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  Our place: Night sky in Mt Albert. Picture Greg Lokes

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  Our place: How the present Plant and Food research centre in Mt Albert Rd looked in 1937. Copyright © Plant & Food Research

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  Our place: Shafts of light pierce their way through the mountain trees. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Wilderness in the city… Western Springs reserve offers scenes like this that might have been taken in desolate parts of the country, yet is just five or six kilometres from Queen St. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: It’s 1971 and the new St Luke’s mall is one of Auckland’s hottest shopping spots. Picture Picture Gregory Riethmaier, Archives New Zealand

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  Our place: Sanjay and Sugam are Nepalese and been here for two years. They celebrate Dashain festival with a selfie in the blossoms of Linwood Ave. Picture: Azita Agnew

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  Our place: Life and colour from the MAGS Arts Alive concert. Picture: Kendra Smith

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  Our place: Tui enjoying the early spring blossom. Picture: Cathy Casey

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  Our place: Old girls together – a 1930 Chevrolet Universal AD Sports Roadster shares the sunshine with Alberton. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Mt Albert Railway Station approaches caught in fast-moving world. Picture: Sandrina Huish

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  Our place: MAGS year 10 dance students reach for the sky at the school Arts Concert. Picture: Reese Jacques

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  Our place: Kids come from everywhere to play on the rocket of Mt Albert’s Rocket Park Picture: David Allison.

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  Our place: The Mt Albert service station, at the corner of Mt Albert Rd and New North Rd, around 1938. The proprietor was Daniel Langdon Arrowsmith. Picture courtesy Dan Gaye Arrowsmith

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  Our place: Blossom and buds merge to create an inviting spring entrance to a Mt Albert home. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Tui enjoying the spring blossom on a flame tree in Alan Wood Reserve. Picture: Cathy Casey

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  Back in the days of the “murder house” (1972), a dental nurse teaches Mt Albert Primary School pupils the way to look after their teeth. Picture Gregory Riethmaier, Archives New Zealand

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  Our place: Paul Walsh brightens up parts of Auckland by using public areas like graffiti-prone power boxes for his art. This work in Allendale Rd was commissioned by Chorus and based on a photograph of local pukeko by Cathy Casey. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  When the sun’s shining and it’s Alberton market day, what do you do? You go for ice cream, of course, and a record crowd for the first open day of the season meant the orders kept coming. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Rocket Park’s centre-piece reaches for the sky. Picture: Sandrina Huish

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  Our place: Mt Albert Grammar School students in an array of colour at a Junior Bytes concert. Picture MAGS

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  Our place: The tranquillity of Fukuoka Garden in Western Springs Lakeside Park, 100m from the entry to the zoo. The Japanese garden opened this year, replacing the original Fukuoka Friendship Garden which was lost to the zoo expansion. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Albert-Eden Schools Cultural Festival at Rocket Park

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  Albert-Eden Schools Cultural Festival at Rocket Park

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  Rocket Park was alive with colour and vibrancy at the Albert-Eden Schools Cultural Festival, supported by the local board and featuring 60 performances from 22 schools. More pictures in Gallery. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Albert-Eden Schools Cultural Festival at Rocket Park

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  Our place: Mums enjoying the action at the Albert-Eden Schools Cultural Festival in Rocket Park

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  Our place: Hamming it up at Albert Grammar School’s year-long junior school inter-form class competition are Emily Grindlay (left) and Maria Kosenko.. Picture: Mags

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  Our place: Never mind, there’s another one in 15 minutes – a one-man commuter rush at Mt Albert station. Picture: Sandrina Huish

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  Our place: Unless someone gets cracking with the hedge-clippers, there’s a real problem for the kids in this Mt Albert house – how on earth will Santa fit down that chimney? Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: An army of clouds dances across the sky as the sun sets over Mt Albert. Picture: Tim Hegarty

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  Our place: A Matuku-moana, or white-faced heron, perches on a lamp post on the shared path in Alan Wood Reserve. Picture: Cathy Casey

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  For more than 70 years, the Mt Green Archery Club has introduced waves of Robin Hoods to the tranquillity of its range on the mountain. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Alberton House has been a grand feature of the Mt Albert landscape since it began life as a two-storey farmhouse in 1863. This image shows its grandeur in 1976. Picture Gregory Riethmaier, Archives New Zealand

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  Our place: Mt Albert library is a tranquil spot to while away an hour or catch up on some research. Picture: Max Anderson

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  Our place: A Naked Lady bloom on an autumn morning lifts the beauty of Alberton House. Picture: Rendell McIntosh

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  Our place: Sun’s out but rain is on its way to the mountain-top. Picture: Sandrina Huish

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  Our place: Like anywhere else, long days and nights go hand-in-hand with the fast-food business in Mt Albert. Picture: Greg Lokes

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  Our Place: It’s 1906 and the Mt Albert Bowling Club is in full swing as a centre of the community. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland libraries

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  Our place: Anzac week crosses bearing the names of Mt Albert citizens who gave their lives to their country. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: An urban dilemma: jump the railing and get mowed down by a car or conrtinue on to a day of misfortune? Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Chooks run free in the backyard of this Mt Albert home at the turn of last century. Picture: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries

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  Our place: Getting a cow to go where you want comes naturally in the country, but not quite so on the MAGS farm. Picture: Max Anderson

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  Our place: When it’s shooting season, a smart bird knows it’s wise to hit the highway… even at Western Springs Reserve. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Oakley Creek offers a tranquil corner in a hectic city. Picture Greg Lokes

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  Our place: Art deco grace and colour in Mt Albert under clear skies. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: A carpet of late autumn leaves on the edge of Auckland Zoo at Western Springs Lakeside Park. Picture: Bruce Morris

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  Our place: Mt Albert Grammar dance students at the annual dance concert. Picture courtesy of MAGS

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  Our place: Braemar Reserve is a great spot for a mum and youngster to hang out together. Picture: Steph Korucu

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  Our place: Celebrating Matariki on the mountain-top. Picture: Avis Morris

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  Our place: Celebrating Matariki in the mist on the mountain. Picture: Avis Morris

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  Our place: When the going gets tough, the tough get going… year 11 Mt Albert Grammar students power their way through the mud in the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge at the school. Picture courtesy of MAGS

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  Our place: Daffodils give Alberton House a handy unofficial indicator of our warming planet. In 2016 and 2016, the first daf was out on July 22. Last year it was July 20 and this year… July 11. Picture: Rendell McIntosh

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  Our place: Mt Albert Grammar dance students at the annual dance concert. Picture courtesy of MAGS

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  Our place: A kotare (kingfisher) bides its time, waiting for a feed, on the mountain. Picture: Michael Field

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  Our place: Like a scene from Game of Thrones, fog shrouds trees on the mountain. Picture: Greg Lokes

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  Our place: Late winter fog smothers the city, though it takes a bit to block out all of Rangitoto or the Sky City Tower. Picture: Sharon James

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  Our place: The steel and concrete of the SH20 motorway bridge at Mt Albert becomes a thing of beauty Picture Zoe Nash

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  Our place: Tui and spring blossom go together like bees and honey. Picture Cathy Casey

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  Our place: A peaceful haven on the edge of the motorway and Chamberlain Park – Meola Creek at Rawalpindi Reserve. Picture: Bruce Morris

By supportSeptember 29, 2017