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Point Chevalier
Point Chevalier (/ˌʃɛvəˈlɪər/, colloquially known as Point Chev and originally named Point Bunbury after Thomas Bunbury), is a residential suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand; located five kilometres to the west of the city centre on the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour. Similar to adjacent suburbs, Point Chevalier is known for its California style bungalows.
The suburb stretches from the town centre shopping area of the same name on Great North Road near the SH16 motorway, to the tip of the peninsula in the north. Its postcode is 1022.
The suburb is situated to the north of State Highway 16 and the campus of Unitec Institute of Technology and to the west of the suburb of Western Springs. It is largely sited on a triangular peninsula which extends north into Waitematā Harbour for 1800 metres. The soil is mostly clay without the overlay of volcanic material which covers much of the Auckland isthmus; this means the vegetation of the area is less lush than some of the other suburbs of Auckland.
Visible from Coyle Park is Meola Reef, situated to the east of the Point Chevalier peninsula and bordering the suburb of Westmere. Meola Reef is an outcrop of black basalt rock which extends some distance north into Waitematā Harbour; the end of a lava flow emanating from Three Kings volcano several kilometres south of this area. Formerly a landfill site, Coyle Park has now been rehabilitated as a park and nature reserve. Other parks in the suburb include Walker Park and Eric Armshaw Reserve. Coyle Park is located at the northern tip of the peninsula.
Before the European settlement of the Auckland isthmus in the 1840s, small Maori settlements existed in the area which later became Point Chevalier, including one at Meola Reef and a fishing settlement at Rangi-mata-rau (later Point Chevalier Beach). The latter was a staging point for shark fishing off Kauri Point on the inner Waitematā Harbour.[citation needed]
The Arch Hill Highway District administered the area from 1871 until the Point Chevalier Road District was formed from part of the highway district on 16 July 1874. The district was dissolved in 1921 when the area was amalgamated into the City of Auckland.
As the city of Auckland grew, Point Chevalier gained strategic importance as it lay on what was then the main land route out of Auckland, the Great North Road. Because of this, a military encampment was located here during the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s. The name 'Point Chevalier' comes from Captain George Robert Chevalier (1825–1871), a musketry instructor serving in the 65th Regiment, stationed at this camp.[citation needed]
The Point Chevalier area had a largely rural character up until the period between the two World Wars.[citation needed]
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Point Chevalier
Point Chevalier (/ˌʃɛvəˈlɪər/, colloquially known as Point Chev and originally named Point Bunbury after Thomas Bunbury), is a residential suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand; located five kilometres to the west of the city centre on the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour. Similar to adjacent suburbs, Point Chevalier is known for its California style bungalows.
The suburb stretches from the town centre shopping area of the same name on Great North Road near the SH16 motorway, to the tip of the peninsula in the north. Its postcode is 1022.
The suburb is situated to the north of State Highway 16 and the campus of Unitec Institute of Technology and to the west of the suburb of Western Springs. It is largely sited on a triangular peninsula which extends north into Waitematā Harbour for 1800 metres. The soil is mostly clay without the overlay of volcanic material which covers much of the Auckland isthmus; this means the vegetation of the area is less lush than some of the other suburbs of Auckland.
Visible from Coyle Park is Meola Reef, situated to the east of the Point Chevalier peninsula and bordering the suburb of Westmere. Meola Reef is an outcrop of black basalt rock which extends some distance north into Waitematā Harbour; the end of a lava flow emanating from Three Kings volcano several kilometres south of this area. Formerly a landfill site, Coyle Park has now been rehabilitated as a park and nature reserve. Other parks in the suburb include Walker Park and Eric Armshaw Reserve. Coyle Park is located at the northern tip of the peninsula.
Before the European settlement of the Auckland isthmus in the 1840s, small Maori settlements existed in the area which later became Point Chevalier, including one at Meola Reef and a fishing settlement at Rangi-mata-rau (later Point Chevalier Beach). The latter was a staging point for shark fishing off Kauri Point on the inner Waitematā Harbour.[citation needed]
The Arch Hill Highway District administered the area from 1871 until the Point Chevalier Road District was formed from part of the highway district on 16 July 1874. The district was dissolved in 1921 when the area was amalgamated into the City of Auckland.
As the city of Auckland grew, Point Chevalier gained strategic importance as it lay on what was then the main land route out of Auckland, the Great North Road. Because of this, a military encampment was located here during the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s. The name 'Point Chevalier' comes from Captain George Robert Chevalier (1825–1871), a musketry instructor serving in the 65th Regiment, stationed at this camp.[citation needed]
The Point Chevalier area had a largely rural character up until the period between the two World Wars.[citation needed]
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