Glen Innes is a suburb

Suburb

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 located in Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. It is located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the waters of the Tamaki River

Tamaki River

The Tamaki River is, despite its name, mostly an estuarial arm and harbour of the Hauraki Gulf, within the city of Auckland in New Zealand. It extends south for 15 kilometres from its mouth between the Auckland suburb of Saint Heliers and the long thin peninsula of Bucklands Beach, which reaches...

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The main streets in Glen Innes are Line Road and Apirana Avenue, which meet at a roundabout. Glen Innes has a train station on the Eastern Line of the Auckland Rail Network, and is a hub for Stagecoach buses.

Glen Innes has for the most part been a low-income, working class area with a lot of run down government housing, however in recent years it has experienced some minor economic growth. In particular the "heights" area of Glen Innes is felt by some to becoming one of Auckland's most desirable places to live.

Recently, in a new effort to improve the quality of state housing

State housing

State housing is the system of public housing offered to New Zealand residents on low to moderate incomes. Some 66,000 houses are managed by Housing New Zealand Corporation, most of which are owned by the government.-The Liberal Government:...

 in Glen Innes, the Government has introduced "Talbot Park" an area of higher density housing, consisting of mostly apartment style places.

History of Glen Innes

The area is named after the farm estate of one of the Taylor Brothers. Three of them had farms in this area and built houses; Charles John Taylor at Glen Orchard (now Saint Heliers

Saint Heliers, New Zealand

Saint Heliers is a residential Auckland City suburb, located at the eastern end of the city, where the Tamaki estuary divides it from Manukau City.This area was originally called Glen Orchard after Lieutenant-Colonel William Taylor's farm...

), William Innes Taylor at Glen Innes, & Richard James Taylor at Glendowie

Glendowie, New Zealand

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. Their brother Allen Kerr Taylor lived over in Mount Albert

Mount Albert, New Zealand

Mount Albert is a volcanic peak and suburban area in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb was Auckland's second, after Remuera, and was mostly settled by well-off families in the late 1800s and early 1900s...

 in a house called Alberton. William Innes Taylor's house still stands today on West Tamaki Road.

Glen Innes was previously larger, but when the railway line went through, the area north-west of the line was renamed Saint Johns

Saint Johns, New Zealand

 - to the north-east  - to the east  - to the south-east  - to the south  - to the south-west  - to the west  - to the north-west Kohimarama Saint Heliers Glen Innes...

, after the theological college in the area.