Glen Eden
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Glen Eden is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand, located at the foothills of the Waitākere Ranges. Originally known as Waikumete, the suburb gained the name Glen Eden in 1921. The suburb is in the
Glen Eden town centre, Playhouse Theatre and Glen Eden library seen from Harold Moody Park
The Ranges at Waikumete, an 1889 oil painting by Thomas Drummond showing a rural landscape of Glen Eden
The Waikumete Cash Store, a general store in Glen Eden (formerly Waikumete) in 1905
The Waikumete stream
Oratia
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Oratia is a semi-rural locality on the western edge of metropolitan West Auckland in New Zealand.
Glen Eden
…Kelston area was called Onewherowhero, a reference to the red coloured clay found in the area. Te Kawerau ā Maki had a kāinga near modern Holdens Road in Oratia, close to Glen Eden. In 1825, most members of Te Kawerau ā Maki fled the area for refuge in the Waikato during the Musket Wars, with a small number…
Rural view in Oratia looking towards the Waitākere Ranges.