Ponsonby | |
|---|---|
 The Three Lamps area in Ponsonby, with the Ponsonby Post Office and Leys Institute visible | |
 Location of Ponsonby in Auckland. | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′07″S 174°44′20″E / 36.852°S 174.739°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Auckland |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Electoral ward | Waitematā and Gulf ward |
| Local board | Waitematā Local Board |
| Established | 1845 (approx.) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 135 ha (334 acres) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,440 |
| Herne Bay | Saint Marys Bay | Viaduct Harbour |
| Westmere |
  Ponsonby  |
Freemans Bay |
| Grey Lynn | Arch Hill | Newton |
Ponsonby (Māori: Te Rimu Tahi)[3] is an inner-city suburb of Auckland located 2 km west of the Auckland CBD. The suburb is oriented along a ridge running north–south, which is followed by the main street of the suburb, Ponsonby Road.
Ponsonby was originally a working class neigbourhood, now it is a predominantly upper-middle class residential suburb, Ponsonby today is also known in Auckland for its dining and shopping establishments.
From the Great Depression until the 1980s it contained many rundown buildings, and had a somewhat 'colourful' reputation. This was partially due to some criminal elements, its many Māori and Pacific Island residents and (from the 1970s onwards) student flats and an association with Auckland's arts and gay/lesbian scenes.
Ponsonby includes an area called Three Lamps which is located at the intersection of Ponsonby Road, College Hill, and St Marys Road. This name is derived from a 19th-century Lamppost.
The suburb has undergone extensive gentrification over the last two decades.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Te Rimu Tahi Ponsonby". Discover Auckland. Tātaki Auckland Unlimited. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ McClure, Margaret (6 December 2007). "Auckland places - Western suburbs: Ponsonby to Hillsborough". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.