Point Chevalier is a residential suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres to the west of the city centre on the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour. The suburb was originally a working-class area, with some state houses in the area, but over the past several decades the suburb has seen growth into becoming a middle-class suburb, with several redevelopment projects either completed or underway. Like most of the suburbs surrounding, Point Chevalier is known for its Californian style bungalows.
A house in Point Chevalier
Aerial view of Point Chevalier, looking north. Meola Reef visible top right, construction of Waterview Connection at bottom left
Point Chevalier town centre, with the former 'Ambassador' cinema.
Thomas Bunbury (British Army officer, born 1791)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bunbury was an officer in the British Army during the early Victorian period. He was commandant of the convict settlement at Norfolk Island for a period in 1839. He later served in New Zealand and British India.
Thomas Bunbury leading his troops. Self-portrait
Kingston, Norfolk Island, c. 1839. Artist: Thomas Seller. National Library of Australia
Government House, Kingston, Norfolk Island, 2015
Letter from Captain Joseph Nias, RN, HMS Herald, to Captain William Hobson, RN, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, acknowledging Bunbury's task and that he will assist. 25 April 1840. Archives New Zealand
