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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
3 km · about 5 min drive
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
Parnell works well as a base: 5km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Parnell is a town located in Auckland, New Zealand. With a population of 7,720, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Parnell 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 Parnell to your route.
The Bassett Road machine gun murders were the murders of two men with a .45 calibre Reising submachine gun on 7 December 1963 at 115 Bassett Road in the Auckland suburb of Remuera in New Zealand. The crime received considerable media attention and captured the public imagination for many years. Although the weapon wasRead more
set to single and not rapid-fire for the killings, word spread quickly of a "Chicago-style" gang murder previously unheard of in New Zealand.
The victims were a commercial traveller and a seaman, found dead in a residential property which was used as a "beerhouse". While legal pubs were forced to close for the night at six o'clock, people continued drinking in quasi-criminal beerhouses which were operated by criminal figures and their associates. Although illegal, the beerhouses were regarded as a form of petty criminality and tolerated until referendums in New Zealand made it possible for licensed pubs to open past six o'clock and made beerhouses obsolete in 1968. During this illicit period, beerhouses served as a meeting place for beatnik modernist poets and musicians, sportspeople involved in boxing and the rugby league, wealthy people who "slummed" with the criminal underworld, drug addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, and hardened criminals.
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Parnell is located in Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -36.8667 latitude, 174.7833 longitude.
Parnell has a population of approximately 7,720 people, making it a town in New Zealand.
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Full driving guide for New Zealand6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
5 km · about 10 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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
30 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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