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{{About|the suburb|the abolished electorate|Remuera (New Zealand electorate)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name           = Remuera
| image          =
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| city1          = [[Auckland]]
| ward           = [[Ōrākei ward]]
| council        = [[Auckland Council]]
| board          = [[Ōrākei Local Board]]
| established    =
| coordinates    = {{Coord|-36.880657|174.79815|display=it|format=dms}}
| area           = 1011
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| population     = {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newmarket Park|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waitaramoa|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waiata|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Abbotts Park|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waiatarua|y}}|R}}|0}}
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| popref         = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
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| trainstations  = [[Remuera Railway Station]]
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Remuera
| north          = ([[Hobson Bay]])
| northeast      = [[Ōrākei]]
| east           = [[Meadowbank, New Zealand|Meadowbank]], [[Saint Johns, New Zealand|St. Johns]]
| southeast      = [[Mount Wellington, New Zealand|Mount Wellington]]
| south          = [[Ellerslie, New Zealand|Ellerslie]]
| southwest      = [[Greenlane]] 
| west           = [[Epsom, New Zealand|Epsom]], [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]] 
| northwest      = [[Parnell, New Zealand|Parnell]] 
}}

'''Remuera'''  is an affluent suburb in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. It is located four kilometres southeast of the city centre. Remuera is characterised by many large houses, often [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] or mid 20th century. A prime example of a "leafy" suburb, Remuera is noted for its quiet tree-lined streets. The suburb has numerous green spaces, most obvious of which is [[Mount Hobson, Auckland|Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson]] – a [[volcanic cone]] with views from the top overlooking [[Waitematā Harbour]] and [[Rangitoto Island|Rangitoto]].

The suburb extends from [[Hobson Bay]] and the [[Ōrākei Basin]] on the [[Waitematā Harbour]] to the north and east, to the main thoroughfare of [[New Zealand State Highway 1|State Highway 1]] in the southwest. It is surrounded by the suburbs of [[Ōrākei]], [[Meadowbank, New Zealand|Meadowbank]], [[Saint Johns, New Zealand|Saint Johns]], [[Mount Wellington, New Zealand|Mount Wellington]], [[Ellerslie, New Zealand|Ellerslie]], [[Greenlane]], [[Epsom, New Zealand|Epsom]], [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]] and [[Parnell, New Zealand|Parnell]]. Remuera has been home to many well-known New Zealanders, including the late [[Edmund Hillary|Sir Edmund Hillary]] and the race car driver [[Bruce McLaren]].<ref name="Bruce McLaren">{{cite web|author= Martin Jones and Joan McKenzie| date= 8 March 2006|title= 'McLaren Garage Former '|url= http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7656| publisher= [[Heritage New Zealand]]}} Retrieved 15 October 2013.</ref>

==History==
The area was attractive to [[Tāmaki Māori]] as much of the [[Auckland isthmus]] was devoid of trees and covered only in native flax, bracken and scrub. Remuera was different, having patches of woodland which were the habitat of many birds suitable for trapping while the adjacent harbour and basins were good fishing areas. Remuera Road was firstly a walking track, connecting the eastern and northern sections of the Auckland isthmus.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mackintosh |first1=Lucy |author-link1=Lucy Mackintosh (historian)|title=Shifting Grounds: Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland |publisher=[[Bridget Williams Books]] |date=2021 |isbn=978-1-988587-33-2 |doi=10.7810/9781988587332 |page=68}}</ref>

[[Logan Campbell (politician)|John Logan Campbell]] describes early 19th century Remuera in his book ''Poenamo'':

{{Blockquote|text=Beautiful was Remuera's shore, sloping gently to Waitemata's sunlit waters in the days of which I write. The palm fern-tree was there with its crown of graceful bending fronds and black feathery-looking young shoots; and the karaka, with its brilliantly-polished green leaves and golden-yellow fruit, contrasting with the darker crimped and varnished leaf of the puriri, with its bright cherrylike berry. Evergreen shrubs grew on all sides, of every shade from palest to deepest green; lovely flowering creepers mounted high overhead, leaping from tree to tree and hanging in rich festoons; of beautiful ferns there was a profusion underfoot. The tui, with his grand rich note made the wood musical; the great fat stupid pigeon cooed down upon you almost within reach, nor took the trouble to fly away.|sign=John Logan Campbell|}}

The suburb is named after a {{lang|mi|[[pā]]}} (fortification) named {{lang|mi|Remuwera}}, on [[Mount Hobson, Auckland|Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NGĀ MANA WHENUA O TĀMAKI MAKAURAU and THE CROWN: NGĀ MANA WHENUA O TĀMAKI MAKAURAU COLLECTIVE REDRESS DEED: DOCUMENTS|url=http://nz01.terabyte.co.nz/ots/DocumentLibrary%5CTamakiCollective_Documents.pdf|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NZGB decisions – September 2014|url=http://www.linz.govt.nz/nzgb-decisions-september-2014|website=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=25 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029215200/http://www.linz.govt.nz/nzgb-decisions-september-2014|archive-date=29 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Auckland Places">{{cite web|last= McClure|first=Margaret|date=13 July 2012|title='Auckland places – Central suburbs: Parnell to One Tree Hill'|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/auckland-places/page-12|publisher=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara]]}} Retrieved 2013-30-09.</ref> Remu-wera literally translates to "burnt edge of kilt", commemorating the occasion where a chieftainess of Hauraki was allegedly captured and consumed.<ref>The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names, Reed Books, 2002</ref> Although the most common definition in reference literature, the accuracy of this definition has been described as "highly doubtful".<ref>The AA Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names, Moa Beckett Publishers Limited, 1994</ref>

Around 1741, [[Te Wai-o-Hua]] [[iwi]] was driven away by the [[Ngāti Whātua]] and [[Te Taoū]] iwi. Later, these iwi merged with [[Te Roroa]] and [[Te Uri-o-Hau]] into [[Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei]], which is the main iwi on the [[Tāmaki isthmus]].<ref name= "Tamaki Tribes">{{cite web|last=Tonui|first= Rāwiri|date=22 September 2012|title='Tāmaki tribes – The tribes of Tāmaki'|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tamaki-tribes/page-3|publisher=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara]]}} Retrieved 10 January 2013.</ref> In May 1844 one of the largest Māori feasts ever held in New Zealand took place in Remuera. It was organised by the Waikato iwi and about 4000 Māori and many [[Pākehā]] (Europeans) were present. The festivities lasted for a week and large amounts of food and drinks were served: 11,000 baskets of potatoes, 9,000 sharks, 100 pigs, and large amounts of tea, tobacco and sugar. Governor [[Robert FitzRoy]] visited the festivities on 11 May 1844 when a [[haka]] was performed by 1,600 Māori, armed with guns and tomahawks.<ref name="Maori Feast">{{cite web|last=McClure|first=Margaret|date=16 November 2012|title='Auckland places – Central suburbs: Parnell to One Tree Hill'|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/16191/maori-feast|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325234830/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/16191/maori-feast|archive-date=2014-03-25|access-date=2020-09-09|publisher=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|Te Ara]]}} Retrieved 10 July 2013.</ref>

When the European settlers wanted to buy the land on the Tāmaki isthmus from the [[Māori people|Māori]], they first declined. But in 1851, Henry Tacy Kemp, an interpreter to the Land Claims Commissioners, bought 700 acres for £5000. Subsequently, more plots of land were sold and put up for public auction. The land was suitable for pasture land and as the town of Auckland was some distance away people did not really start to build houses (as opposed to farmhouses) until the 1860s.<ref name="Recollections">{{cite book|author= Winifred MacDonald|year=1984|title='Recollections, 1850–1920 : a Sketch History of Early Remuera'| publisher= Milnes of Remuera}}</ref> One of the early farmer-settlers who bought land at Remuera was [[Archibald Clark (politician)|Archibald Clark]], who became Auckland's first mayor in 1851.<ref name="Remuera Heritage Walk">{{Cite web| title = Remuera Heritage Walk |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/remuera-heritage-walk.pdf |author=Remuera Heritage & Hobson Community Board | publisher = [[Auckland Council]]| access-date = 31 August 2021}}</ref> Remuera was known as the garden suburb. Remuera was popular with the bourgeoisie as it provided much larger sections than other parts of Auckland. Many grand homes were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By the 1960s smaller sections started being developed.<ref name="dpa"/>

[[File:Hobson Bay In Auckland City.jpg|thumb|left|View from Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson across Remuera to [[Hobson Bay]]]]

Smaller suburban houses began appearing in the area nearest [[Newmarket, New Zealand|Newmarket]] and began to spread along Remuera Road. The first shops opened in 1890 at the intersection with Victoria Avenue. Railway stations at Newmarket and Market Road encouraged residents to commute to town. Likewise one of the most important routes for the electric tram system created in 1902 was to the Remuera shops, with an extension to the bottom of Victoria Avenue. One of the first businesses was [[Len Keys|L.J. Keys]]' grocery store on the Clonbern Road corner, which currently houses a café.<ref name="Remuera Heritage Walk"/>

Remuera Road initially began as an unsealed cart track leading from Newmarket to [[Tāmaki]]. By the 1860s, the Remuera Road Board was formed to help administer the area surrounding the road, by organising roads, drainage, water and power, and the Remuera District School was established in 1873.<ref name="Remuera Heritage Walk"/> In the early 1900s the Auckland [[Trams in New Zealand#Auckland|electric tramway service]] began servicing Remuera Road, which led to the district doubling in population between 1901 and 1911 to over 5,000 residents.<ref name="Remuera Post Office">{{Cite web| title = Historic Heritage Evaluation: Remuera Post Office (Former) |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/UnitaryPlanDocuments/pc31-remuera-post-office-evaluation.pdf |author=The Heritage Studio | publisher = [[Auckland Council]] |date=June 2018 | access-date = 31 August 2021}}</ref> By the 1910s, ratepayers in the area opposed the Remuera area being administered separately to Auckland. The Remuera Ratepayers Association organised a petition in 1912, which included 791 ratepayers (over 50%) signing to join with the adjacent Auckland City, against the Remuera Road Board's wishes. A commission of inquiry was appointed, which recommended amalgamation. Again the Road Board declined and it was only after the Department of Internal Affairs intervened that the Road Board gave in. The union was ratified in February 1915 and the 2,520 acres of Remuera became part of Auckland. J. Dempsey said that Auckland had received "the brightest jewel in her crown today", although a subsequent report by the city engineer pointed out that Remuera had not been surveyed, it had 60 miles of primitive roading, and lacked proper stormwater drainage, sewerage and other services.

The 1920s and 1930s saw increased development of Remuera, with commercial precincts such as the Avenue Buildings, Coles Building, Hellaby Building and the Skeltons Building allowing the area to act as a commercial hub.<ref name="Remuera Post Office"/> The first mile of Remuera Road was concreted in 1921, and the existing tram line was doubled in 1924, followed by an extension of the service to Meadowbank. Auckland City Council embarked on a series of improvements for the new area. One of its first acts was to provide a free public library for the area in 1915, later replaced by the current building in 1926. In 1919 however local residents were incensed by the council's building of public toilets at the Remuera shops that they demanded be torn down.

In [[1927 Auckland Rugby League season|1927]] the [[Remuera League Football Club|Remuera rugby league club]] reformed after initially forming in [[1914 Auckland Rugby League season|1914]] when former [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Black]] and [[New Zealand national rugby league team|Kiwi]], [[George A. Gillett]] coached the club.<ref>{{cite news
| title =Remuera United Club
| page =10
| work= New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15725
| date = 1914-09-28
| url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19140928.2.52.1
| accessdate = 2023-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| title =Remuera League Football Club
| page =20
| work= New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19589
| date = 1927-03-18
| url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19270318.2.184.4
| accessdate = 2023-01-24}}</ref> A year later in 1928, the Tudor Theatre cinema and dance hall opened, becoming a central part of Remuera social life for decades. The theatre closed in 1973, and after demolition the location became the Tudor Mall in 1980.<ref name="Remuera Heritage Walk"/> In 1930, the electric tramway was extended from Remuera to [[Meadowbank, New Zealand|Meadowbank]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TRAM EXTENSION AT REMUERA OPENED.|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300609.2.150.3|date=9 June 1930 |work=[[Auckland Sun]] |publisher=Papers Past |page=16 |issue=993 |volume=IV |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>

In more recent history, the infamous [[Bassett Road machine gun murders]] took place in Remuera on 7 December 1963. Two men were shot with a .45 calibre [[M50 Reising|Reising submachine gun]] at 115 Bassett Road and word quickly spread about a "Chicago-style" gang murder. Two suspects were sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="Killer">{{cite web|author= The Marlborough Express|date=20 August 2007|title='Killer's art adorns Picton B&B|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/12488|publisher=[[Stuff.co.nz]]}} Retrieved 10 March 2013.</ref>

==Demographics==
Remuera covers {{Convert|10.11|km2||abbr=on}}<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newmarket Park|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waitaramoa|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waiata|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Abbotts Park|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waiatarua|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newmarket Park|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waitaramoa|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waiata|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Abbotts Park|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Remuera Waiatarua|y}}|R}})/10.11|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|24,741|2013|26,715|2018|27,252|2023|26,709|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Remuera West (139400), Remuera Waitaramoa (140000), Remuera North (140500), Remuera South (141000), Remuera Waiata (141600), Remuera East (142400), Remuera Abbotts Park (143100) and Remuera Waiatarua (143900)}}</ref><ref name="Census 2023"/>|footnote=The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 9.83 km<sup>2</sup>.}}
Remuera had a population of 26,709 in the [[2023 New Zealand census]], a decrease of 543 people (−2.0%) since the [[2018 New Zealand census|2018 census]], and a decrease of 6 people (−0.0%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]]. There were 12,894 males, 13,725 females and 90 people of [[non-binary gender|other genders]] in 9,477 dwellings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.51400%2B138502%2B139400%2B140000%2B140500%2B141000%2B141600%2B142400%2B143100%2B143900.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}}</ref> 3.5% of people identified as [[LGBTQ|LGBTIQ+]]. The median age was 40.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 4,356 people (16.3%) aged under 15 years, 5,754 (21.5%) aged 15 to 29, 11,811 (44.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 4,791 (17.9%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 63.2% [[European New Zealanders|European]] ([[Pākehā]]); 4.3% [[Māori people|Māori]]; 2.5% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]]; 34.5% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]]; 2.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.8%, Māori language by 0.7%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 31.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.3% (e.g. too young to talk). [[New Zealand Sign Language]] was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 41.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 33.8% [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 2.5% [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hindu]], 1.1% [[Islam in New Zealand|Islam]], 0.1% [[Māori religious beliefs]], 2.5% [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]], 0.2% [[New Age]], 0.6% [[Judaism in New Zealand|Jewish]], and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had [[Irreligion in New Zealand|no religion]] were 53.0%, and 5.2% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 11,769 (52.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 7,296 (32.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 3,294 (14.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $57,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 6,045 people (27.0%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 11,472 (51.3%) people were employed full-time, 3,168 (14.2%) were part-time, and 429 (1.9%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.51400.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera (51400)}}</ref>

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!Name !! Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population !! Density<br/>(per km<sup>2</sup>) || Dwellings !! Median age !! Median<br/>income
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| Newmarket Park || style="text-align:right;"|0.28 || style="text-align:right;"|1,248 || style="text-align:right;"|4,457 || style="text-align:right;"|579 || 52.8 years || $54,400<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.138502.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Newmarket Park}}</ref>
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| Remuera West || style="text-align:right;"|0.88 || style="text-align:right;"|2,682 || style="text-align:right;"|3,048 || style="text-align:right;"|945 || 40.9 years || $57,900<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.139400.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera West}}</ref>
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| Remuera Waitaramoa || style="text-align:right;"|1.69 || style="text-align:right;"|3,828 || style="text-align:right;"|2,265 || style="text-align:right;"|1,332 || 42.2 years || $59,100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.140000.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera Waitaramoa}}</ref>
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| Remuera North || style="text-align:right;"|1.41 || style="text-align:right;"|3,447 || style="text-align:right;"|2,445 || style="text-align:right;"|1,188 || 41.2 years || $58,800<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.140500.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera North}}</ref>
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| Remuera South || style="text-align:right;"|1.43 || style="text-align:right;"|3,828 || style="text-align:right;"|2,677 || style="text-align:right;"|1,305 || 38.5 years || $53,400<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.141000.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera South}}</ref>
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| Remuera Waiata || style="text-align:right;"|0.94 || style="text-align:right;"|2,865 || style="text-align:right;"|3,048 || style="text-align:right;"|1,044 || 47.0 years || $59,300<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.141600.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera Waiata}}</ref>
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| Remuera East || style="text-align:right;"|0.89 || style="text-align:right;"|2,691 || style="text-align:right;"|3,024 || style="text-align:right;"|918 || 42.1 years || $61,600<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.142400.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera East}}</ref>
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| Remuera Abbotts Park || style="text-align:right;"|1.02 || style="text-align:right;"|3,732 || style="text-align:right;"|3,659 || style="text-align:right;"|1,350 || 36.5 years || $57,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.143100.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera Abbotts Park}}</ref>
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| Remuera Waiatarua || style="text-align:right;"|1.57 || style="text-align:right;"|2,385 || style="text-align:right;"|1,519 || style="text-align:right;"|819 || 36.5 years || $56,300<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.143900.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa - Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Remuera Waiatarua}}</ref>
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==Landmarks and features==

===Notable buildings and sites===
[[File:Remuera Railway Station 02.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Remuera Train Station]]

Remuera has several places of historic interest, some of which have been incorporated into the Remuera Heritage Walk.<ref name="Remuera Heritage Walk"/>

* St Mark's Anglican Church. This is a [[Selwyn churches|Selwyn church]] (wooden Gothic church) built in the 1860s by [[Philip Herapath]] replacing an earlier structure from 1848 by [[Frederick Thatcher]]. Consecrated by [[Bishop Selwyn]]. [[John Kinder (priest)|John Kinder]] was minister here at a time when this was a rural parish. Scoriarock foundations.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Knight, Cyril Roy.|title=The Selwyn churches of Auckland|date=1972|publisher=A.H. & A.W. Reed|isbn=0-589-00705-X|location=Wellington [N.Z.]|pages=37–40|oclc=596619}}</ref>
*St Mark's Graveyard. The first burial was in 1849, and the last in 1963. The names of many well-known early Aucklanders appear here, including James Dilworth.
* Former Remuera Freemasons Hall, Remuera Road.  Probably designed by the architect Henry G. Wade, the Hall was consecrated on 9 November 1880, at a ceremony presided over by the Deputy Grand Master of the [[Auckland Grand Lodge District]] (E.C.), William Lodder. The Remuera Masonic Hall survives as the oldest purpose-built lodge premises in the former Auckland Grand Lodge District (E.C.). Sold by the Freemasons in 1993.
* [[St Michael's Catholic Church, Auckland|Saint Michael's Catholic Church]], 6 Beatrice Road. A large Italian [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque]] style church designed by the noted architects Tole and Massey. Opened on 1 October 1933. 
* St Luke's Presbyterian Church, Remuera Road. Masonry Gothic church from 1932 replacing an 1874 wooden building. Designed by Francis Drummond Stewart who also designed the [[Chateau Tongariro]] (1928). The present church was modeled on the parish kirk in the Scottish mining village of [[Twechar]], built in 1902. Reinforced concrete and  brick construction, with an external cladding of [[Putāruru]] stone. The foundation stone was laid in 1931 by Miss Sarah Dingwall.
* [[King's School (Auckland)|King's School]], 258 Remuera Road. [[King's College, Auckland|King's College]] started in 1896 occupying the house called "The Tower", built for David Graham, brother of the founder of Ellerslie, [[Robert Graham (New Zealand politician)|Robert Graham]].
* 4 Garden Road. Garden Road was originally the driveway to Number 4, a house designed by prominent architect C. Reginald Ford (of the firm [[Gummer and Ford]])as his own residence. Built in an eclectic architectural mix with French and Italian influences, number 4 later became the "Remuera Ladies College" whose students included [[Jean Batten]].
* Skeltons Building 1928, 339–345 Remuera Road. Built for Robert Skelton, a carrier and one of Remuera's first businessmen. This set of shops retain their original tiled shopfronts. 
* Hellaby Building 1926, 357–365 Remuera Road was built for Frederick Hellaby whose family ran a chain of Butcher's shops.
* Remuera Pharmacy, 375–377 Remuera Road. 1909 building for a business operated by Fred Blott. 
* Cole's Building, 382–394 Remuera Road. 1923 building; the first tenant was Wylies Pharmacy.
* L.J. Keys’ grocery store. Corner of Clonbern Road – this was the first shop in the area (1907).
* Former Remuera Post Office, cnr Victoria Ave and Remuera Road. Built in 1914 to the designs of the Government Architect [[John Logan Campbell|John Campbell]].
* Brick shops 1929. 411–413 Remuera Road. These two-storey shops replaced the wooden building constructed in 1902 as the Remuera Road Board office, which later became the first Remuera Public Library after the demise of the Board in 1915.
* The [[Remuera Library]]. Designed by the Auckland architects Gummer and Ford, the library was built in 1928 in a neo-Georgian style reminiscent of American colonial architecture. Faced with red brick, this building has very fine details, especially around the windows. In 1928, the architects were awarded Gold Medals from the [[New Zealand Institute of Architects|New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA)]] for the design of the building.<ref name="Remuera Public Library">{{cite web|author=New Zealand Historic Places Trust|date=2 April 1985|title='Remuera Public Library'|url=http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=115|publisher=[[Heritage New Zealand]]}} Retrieved 2013-27-09.</ref> The building has also won the conservation award in 2004 for the renovations that were done.<ref>{{cite web| author= Anne Gibson| date= 5 April 2004|title= 'Waterfront Zone a Focus of Architecture Awards'|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3558824| publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}} Retrieved 15 October 2013.</ref>
* Cotter House, 4 St Vincent Avenue. Built around 1848 for prominent teetotaller Joseph Newman, who died childless at 77 following injuries sustained when a billboard on Queen Street advertising whisky fell on his head. The house was sold to Thomas Cotter, a prominent Auckland solicitor and King's Counsel, whose family owned it until 1926, when the land was further subdivided. 
* St Paul's Methodist Church, 12 St Vincent Avenue. Red brick church from 1922.
* Saint Aidan's Anglican Church, 1904 wooden gothic / Arts & Crafts style church noted for its [[lychgate]]. 
* Elmstone, 468 Remuera Rd. Large Neo-Classical House with Arts&Crafts features built in 1904 for V J Larner.
* Hellaby House, 542 Remuera Rd. Designed in 1921 by [[Roy Keith Binney]] for Amy Mary Hellaby.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hellaby Houses |url=https://remueraheritage.org.nz/story/hellaby-houses/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Remuera Heritage |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Other special buildings in Remuera are the [[Remuera Railway Station]] and Signal Box. These were built in 1907–1908 and the station is the best preserved in Auckland. Whilst the other stations were regularly modernised, Remuera's has been kept almost in its original state and is still used for suburban passenger trains.<ref name="Railway Station">{{cite web|author=New Zealand Historic Places Trust|date=3 March 1995|title='Remuera Railway Station and Signal Box'|url=http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=634|publisher=[[Heritage New Zealand]]}} Retrieved 2013-27-09.</ref>
===Arney Road===
Arney Road has always been a coveted location due to its location being both near the city and sea shore and providing views of the [[Hauraki Gulf]]. In 1906 it was described as:<ref name="dpa">{{cite report|title=St Ann's|date=April 2022|author=Dave Pearson Architects|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ResourceConsentDocuments/LUC60407183-2-St%20Anns%20Heritage%20Impact%20Assessment.pdf}}</ref>
{{quote|the most elegant residential thoroughfare in Remuera, being just off the tram line; the residences comprise many of the largest and handsomest in the district, with beautiful grounds, and the road in a graceful sweep leads from the tram line on the high road down to the waterfront in Hobson Bay}}

The road itself is {{cvt|20|m}} wide with large trees lining the berm. The buildings on Arney Road are from the 19th, 20th, and 21st century with seven of these having registration with [[Heritage New Zealand]]. Notable buildings along Arney Road include: 9 Arney Road, a large [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] home; 11 Arney Road, a category 1 building designed in the [[Arts and Crafts architecture|Arts and Crafts style]]; 27 Arney Road, a category 2 building designed in the Arts and Crafts style; 43 Arney Road, [[St Ann's (Remuera)|St Ann's]] is a category 2 English country cottage; 51 Arney Road, a [[Neo-Georgian style (Great Britain)|neo-Georgian]] home;<ref name="dpa"/> 91 Arney Road, [[Vernon Brown House]], a category 1 building and former home of [[Vernon Brown (architect)|Vernon Brown]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Vernon Brown House |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/7290/7290 |website=[[Heritage New Zealand]] |date=12 December 1995}}</ref> 30 Arney Road, [[Stansfield House]], category 2 Arts and Crafts home;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Elizabeth |title=Stansfield House (Former) |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/604/604 |website=[[Heritage New Zealand]] |date=12 December 2015}}</ref> 34 Arney Road, Court House, a category 2 neo-Georgian residence;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Elizabeth |title=Court House (Former) |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/603/603 |website=[[Heritage New Zealand]] |date=12 December 2015}}</ref> 85 Arney Road, [[Cox House (New Zealand)|Cox House]], category 2 Arts and Crafts house.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Elizabeth |title=Cox House (Former) |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/2632/2632 |website=[[Heritage New Zealand]] |date=12 December 2015}}</ref>
===Nature areas===
[[File:Looking Southeast Over Northern Remuera.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Looking southeast over north Remuera]]
Remuera includes some interesting nature areas and parks. Unlike the rest of the isthmus of Auckland, which was largely void of large trees and covered with native grass, flax and manuka, Remuera retained patches of native bush and woodland.

The '''[[Ōrākei Basin]]''', a tidal lagoon popular for water sport activities, is the submerged crater of a volcano. There is a 3&nbsp;km public walkway around the basin whereby the flora and fauna of the area can be observed at close hand.<ref>{{cite web|author=Auckland Council|year=2013|title=Central Walkways |url= http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/walkingtracks/Pages/centralwalkways.aspx |publisher= [[Auckland Council]]}} Retrieved 11 October 2013.</ref>

'''[[Mount Hobson, Auckland|Mount Hobson Domain]]''' includes the volcanic cone, previously used as a [[pā]] (a defended settlement) by the Māori and in later times as a [[quarry]] and pasture land. Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson (143m high) is one of Auckland's better preserved and least modified volcanic cones. Formed some 25,000 years ago, the volcanic hill has a horse-shoe shaped crater opening to the southwest. Terraces and pits are still evident from the Maori occupation. Like the other volcanic hills of the Auckland isthmus, in the 20th century, water reservoirs were built on the summit and the lower southwest side  a [[water reservoir]] was incorporated into Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson to supply water to the surrounding area. Still evident on the south-east side of the mountain is the concrete base remnant of a WWII medical store for the US Navy Mobile Hospital in nearby Market Rd – a site now occupied by the Dilworth Junior School. As you walk up the path from the entrance, you will soon come to a stone seat – a memorial to Remuera boys who died in WWII. This overlooks a field of jonquils and daffodils which bloom in winter or early spring.<ref name="Remuera Heritage Walk"/>

'''[[Waiatarua Reserve]]'''. To the south of Remuera Road lies Waiatarua Reserve. This is a natural basin, prone to seasonal flooding. On several 19th century maps this was shown as a lake and referred to as 'Lake Remuera', 'Lake St John' or 'Lake Waiatarua' although in reality it was largely an area of swampy ground in which a sheet of shallow water would appear sporadically in the wet season. In 1918, {{convert|133|acres|hectare}} of this land was given to the City Council to create Waiatarua Reserve. As the surrounding farm land was transformed into suburban housing this area became problematic – although in theory the "lake" afforded a picturesque view for the new houses, it was also a breeding ground for mosquitos. Moreover, the basin was composed of a peat-like substance subject to smouldering fires which were difficult to put out. In 1929 a drain was bored through the hill to the south west enabling the water to be drained into the adjacent natural stream which feeds into the nearby [[Ōrākei Basin]]; this drainage system is still in place. In 1934, {{convert|50|acres|hectare}} of the park were leased to the Remuera Golf Club and a course was laid out. The clubhouse was completed in 1935. In 1938 a new course was built around the original layout in response to members’ complaints about the course conditions.<ref name="Remuera Golf Club">{{cite web|author= Remuera Golf Club|title=The Early Years |url=http://www.remueragolfclub.com/layouts/terraces/Template.aspx?page=The+Early+Years&ComeFromCat=165}} Retrieved 10 March 2013.</ref> In 1968 the Course was redesigned by golf course specialist Harold Babbage and a new Club House built.<ref name=newcourse>{{cite web |author=Remuera Golf Club|year= 2013| title=The New Course |url=http://www.remueragolfclub.com/layouts/terraces/Template.aspx?page=The+New+Course&ComeFromCat=165}} Retrieved 15 October 2013.</ref>

==Economy==

===Retail===

The Remuera Town Centre includes Airlie Court, Remuera Mall, Tudor Mall, Victoria Mews Arcade and Remuera Village Green. It has 130 shops including a 
[[New World (supermarket)|New World]] supermarket and has about 400 carparks.<ref name="OrakeiTownCentres">{{cite web |title=Building successful town centres – Auckland Council |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/building-successful-town-centres.pdf |website=aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |publisher=[[Auckland Council]]}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Remuera Intermediate School|Remuera Intermediate]] is a coeducational intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1461|y}}.<ref>{{TKI|1461|Remuera Intermediate}}</ref>

Remuera School, Meadowbank School and Victoria Avenue School are coeducational contributing primary schools  (years 1–6) with rolls of {{NZ school roll data|1462|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|1370|y}} and {{NZ school roll data|1544|y}} respectively.<ref>{{TKI|1462|Remuera School}}</ref><ref>{{TKI|1370|Meadowbank School}}</ref><ref>{{TKI|1544|Victoria Avenue School}}</ref>

[[Baradene College of the Sacred Heart]] is a state integrated Catholic girls' secondary school  (years 7–13) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|61|y}}.<ref>{{TKI|61|Baradene College of the Sacred Heart}}</ref> St Michael's Catholic School is a coeducational state-integrated contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1506|y}}.<ref>{{TKI|1506|St Michael's Catholic School}}</ref>

Mount Hobson Middle School is a private coeducational composite school (years 7–10) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|487|y}}.<ref>{{TKI|487|Mount Hobson Middle School}}</ref>

[[King's School, Auckland|King's School]], St Kentigern Primary School and Saint Kentigern Girls' School are private single-sex full primary schools (years 1–8) with rolls of {{NZ school roll data|4116|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|4133|y}} and {{NZ school roll data|60|y}} respectively.<ref>{{TKI|4116|King's School}}</ref><ref>{{TKI|4133|St Kentigern Primary School}}</ref><ref>{{TKI|60|St Kentigern Girls' School}}</ref>

Kadimah School, a co-educational Jewish primary school (years 0–8)  with a roll of 122.<ref>[https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/population/age?district=&region=&school=453 Kadimah School] Education Counts. July 2023</ref>

Rolls are as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

==Governance==
The Remuera Road District was formed 13 February 1863 but did not govern the area until 22 August 1867 when it was modified in statute. In 1915 it amalgamated with the [[City of Auckland]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Bloomfield | first=Gerald Taylor | title=The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971 | publisher=Auckland University Press | publication-place=Auckland | date=1973 | isbn=0-19-647714-X |page=128}}</ref>

Remuera is a part of the [[Epsom (New Zealand electorate)|Epsom electorate]] for the Parliamentary representation.<ref name="Epsom">{{cite web|author=Parliamentary Library|date=30 September 2012|title= 'Epsom: Electoral Profile, New Zealand Parliament'|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/mpp/electorates/data/DBHOH_Lib_EP_Epsom_Data_3/epsom-electoral-profile|publisher= [[New Zealand Parliament]]}}Retrieved 10 March 2013.</ref> Local government of Remuera is the responsibility of the [[Ōrākei Local Board]], which also includes the suburbs of [[Ōrākei]], [[Mission Bay, New Zealand|Mission Bay]], [[Kohimarama]], [[Saint Heliers|St Heliers]], [[Glendowie, New Zealand|Glendowie]], [[Saint Johns, New Zealand|St Johns]], [[Meadowbank, New Zealand|Meadowbank]], and [[Ellerslie, New Zealand|Ellerslie]]. Remuera is also a part of the [[Ōrākei ward]]. Prior to it falling under Epsom, [[Remuera (New Zealand electorate)|Remuera]] itself was an electorate from 1938 to 1996.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Remuera Golf Club==
The Remuera Golf Club started to develop in 1934 and the club house was finished in 1935. It was not an ideal location for a golf club, as it was established in a natural basin prone to seasonal flooding. In fact on several 19th century maps this was actually shown as a lake and referred to as 'Lake Remuera' or 'Lake St John' although in reality it was largely an area of swampy ground in which a sheet of shallow water would appear sporadically in the wet season. {{convert|133|acres|hectare}} of land in the gully was given to the City Council in 1918 as Waiatarua Reserve. As the surrounding farm land was transformed into suburban housing this area became problematic – although the "lake" afforded a picturesque view for the new houses it was also a breeding ground for mosquitos. Moreover, the basin was composed of a peat-like substance subject to smouldering fires which were difficult to put out. In 1929 a drain was bored through the hill to the south west enabling the water to be drained into the adjacent natural stream which feeds into the nearby Oraki Basin; this drainage system is still in place.

Fifty acres of the park were leased to the Golf Club in 1934 and a course was laid out. In 1938 a new course was built around the original layout in response to members’ complaints about the course conditions.<ref name="Remuera Golf Club" /> In 1968 the Course was redesigned by golf course specialist Harold Babbage and a new Club House has been built.<ref name=newcourse />

== Connections==
Remuera's reputation as a desirable residential area around the turn of the 20th century was reflected in the use of its name for a luxury liner. SS ''Remuera'' was a steamship launched in 1911. She was the last delivered of three 11000 tonners built by the William Denny Organization between 1909 and 1911 for the [[New Zealand Shipping Company]] (sister ships ''Ruahine'' and ''Rotorua''). Her inaugural voyage in 1911 was from London to Wellington. In September 1914 she was the first British ship to pass through the newly complete [[Panama Canal]].

During the First War she was commandeered by the British Government. After the war she returned to the UK to New Zealand route, as a sign of the changing times she was now refitted to accommodate two classes of passengers as opposed to her initial layout of First, Second and Steerage. Again commandeered at the outbreak of war in 1939 she was torpedoed in the North Sea in September 1940.

==Notable residents <!--Keep names in alphabetical order by surname-->==
* [[Jean Batten]] was a student at a Girls School at 4 Garden Road.
* [[Archibald Clark (politician)|Archibald Clark]] – MP (1805–1875) Auckland's first Mayor in 1851.
* [[James Clark (businessman)|James Clark]] – Mayor of Auckland 1880–1883. Lived at 258 Remuera Road (now King's School).
* [[Thomas Cotter (solicitor)|Thomas Cotter]] – Auckland solicitor and [[List of King's and Queen's Counsel in New Zealand|King's Counsel]] – Lived at 4 Vincent Avenue.
* [[William Crowther (New Zealand politician)|William Crowther]] (1834–1900) – Mayor of Auckland. Horse Tram Company Operator.
* [[James Dilworth]] –  Served on the Auckland Provincial Council for eight years. He and his wife Isabella left money to create the well known Dilworth School which takes in and educates boys living in straitened circumstances.
* [[Edmund Hillary|Sir Edmund Hillary]] (1919–2008) – Mountaineer, explorer and Bee-Keeper. Hillary built a home in Remuera in 1956 where he lived until his death in 2008. His home was removed from its original location in 2010 and stored until moved in 2011 to [[Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate]] in [[Ōtara]] where it now houses a training programme for young leaders.<ref>{{cite web|author= Michael Field| date= 2 February 2011|title='New Home for Hillary House'|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4607362/New-home-for-Hillary-house | publisher=[[Fairfax New Zealand|Fairfax NZ News]]}} Retrieved 15 October 2013.</ref>
* [[Paul Holmes (broadcaster)|Sir Paul Holmes]] (1950–2013)
* [[Alfred George Horton]] (1842–1903) – Founder of ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' newspaper.
* Dame [[Rosie Horton]] (philanthropist) and Michael Horton – 44 Victoria Avenue.
* Rev [[John Kinder (priest)|John Kinder]] MA DD MD – Minister of St Mark's Remuera.
* [[Bruce McLaren]] (1937–1970) – Race car driver. He was born in the suburb and his family lived above their garage and service station on 586–592 Remuera Road until they moved around the corner to 8 Upland Road when he was 9.<ref name="Bruce McLaren"/>
* Sir [[Edwin Mitchelson]] (1845–1934) Mitchelson was an MP, Chairman of the Remuera Road Board and Auckland's Mayor at the same time. He was Mayor from 1903 to 1905 and was knighted in 1920.
* [[Joseph Newman (politician)|Joseph Newman]] – Lived at 4 St Vincent Avenue in a house he built in 1848, now called Cotter House. Newman was a Stockbroker. A well-known teetotaller, Newman died at the age of 77 from injuries sustained when a billboard on Queen Street advertising whisky fell on his head (10 September 1890). 
* [[James Pascoe Group|James Pascoe]] – Jeweller
* Sir [[John Reed (judge)|John Reed]], Supreme Court Judge – 239 Remuera Rd.
* Hon. [[Joseph Tole]], Minister of Justice from 1884 to 1887 – 251 Remuera Rd.
* [[William Chisholm Wilson]] – founder of ''The New Zealand Herald'' newspaper.
* [[Desley Simpson]] – local council politician.
* [[Christopher Luxon]] – Leader of the National Party, Prime Minister of New Zealand (since 2023)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Jenny Carlyon, Diana Morrow (2011) ''A Fine Prospect: a History of Remuera, Meadowbank and St Johns'', Auckland, N.Z., Random House, {{ISBN|9781869795139}}.
* Winifred Macdonald (1984) ''Recollections, 1850–1920: a Sketch History of Early Remuera'', Auckland N.Z., Milnes of Remuera.

==External links==
* [http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/representativesbodies/LocalBoards/Orakeilocalboard/Pages/default.aspx Orakei Local Board]
* [http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/Site/Welcome.ashx Remuera Heritage]   
* [http://www.remuera.org.nz/ Remuera Business Association]    
* [http://remueragolfclub.com Remuera Golf Club]
* [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=Subjects&QI0==%22Remuera%22&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2Fheritageimages%2Findex.htm&TN=heritageimages&SN=AUTO25641&SE=270&RN=0&MR=20&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=HIOReport&EF=&DF=HIORecord&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=331&NR=1&NB=0&SV=0&SS=1&BG=&FG=&QS=index&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1 Photographs of Remuera] held in [[Auckland Libraries|Auckland Libraries']] heritage collections.

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