Glen Innes, New Zealand
Glen Innes | |
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Glen Innes, September 2018 | |
| Coordinates: 36°52′34″S 174°51′41″E / 36.8762°S 174.8615°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Auckland |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Electoral ward | Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward |
| Local board | Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board |
| Board subdivision | Tāmaki |
| Area | |
| • Land | 276 ha (682 acres) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 9,730 |
| Train stations | Glen Innes Railway Station |
| Kohimarama | Saint Heliers | Glendowie |
| Saint Johns |
Glen Innes
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Wai o Taiki Bay |
| Point England | Tāmaki River |
Glen Innes is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the waters of the Tāmaki River estuary.
Glen Innes was named after a large farm owned by William Innes Taylor in the area. There were four Taylor brothers in Auckland, the sons of a British man who had had a military career in India. Three of the brothers had farms in this area and built houses; William Innes Taylor at Glen Innes, Richard James Taylor at Glendowie and Charles John Taylor at Glen Orchard (now Saint Heliers). Their brother Allan Kerr Taylor had a farm estate in Mount Albert, whose house was called Alberton.
Glen Innes is a low-income, working class area with around 1,500 state houses. In an effort to improve the quality of state housing in Glen Innes, the government introduced "Talbot Park", an area of higher density housing, consisting of mostly apartment-style housing.