vehicle Mt Eden can be accessed from the Southern Motorway (SH1) by taking the Green Lane off-ramp, and continuing onto Balmoral Road or from the City end – via Symonds Street and Mt Eden Road. Mount Eden domain is located just north of the village centre along Mt Eden Road. Notable residents Professor Sir Algernon Thomas (1857–1937), professor of natural sciences at Auckland University College 1883–1914, lived at Trewithiel on Mountain Road from 1890 until his death. Cyril Bassett, – Victoria Cross recipient. Hamish Carter – New Zealand Triathlete that won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics. James Chapman-Taylor – Architect – designed a set of houses for his family in Valley Road called Pan's Garden. Josiah Clifton Firth (1826–1897) – Businessman – Constructed a concrete castle called Clifton House. Louis Aldophus Durrieu – Settler – lived on Mount Eden Road. William Elliot (c.1864–1934) – Local businessman, Chair of the 1913 Auckland Exhibition. Christine Fletcher Mayor of Auckland and MP Dick Frizzell – Painter Justice Gillies – High Court Judge – Thomas Bannatyne Gillies (1828–1889) Lived at Rocklands Hall on Gillies Avenue. Phil Goff – Mayor of Auckland, Former Labour Party Leader and Foreign and Defence Minister, was born in Mount Eden. William Gummer – Architect – Lived in a house called Stoneways on Mountain Road. Amy Hellaby (Amy Maria Briscoe) Widow of Richard Hellaby (Butchery Empire) lived at Bramcote (now Florence Court) Omana Avenue. Paul Holmes (1950–2013) – Television journalist Trevor Lloyd – Cartoonist for the Dominion Newspaper and seems to be the first to use a kiwi bird as a representation of a New Zealander. Lived in a concrete house he designed himself in Clive Road. Sir Frank Mappin (1884–1975) Orchardist, horticulturist, philanthropist – Lived at Birchlands, Mountain Road. Lady Mappin – Eliza Ruby Thomson (- 1973). Together with her husband in 1969, donated Birchlands to be the current Auckland Government House. Colonel Owens – Landowner – Lived at a house called Brightside in Owens Road. Stanley Palmer – Painter Ian Scott – Artist, lived and worked on Marsden Avenue 1981 until his death Lala Seabrook – Socialite and collector – lived at Florence Court. Philip Seabrook ( – 1972) – Director of Seabrook Fowlds Motor Corporation. Lived at Florence Court, Omana Avenue. Wolfgang Strauss – Health food manufacturer – political refugee. Katherine Styles – illegitimate daughter of Benjamin Disraeli Sir James Wallace – Businessman and Art Collector.