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9 unusual facts about West Auckland


Bishop Auckland F.C.

Bishop Auckland agreed to play their football at Darlington Road, West Auckland, home of West Auckland Town for the 2008–09, 2009–10 and part of the 2010–11 seasons.

K'Lee

Kaleena Renae McNabb (born 1984), better known by her stage name K'Lee, is a New Zealand pop singer who released her first single in 2001 at the age of 17, while still attending Waitakere College in West Auckland.

Michael Rudd

He is well known for his role in MCing the Going West Poetry Slam, which has been running annually in West Auckland since 2004.

Point Chevalier

Tramlines ran down Point Chevalier Road to Coyle Park, near the beach; during summer, special trams were laid on during summer to transport people from Grey Lynn, while buses brought others from Mount Albert and other suburbs in West Auckland.

Ross Dallow

Dallow is a long-standing board member, since 1992, of the Waitakere Licensing Trust which owns and operates a chain of wholesale liquor outlets and public bars in West Auckland.

Waitakere College

Waitakere College is a secondary school located in West Auckland, New Zealand.

Wally Akers

Born in West Auckland, he began his professional career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1934, but left the club without ever playing for the first team, and joined Newport County, where he experienced a similar spell.

West Auckland

West Auckland Town F.C. is famously the 'Home of the First World Cup', as its football team were the winners of the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, one of the first international footballing competitions, in its two initial years (1909 and 1911) and were therefore, by the rules of the competition, awarded the trophy to keep in perpetuity.

This story was made into a TV film in 1982 called The World Cup: A Captain's Tale.


Starship Children's Health

Besides the main building, Starship has outpatient clinics for the Auckland region in Tamaki, West Auckland and North Shore City, as well as being associated with approximately 45 Outreach Clinics throughout the country.

Stephanie Tauevihi

As a health promoter for 'Waiora Healthcare PHO' in West Auckland, she is active in efforts to address addiction to drugs and alcohol in New Zealand, and supports the organization 'Be Free'.


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Baron Henley

Their elder brother Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland (second son of the third Baronet of West Auckland), was the great-great-grandfather of Prime Minister Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, and the great-great-great-grandfather of the Conservative politician John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton.

Bruce McLaren

Bruce McLaren Intermediate School in West Auckland was named after him shortly after his death.

Langcaster Guitars

These guitars were further developed by Lang and his son in his home in West Auckland suburb, Titirangi in New Zealand on the fringes of the Waitakere Ranges native kauri forest.