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Parnell (Māori: Panēra) [3] [4] is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's most affluent suburbs, [ 5 ] consistently ranked within the top three wealthiest, [ 6 ] and is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841.
The Strand was one of Auckland's earliest streets, existing by 1843. [6] It was formed to provide road access between the city and Parnell, New Zealand. [7] It formed part of the eastern boundary of the Town of Auckland in 1848 [8] but received poor funding for its formation: £1,200 per mile compared to £2,000 per mile for Queen Street.
Ewelme Cottage in 1867. The construction of Ewelme Cottage was commissioned by the vicar of Howick, Vicesimus Lush.Parnell was the seat of the Anglican Bishop of New Zealand and the cottage enabled Lush's sons to attend the Church of England grammar school in Parnell whilst he attended to religious duties elsewhere.
George Augustus Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand moved to Parnell in 1844. At this time the nearest Anglican church was the old St Paul's Church in Emily Place. Selwyn purchased two and a half acres of land situated above Judge's Bay. Selwyn then funded construction of a chapel, which he named St Stephen's Chapel.
The house was the residence of London-born John Kinder (1819 – 1903), an Anglican priest, painter, photographer and headmaster of the Church of England Grammar School, Parnell. He occupied the house with his wife and the six children of his brother Henry Kinder, who was murdered in 1865 by John's sister-in-law and her lover.
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Parnell railway station is a station serving the inner-city suburb of Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand. It is situated on the Newmarket Line , approximately 600m north of Parnell Tunnel , and is located in the Waipapa Valley adjacent to Auckland Domain .