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2 unusual facts about Onehunga


Dalewool Auckland Brass

1986 saw the completion of the new bandroom in Captain Springs Road in Onehunga, built on the site of the original bandroom.

Onehunga

The Onehunga branch will be the first in Auckland to see passenger service on the new AM class electric trains.


Joseph Greenwood

He served in the first and second New Zealand Parliaments, representing the Pensioner Settlements electorate consisting of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.

Onehunga High School

Each year, until 2009, one Onehunga High School student wins a scholarship (provided by Tony Falkenstein) to attend the Cazadero Performing Arts Camp in California, USA.

Sue Wood

She stood as the party candidate for Onehunga in the 1980 by-election and the 1981 general election; she was then teaching at Onehunga High School.

Thomas McDonnell, Snr.

(1788 in County Antrim, Ireland – 13 September 1864 in Onehunga, Auckland) was a timber trader and Additional British Resident in New Zealand.


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