and died in Auckland at the age of 95 in 1916. Impatient to see the hill-climb to his property reduced in grade, he subdivided in 1882. Later work by the Highway Board improved New North Road by cutting down three feet from McElwain's Hill between Kingsland and Morningside. Pat Kraus — a musician and synthesizer-builder who records and performs in Kingsland as Kraus. Transportation Kingsland is well-served by trains and buses, and is only 5 km from Auckland's CBD. The train station is right in the heart of Kingsland village, and trains run regularly into the city and the western suburbs beyond. The centre of the shopping and business activities in Kingsland is New North Road. By vehicle Kingsland can be accessed from the North Western Motorway (SH16) by taking the St Lukes off-ramp or from the CBD via Bond Street and Great North Road. Education Kowhai Intermediate is a coeducational intermediate (years 7-8) school with a roll of as of References External links Kingsland website Eden Park Auckland Destinations - Kingsland Post Office Light Show video Heritage in Hand NETCH Street Art video Photographs of Kingsland held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. Suburbs of Auckland