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Three Kings, New Zealand
Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Three Kings (Māori: Terī Kingī)[3] is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand that is built around the Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta volcano. It is home to an ethnically diverse population of about 3,500 people.
Three Kings | |
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Coordinates: 36.902926°S 174.754651°E / -36.902926; 174.754651 | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Auckland |
Local authority | Auckland Council |
Electoral ward | Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward |
Local board | Puketāpapa Local Board |
Area | |
• Land | 139 ha (343 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 4,090 |
Mount Eden | ||
Mount Roskill |
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One Tree Hill, Royal Oak |
Hillsborough |
Three Kings is located six kilometres south of the city centre, between the suburbs of Royal Oak and Mount Roskill.
Three Kings features a small shopping mall and supermarket complex called Three Kings Plaza. It also has a commercial area, and an accident and medical clinic. The Mount Roskill library is situated above the Fickling Convention Centre which hosts a wide range of community events.
Te Tātua-a-Riukiuta, also known as Three Kings, had three prominent peaks and a number of smaller peaks until most of them were quarried away, leaving a sole remaining large peak (often called Big King). It was probably the most complex volcano in the Auckland volcanic field.[4]