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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
Kelston works well as a base: 5 minutes from New Windsor, 11km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Kelston is a town located in Auckland, New Zealand. With a population of 5,750, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Kelston sits in New Zealand, where you drive on the left. It's in the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kelston to your route.
Kelston Boys' High School ("KBHS") (Māori: Te Kura Tuaruā o ngā Tamatane o Kerehana) is an all-boys state secondary school in Kelston, a suburb in the Waitakere region of Auckland, New Zealand. It was created in 1959 when the roll of Kelston High School (formed in 1954) became too large for the site on the corner ofRead more
Archibald and Great North Roads. The boys moved to a new site further down Archibald Road, leaving the original site to be the home of Kelston Girls High School (now Kelston Girls' College).
Although the school is known for the strength of its various sports teams, it has also had some notable achievements in music, dance and theatresports and produced some outstanding academic results.
The school has consistently had strong rugby teams in the top Auckland division, producing several All Blacks and international players. Kelston Boys have won the National top 4 rugby tournament five times (1989, 1995, 1996, 1999, and 2011) sharing the most wins with Wesley College. Kelston Boys have also won the Condor National sevens tournament five times (2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). The former All Black coach Graham Henry is a former headmaster. The previous principal, who retired in April 2011, Stephen Watt played for the Auckland regional team in the 1970s (where he was affectionately nicknamed 'The Kicking Prop' for his unusual goalkicking prowess). Brian Evans was the former principal; he coached the women's Black Ferns national side to rugby world cup victory in 2010.
Currently, the principal of Kelston Boys' High School is Adeline Blair, who became the first woman to head a state boys' school in Auckland. Adeline Blair has been teaching at Kelston Boys' High School since 2002 but began teaching English for adults in the school's community education division in 1996.
Long-standing Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Representatives Jonathan Hunt taught history at Kelston Boys'.
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Kelston is located in Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -36.8982 latitude, 174.6602 longitude.
Kelston has a population of approximately 5,750 people, making it a town in New Zealand.
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New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
11 km · about 20 min drive
bridge
The eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
11 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
18 km · about 20 min drive
beach
A vast black-sand beach beneath the Waitakere Ranges, where The Piano was filmed, with a waterfall in the bush behind the car park. Wilder and emptier than neighbouring Piha.
19 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Around 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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