Port Albert, New Zealand

Port Albert
Port Albert jetty
Port Albert jetty
Nickname: 
Albertland
Map
Coordinates: 36°16′29″S 174°25′48″E / 36.2747°S 174.4301°E / -36.2747; 174.4301
CountryNew Zealand
RegionAuckland Region
WardRodney ward
Community boardRodney Local Board
SubdivisionWellsford subdivision
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityAuckland Council
Area
 • Total2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total130
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)

Port Albert is situated on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour, approximately 8 kilometres west of Wellsford, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.[3] Originally called Albertland, it was the last of the major organised British settlements in New Zealand.[4][5]

The area has become known for its well draining soil, which has made it good agricultural land.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ McClure, Margaret (5 August 2016). "Port Albert". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. ^ Brett, Sir Henry; Hook, Henry (1979). The Albertlanders: Brave Pioneers of the 'Sixties'. Christchurch: Capper Press.
  5. ^ Herd, Louisa (2004). "The promised land". New Zealand Geographic.
  6. ^ "Railway Earnings - A Ministerial Thunderbolt". Poverty Bay Herald. 10 June 1910. Retrieved 14 January 2011.