Avondale, New Zealand

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Avondale is the name of suburbs in the cities of Auckland and Christchurch in New Zealand.

[edit] Avondale, Auckland

Suburb:	Avondale
City:	Auckland City
Island:	North Island
Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the west	Waitemata Harbour Owairaka New Lynn Kelston

Avondale is a suburb to the west of Auckland city centre. it was originally called "Te Whau", which is the Māori name of Entelea arborescens, a native tree. The first European settler in the area was John Sheddon Adam in 1843, but settlement did not begin in earnest until the late 1850s, with the completion of the Great North Road. Expansion was rapid, with churches, stores, and a public hall built by 1867. With a railway connection to the settlement in 1880, the rate of settlement increased still further. The Whau became Avondale District on June 5, 1882, although the old name survives in the Whau River, an estuarial arm of the Waitemata Harbour which runs along the western edge of the suburb.

Early industries included brickyards, tanneries, mills, and pottery works. Avondale also had numerous market gardens, especially on the Rosebank Peninsula. It was here that the "Hayward" cultivar for the Chinese Gooseberry, later known as the kiwifruit was developed by Hayward Wright.

From the mid 1920s Avondale became increasingly suburban. It was controlled by a borough council at this time, but has been part of Auckland City since 1927.

New Zealand home of the introduced Australian Avondale spider.

According to the 2001 census, Avondale has a population of 8451.

Avondale is also home to Avondale College, the second largest high school in New Zealand.

[edit] Avondale, Christchurch

Suburb:	Avondale
City:	Christchurch
Island:	South Island
Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the west	Burwood New Brighton Wainoni Dallington

Avondale is a suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located six kilometres to the northeast of the city centre, and is close to the Avon River, four kilometres to the northwest of its estuary.