Glendowie, New Zealand
suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
Glendowie is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was under Auckland City Council from 1989 until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the "super city" in 2010.
Location
Glendowie is located on the north-eastern extent of the Auckland isthmus. Its northern and eastern boundaries are defined by the Waitematā Harbour and the Tamaki Estuary.
The suburbs exhibit an affluent suburban residential character.
History
Historically, the area of Glendowie around Taylors Hill was a forest of mostly pūriri trees. The eastern edge of Glendowie bordering the Tāmaki River was called Tauoma, and was the Eastern edge of the area settled by Te Waiohua, the largest settlement of which was called Te Taurere (located at Taylors Hill). Around 1750, Ngāti Whātua expanded their territory further into Tāmaki Makaurau, and gifted the land to Ngāti Pāoa in the late 1700s.
The suburb of Glendowie was established in the 1920s, when George Riddell created a loop road through the area.
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