Penrose, New Zealand
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Penrose is an industrial suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, at a distance of about nine kilometres, between the suburbs of Oranga and Mount Wellington, and close to the Mangere Inlet, an arm of the Manukau Harbour.
Penrose business plaza, an office skyscraper in the area, a local landmark – it towers over most of the lower buildings of the area
The New Zealand Forest Products headquarters and factory in 1982. Note the same skyscraper in the upper right.
Penrose circa 1930 from above Cain Road
Oranga
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Oranga is a small residential suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located nine kilometres to the southeast of the city centre, between the commercial suburbs of Te Papapa and Penrose to the south and east, and the residential suburbs of One Tree Hill and Onehunga to the north and south.
Oranga Community Centre
State houses in the 'Harp of Erin' estate in Oranga, seen in 1947. Note the typical suburban cul-de-sac layout.
Oranga round concrete sheds.