Mount Eden
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Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. It is 4 kilometres south of the Central Business District. Mt Eden Road winds its way around the
Mount Eden village seen from Maungawhau / Mount Eden
Mount Eden (left, beyond Alexandra Park) from One Tree Hill
Mount Eden Road in the early 1900s
Mount Eden in 2010
Mount Eden Prisons
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Mount Eden Prisons consists of two separate facilities in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Eden — the Mount Eden Prison and the Mount Eden Corrections Facility.
Mount Eden
…of pay. In Mt Eden, the plentiful supply of volcanic stone (a suitable material for building roads), as well as the ready supply of labourers from the Mt Eden Prison, allowed for a progressive development of early roads, many of which still exist today as main arterial routes. Early roads were metal or made from…
The old Mt Eden prison exterior.
Exterior view of the old prison.
The Prisons have been the site of several protests. Pictured is a protest which took place in October 2007 over recent police raids.