Owairaka

Owairaka is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, governed by the Auckland Council. The suburb is home to the world-renowned Owairaka Athletic Club, which is located at the historic Lovelock Track, which has set five world records.

According to the 2018 New Zealand census, Owairaka had a population of 5,268 people and 1,665 households.

Ōwairaka – Mt Albert Heritage Walks

This walk follows the Allen, Sadgrove, and Kerr Taylor farms, with a stop at the Kerr Taylor farmhouse ‘Alberton.’

The walk describes the devastation of Ōwairaka due to quarrying. For cyclists who want to avoid the cone on the trail, there is a bike path along Mt Albert Road. Walkers may either surround the cone by road or follow the tracks. 

Local Schools

Owairaka District School is a contributing primary school, and Mount Albert Grammar School is the local state secondary school.

#owairaka

As part of the NZILA 2022 Conference, students from Unitec, Vic, and Lincoln uni took part in a wānanga to help come up with ideas to protect the Owairaka puna from the development of the MHUD site. Student groups had two hours to come up with a design concept and create a poster. It`s pretty cool to have work displayed at the conference, but it would have been good to have a few more hours to work on it 🤯
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Announcing New
OPEN HOURS!!
Full Time Hustle for the Summer!
From 10th October:
Mon 9.30-4.00
Tue 9.30-4.00
Wed 2.00-6.00
Thu 9.30-4.00
Fri 9.30-4.00

This is an exciting change for me!
For nearly 6years I have been operating my business pretty low key in Mt Albert, part time and by appointment.
Having handed in my notice as a community bike educator at ecomatters I will be working full time at Josca Bike Repairs!
Now you can find me at the shed 1048 New North Rd on all weekdays!
Wednesday will be a late one for those who need an after work dropoff or pick up.

#owairaka #mtalbert #cyclinginauckland #bicycleservice #custombicycle #homeoffice #cottageindustry

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Come and join us at training this week…

Tuesday – 17.55 Lovelock Track – 1/3rd easy, 1/3rd Medium, 1/3 fast

Thursday – 17.55 Lovelock Track – 200m repeats, 1 x 1mile, 6x 3mins at 10K pace.

Sunday – 07.30am Buoy Cafe, Westhaven – 1km repeats, 1min rest, variety of lengths/distances

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#running #runningnz #nzrunning #nztrack #owairaka

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I went up to Auckland to report an article on urban design for bbcfuture_official and stopped when I saw this 85-year-old feijoa tree on Alberton Avenue in Mt Albert.
In 1937, the nurseryman Hayward Wright gave 200 feijoa seedlings to the aklcouncil, which planted them down this whole street. My Dad, who grew up nearby on Summit Drive, recalls whooshing past them on his half-size bike in the 1950s (he was always late for school.)

Hayward Wright is the man responsible for New Zealand`s world kiwifruit dominance–he developed the `Hayward` cultivar that became the basis of the industry. He was also a famously cantankerous character with a tragic backstory and a large, luscious nursery and market garden that once stretched across much of Avondale. He was one of the feijoa`s earliest champions in New Zealand, writing newspaper articles extolling its deliciousness, importing cultivars, and breeding his own.

Sadly, his own large feijoa hedge was cut down a few years ago as Avondale was subdivided and developed; part of a wider problem of tree loss in Auckland. Following a law change in 2015 removing protections, the city now loses 1000 trees a week.

Now, on Alberton Ave, just a handful of these historic feijoas remain, barely noticed among the traffic.

#urbanforest #treehistory #feijoa #feijoastories #feijoasellowiana #accasellowiana #auckland #urbandesign #mountalbert #mtalbert #localhistory #planthistory #plantstories #nurserymen #aucklandhistory #tamakimakaurau #tamaki #streettrees #urbantrees #owairaka #rakau

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🌆 dusk ft Owairaka and clouds 🙃 but mostly just boring pic of clouds 🙈
#owairaka #tamakimakaurau

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#owairaka “Paths are the habits of a landscape” robgmacfarlane

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Another street art sighting on the wall of Taco Loco.
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#shotoniphone
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#owairaka
#aucklandcity
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#sunmerinthecity
#tacoloconz
#iloveauckland
#whatsitallabout
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#photowalk2022
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When you`re about to host a bicycle maintenance workshop but you don`t have any appropriate photos for the event promo!
This mad pirate has a few greasy tales and gobbets of mechanical knowledge to share.
As part of the Albert- Eden and Puketapapa Eco-Festival in March, I am running a Sunday workshop called Maintain Your Bike! Tips from a Bike Mechanic on Sunday 20th March at the Owairaka Community House, 93 Richardson Rd.
Contact me 0212528655 for bookings. https://fb.me/e/388Nn1228

#expert #bicyclemechanic #pirate #lunatic #communitybuilding #multimodaltransport #owairaka #mtalbert

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Lesieli & Sosefo’s 💍🤍

• a little snippet of what went down yesterday 🤍💍 simple & elegant set up requested by the bride herself lesielitapueluelu 💍🤍

_elisapetavakauta ngalu_07 maliakeiti vahafolau_09 nia.vakauta jemarn.t mele toejr Mum&Dad 😩🥺🤍

• sign decal – styll_projects

• flower arrangement – _elisapetavakauta

• aisle runner – bought from coversdecorationhire

• set up/ stylist – josephines_littlesetup 💫

#nzwedding #nz #auckland #brideandgroom #tonganwedding #owairaka #smallbusinessnz #reels

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Found a couple photos in a old box from my 1st year of teaching…yup, I was a Kindergarten teacher & it was the best! I learnt the power of love & literacy that’s still the foundation of all I do today!! Hope my beautiful tamariki are doing awesome today! Kia ora Whanau!!
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#nz #newzealand #teach #teacher #teaching #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #teacherlife #classroom #school #education #auckland #owairaka #owairakaprimary

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13 no jō kata on Owairaka Auckland
#aikido #aikidoauckland #aikidoaucklandseishinkan #aikikai #aikijo #13jokata #outdooraikido #owairaka #mtalbert #13nojokata

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