LOOKING BACK ON REMUERA

Renowned Remueraite: Sir Edmund Hillary

Remuera has been home to more than its share of celebrated New Zealanders. Click here to read more.

THE ‘TEN SHILLING’ LANDHOLDERS

Most of Remuera’s prominent arrived in New Zealand in the 1840s or 1850s from Britain, with a little family money behind them. Click here to read more.

MERCHANTS AND ENTREPRENEURS

Merchants were vital to the early Auckland economy, and many who began as humble shopkeepers in the 1840s and 1850s rapidly acquired wealth, prestige and diverse entrepreneurs interests. Click here to read more.

STATE HOUSING AND POST-WAR TRENDS

One of the most significant building programmes of the 1930s was the Labour Government’s state housing initiative. Click here to read more.

‘THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD’

Throughtout the 1980′s and 1990′s, as Remuera Road filled up with townhouses and apartments where once old houses had sat in spacious splendour, locals organised and voiced concerns over infull housing and unwanted development. Click here to read more.

 

‘Remuera Fever’

From 1848 onwards the Crown began to auction off the Remuera land it had purchased (and, until 1855, continued to purchase). Click here to read on.

 

LOOKING BACK ON REMUERA

A book has been released called A fine Prospect, A history of Remuera, Meadowbank & St Johns,  Author Jenny Carlyon & Diana Morrow. This is available in your local book shop. Please click here to read an article from the newly released book.

Remuera’s Golden Days. In the first ten months of 1945, 224 building permits were
issued – 56 for new houses.  Average price for a new home was just over 2000 pounds,  Click here to read more.

Remuera’s Historical Background. Remuera’s School History Click here

Remuera, like most of the early Auckland suburbs, has an enchanting history. The breaking up of the land really began when the road was put through from town to connect with St. John’s College. Click here