I live in Remuera. Remuwera or Remu-wera is roughly translated as 'burnt hem of a garment' and reflecting the volcanic heritage of the area with the volcanic cone of the same name.Remuera is a residential suburban area within Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located four kilometres to the southeast of the city centre. According to the 2001 census, Remuera has a population of 6,324.
The suburb extends from Hobson Bay and the Orakei Basin (two arms of the Waitemata Harbour to the north and east, to the main thoroughfare of State Highway 1 in the southwest. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Newmarket, Greenlane and Meadowbank.
Traditionally occupied by the higher-income bracket, especially on its "Northern Slopes" (a term that refers to the part of Remuera north of Remuera Road) the suburb has become regarded as the stereotypical retreat of the rich in popular New Zealand thought, and is therefore used as a name to describe this income group - usually in disparaging tones. The term 'Remuera tractor', for example, is a common nickname for upmarket SUV vehicles. Remuera is home to many well known New Zealanders including Paul Holmes and the late Sir Edmund Hillary.
-a la Wikipedia.
4 comments:
I wanna Remuera tractor. lol
-David
Hmmmm.........the Beverly Hills of Auckland! And the Beverly Hills tractor is the Hummer! I won't mention any resemblance you two have to the Beverly Hillbillies...ok,.I'll stop here!
Who's Paul Holmes? I'm sure some
one or two there have made a pun
using Remora. If not have at it.
Beautiful area, we noticed from
HGTV that there are other more or
less upscale neighborhoods in that
general vicinity.
How have you been? Did you get a new job? Hope you are doing good
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