New Zealand - Auckland
- Looking southeast showing part of Okahu Bay and Orakei Pa with Tamaki Drive along the foreshore and the Auckland City Council pumping station left
- 1931
- Photographer: Richardson, James D
Orakei
- A suburb of Auckland city
- Located on a peninsula five kilometres to the east of the city centre
- The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of adornment" for Ōrākei.
- Home to some of Auckland's most expensive real estate
- Paritai Drive in Orakei is generally regarded as the most expensive street in Auckland
- Orakei North had a population of 5,493 at the 2013 New Zealand census
(Reference: Wikipedia)
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Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 4-4258
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