New Lynn: Difference between revisions

Suburb:	New Lynn
City:	Waitakere
Island:	North Island
Surrounded by  - to the north  - to the east  - to the south  - to the south-west  - to the west	Avondale New Windsor, Blockhouse Bay Green Bay Titirangi Glen Eden, Kelston

New Lynn is a residential suburb of Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. As at 2003, it has a population of about 7,000.

New Lynn is located towards the west of the Auckland urban area, 10 kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland city centre. It is close to the boundary between Waitakere city and Auckland city, of which the boundary is at the eastern edge of the suburb. Other suburbs surrounding New Lynn include Blockhouse Bay, Avondale, Titirangi and Green Bay.

New Lynn has a train station directly next to the frequently used bus transport centre and the shopping mall. The Train station is currently being upgraded to cater for the increased frequency of trains expected on the Auckland regional network post its electrification. The section of track on the Western line between Portage Road and Titirangi Road is being trenched to allow trains to pass beneath the New Lynn town centre. A new twin-platform station will be built below road level near the site of the existing station. The works are expected to "revitalise New Lynn", sinking the rail line which currently "splits" the town in two.

New Lynn is located at a narrowing of the Auckland isthmus, and one of the two narrowest points joining the North Auckland Peninsula to the rest of the North Island (the other is at Otahuhu, to the southeast). At this point, between the Whau River (an estuarial arm of the Waitemata Harbour) in the north and Blockhouse Bay in the south, the island is a mere 2800 metres wide.

At the southern end of the suburb is one of Auckland's best known golf courses, the Titirangi Golf Course.

Secondary schools serving the area include Kelston Boys High School, Kelston Girls High School and Avondale College (co-ed). Catholic students commute by train to Marist College (girls) and St Peter's College (boys).

Trivia

• March 29, 2006: New Zealand's first reported case of ATM Card Skimming was found at BNZ New Lynn.