Penrose, New Zealand

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Suburb:	Penrose
City:	Auckland City
Island:	North Island
Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the west	Ellerslie Mount Wellington Southdown, Te Papapa Oranga

Penrose is an industrial area in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, at a distance of about nine kilometres, between the suburbs of Oranga and Mount Wellington, and close to the Mangere Inlet, an arm of the Manukau Harbour.

Penrose is under the local governance of the Auckland City Council.

According to the 2001 census, Penrose has a population of 573.

Despite having a relatively low residential population, it is the site of Penrose High School, which attracts many students from out of the suburb, many of its students coming from as far as 20 km away.

Mount Smart Stadium is located in Penrose.

Penrose is on the North Auckland line and is the junction point of the Onehunga Branch line.

[edit] History of Penrose

The area was first settled by Europeans as a military establishment during the Maori Wars in the mid 1860s.

The railway between Auckland and Onehunga running through Penrose was one of the first Government funded railways in New Zealand, being opened in 1873.