
* 1877 - 1878 J.W. Melton
* 1878 - 1879 William Coleman
* 1879 - 1880 J.W. Robinson
* 1880 - 1881 J. Friar Clark
* 1881 - 1883 Robert Walker
* 1883 - 1885 D.H. McKenzie
* 1885 - 1887 Jonathan Winks
* 1887 - 1888 Seymour Thorne George
* 1888 - 1891 H.B. Sealy
* 1891 - 1892 Seymour Thorne George
* 1892 - 1894 John McCabe
* 1894 - 1895 George S. Kissling
* 1895 - 1896 Spencer Von Sturmer
* 1896 - 1897 Joseph Thornes
* 1897 - 1898 N.W. Pollard
* 1898 - 1903 Hugh Campbell
* 1903 - 1906 John Fitt
* 1906 - 1909 George W. Basley
* 1909 - 1913 Richard Stevenson Briggs

===Electorate ===

Parnell forms part of the [[Epsom (NZ electorate)| Epsom Electorate]] for [[Parliament of New Zealand| Parliamentary]] representation, and of the Hobson Ward for council representation within [[Auckland City]]. Parnell represents approximately 20% of the population in each of these. The [[as of 2008| current]] Member of Parliament for Epsom, [[Rodney Hide]], represents [[ACT New Zealand]]. Hide was re-elected in the 2008 general elections<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/2289838 Hide wins Epsom]</ref>. The [[as of 2008| serving]] councillors all stood on the [[Citizens and Ratepayers Now]] ticket.

== Prominent Residents ==

John Key, New Zealand's Prime Minister-elect, is one of Parnell's most prominent residents, living in a $9 million Parnell mansion on St Stephen's Avenue. <ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10543277 New Zealand Herald article]</ref>.

== Further reading ==

* ''The Heart of Colonial Auckland, 1865-1910''. Terence Hodgson. Random Century NZ Ltd 1992. ISBN 186941148X
* ''Colonial Architecture In New Zealand''. John Stacpoole. A.H & A.W Reed 1976.
* ''Decently And In Order, The Centennial History of the Auckland City Council''. G.W.A Bush. Collins 1971.
* ''Auckland Through A Victorian Lens''. William Main. Millwood Press, 1977.
* ''Auckland's Original Shoreline''. Dr Neride Campbell. Heart of the City 2005.
* ''The Lively Capital, Auckland 1840-1865''. Una Platts. Avon Fine Prints Limited New Zealand 1971.

== External links ==
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz Parnell Mainstreet's Guide to Parnell]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/history/index.html#guide Parnell Heritage Walks]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/news-events/index.html What's happening in Parnell]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/history/LesHarvey1.htm Les Harvey - creator of Parnell Village]
* http://www.parnell.school.nz/ Parnell District School

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Auckland urban districts]]

Parnell, New Zealand

2008-11-16T12:32:58Z

Grip01: /* Electorate */

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| name = Parnell
| image =
| caption1 =
| city1 = Auckland
| city2 =
| ward =
| established = 1840s
| area =
| population =
| popdate =
| trainstations =
| ferryterminals =
| airports =
| hospitals =
| north = [[Mechanics Bay]]
| northeast = [[Judges Bay]]
| east = [[Hobson Bay]]
| southeast = [[Broadway Park]]
| south = [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]]
| southwest = [[Grafton, New Zealand|Grafton]]
| west = [[Auckland CBD]]
| northwest = [[Auckland CBD]]
| map =
| caption2 =
}}
[[Image:Parnell.JPG|thumb|300px|Looking north-north-west down Parnell Road, [[Ports of Auckland]] and [[Waitemata Harbour]] visible in the distance.]]
[[Image:Anglican Cathedral, Parnell.JPG|300px|thumb|The [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland|Anglican Cathedral]], with old St Mary's church behind it]]
[[Image:Parnell Rose Festival.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Parnell Rose Gardens]] during the 2006 Rose Festival.]]

'''Parnell''', a suburb of [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], dates from the Pakeha settlement of Auckland in 1841. To its west lies the Auckland Domain, to the south [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]], and to the north the commercial area of St Georges Bay with mainly office-space.

Parnell Rise and Parnell Road make up the main road through Parnell. Parnell Rise leads to the [[central business district]] to the west; Parnell Road runs from Parnell Rise uphill to the top of the suburb, and then bends almost 90 degrees and continues towards Newmarket in the south-east. Parnell Road ends at the intersection of George and Sarawia Streets, where it becomes Broadway. Early European settlers knew Parnell Road as "Manukau Road" until well after the formation of Khyber Pass (or Khyber Pass Road) in 1845.

== History ==

The Borough of Parnell amalgamated into the [[Auckland City Council]] area in 1913<ref>
[http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chronology.asp Selected Auckland City chronology 1840-1998], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>
or in 1915.<ref>
G.W.A. Bush: [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chap2.asp "History of Auckland City"], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>

== Buildings ==

The [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland|Anglican Cathedral]], which stands at the top of the hill, has become an iconic feature of Parnell. It replaced the old wooden St Mary's, demolished in 1888, having served the community for 28 years. The [[as of 2008| current]] building has two parts: the brick [[Choir (architecture)| choir]] and body of the church date from about 1960 and represent a "modern" simplified version of [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]]. This closely resembles [[Guildford Cathedral]], by [[Edward Maufe]], completed in 1961. (Guildford exempllifies Municipal Gothic: one commentator{{Who|date=April 2008}} described it as "the dying gasp of the Gothic Revival in England".) The massing of the forms, the detailing of the masonry and the smooth expanses of plain brick occur in both buildings. Over the transept entrance stands a bronze sculpture of the Archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] defeating the [[Devil in Christianity| Devil]], very similar to the [[Jacob Epstein| Epstein]] sculpture of the same subject on [[Coventry Cathedral]] (finished 1962).

The front part of the church, built in the 1990s to the design of Professor [[R.H. Toy]] and [[John Sinclair (architect)|John Sinclair]], recalls the new [[Coventry Cathedral]] built after World War II. It features large stained-glass windows, illuminated by the sunlight at certain times of the day. [[Māori]] motifs and symbols appear in the newer part of the building, which awaits a large spire to finish the composition.

Next to this building stands the smaller wooden Gothic St Mary's. This dates from 1885 and served as the pro-cathedral after the demolition of the earlier St Mary's and until the building of the current cathedral. Designed by [[B.W Mountfort]], it stood on the other side of Parnell Road until the 1980s.

Across the road, on St Stephens Avenue near the intersection with Parnell Road, stands Bishopscourt or Selwyn Court, the residence of the Anglican [[Bishop of Auckland]]. This wooden gothic house, designed by [[Frederick Thatcher]], has a chapel and an octagonal turret. [[George Augustus Selwyn|Bishop Selwyn]] and his wife moved here in May 1865.

In this area stand two houses of the same period as Bishopscourt, both open to the public: Kinder House, the residence of the Rev. [[John Kinder]]; and Ewelme Cottage. At the end of St Stephens Avenue one finds the Parnell Rose Gardens, [[Judges Bay]] and the Parnell Swimming Pool.

During the early 1970s the suburb became rather dilapidated. Les Harvey, a local [[businessman]], created "Parnell Village" and revitalised the area as a week-end tourist shopping-destination. This involved Parnell re-inventing itself as a set of "Ye Olde Worlde Shoppes". As many other Victorian buildings underwent demolition in Auckland at the time, period materials became available cheaply, and the buildings of Parnell village emerged altered, extended and tarted up in a somewhat fanciful but fun ersatz [[Victorian architecture| Victorian style]]. Much of this restyling remains in evidence within Parnell Village and within the Parnell Road shopping area, under the ongoing ownership of the Harvey family's company, City Construction.

Along the upper part of Parnell Road stand a number of these houses, most of them now used by law firms, accountancy firms, shops, and a few restaurants.

The lower part of Parnell has a larger concentration of Edwardian retail buildings, including a number of fashionable boutiques, nightclubs and bars. The streets to each side of Parnell Road remain mainly residential in character, with some townhouses and apartments, especially towards St Georges Bay Road.

At the bottom of Parnell Rise runs Beach Road, so called because it ran round the beach-front of the now-reclaimed [[Mechanics Bay]] and [[Official Bay]]. St Georges Bay disappeared at the same time. Here stands the former [[Auckland Railway Station]], an impressive brick 1930s structure, designed by Gummer and Ford. The City Fathers relocated the Railway Station here from the bottom of Queen Street to become the centrepiece for the new downtown business area of Auckland.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} The plan did not prove successful; the station building has ceased to operate as a station and the [[Britomart Transport Centre]] has taken over the earlier location. This has started{{Fact|date=April 2008}} to prove a great success.

==Education==

Parnell is located close to two universities ([[University of Auckland]] and [[Auckland University of Technology]]) and to some significant State secondary schools, [[Auckland Grammar School]], [[Epsom Girls Grammar School]], [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]] and [[Baradene College of the Sacred Heart]].

== Politics==
=== Mayors ===

The following served as Mayors of the Borough of Parnell until its incorporation into Auckland City:<ref>
[http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/heritage/localhistory/aucklandcity/aucklandcitysmayors/aucklandcitysmayors.htm Lists of Auckland area mayors], retrieved [[2008-02-23]]
</ref>

* 1877 - 1877 Henry Matthew Nation
* 1877 - 1878 J.W. Melton
* 1878 - 1879 William Coleman
* 1879 - 1880 J.W. Robinson
* 1880 - 1881 J. Friar Clark
* 1881 - 1883 Robert Walker
* 1883 - 1885 D.H. McKenzie
* 1885 - 1887 Jonathan Winks
* 1887 - 1888 Seymour Thorne George
* 1888 - 1891 H.B. Sealy
* 1891 - 1892 Seymour Thorne George
* 1892 - 1894 John McCabe
* 1894 - 1895 George S. Kissling
* 1895 - 1896 Spencer Von Sturmer
* 1896 - 1897 Joseph Thornes
* 1897 - 1898 N.W. Pollard
* 1898 - 1903 Hugh Campbell
* 1903 - 1906 John Fitt
* 1906 - 1909 George W. Basley
* 1909 - 1913 Richard Stevenson Briggs

===Electorate ===

Parnell forms part of the [[Epsom (NZ electorate)| Epsom Electorate]] for [[Parliament of New Zealand| Parliamentary]] representation, and of the Hobson Ward for council representation within [[Auckland City]]. Parnell represents approximately 20% of the population in each of these. The [[as of 2008| current]] Member of Parliament for Epsom, [[Rodney Hide]], represents [[ACT New Zealand]]. Hide was re-elected in the 2008 general elections<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/2289838 Hide wins Epsom]</ref>. The [[as of 2008| serving]] councillors all stood on the [[Citizens and Ratepayers Now]] ticket.

== Further reading ==

* ''The Heart of Colonial Auckland, 1865-1910''. Terence Hodgson. Random Century NZ Ltd 1992. ISBN 186941148X
* ''Colonial Architecture In New Zealand''. John Stacpoole. A.H & A.W Reed 1976.
* ''Decently And In Order, The Centennial History of the Auckland City Council''. G.W.A Bush. Collins 1971.
* ''Auckland Through A Victorian Lens''. William Main. Millwood Press, 1977.
* ''Auckland's Original Shoreline''. Dr Neride Campbell. Heart of the City 2005.
* ''The Lively Capital, Auckland 1840-1865''. Una Platts. Avon Fine Prints Limited New Zealand 1971.

== External links ==
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz Parnell Mainstreet's Guide to Parnell]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/history/index.html#guide Parnell Heritage Walks]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/news-events/index.html What's happening in Parnell]
* [http://www.parnell.net.nz/history/LesHarvey1.htm Les Harvey - creator of Parnell Village]
* http://www.parnell.school.nz/ Parnell District School

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Auckland urban districts]]

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