Titirangi (translation from Maori, meaning “The Fringe of Heaven”) is a beautiful natural area in the south east of the Waitakere Ranges, bordering the Manuakau Harbour and the suburbs of Glen Eden, New Lynn and Green Bay, with Laingholm to the west, and marks the end of Auckland’s urban sprawl.
“If I didn’t live in Titirangi, I wouldn’t live in Auckland. If I didn’t live in Auckland, I probably wouldn’t live in New Zealand. If I ....” so wrote great New Zealand author Maurice Shadbolt. Other greats who lived in Titirangi include painter Colin McCahon, while cricketers Jeff and Martin Crowe attended Titirangi School.
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