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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Parnell

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Auckland

    University in Auckland, New Zealand

    2.2 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sky Tower

    Observation and communication tower in Auckland, New Zealand

    2.8 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Eden Park

    Sports stadium in New Zealand

    3.5 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Auckland University of Technology

    University at Auckland

    2.1 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

    Museum and war memorial in Auckland, New Zealand

    800 m · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Auckland Art Gallery

    Art museum in Auckland, New Zealand

    2.3 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill

    Mountain in New Zealand

    3.7 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Spark Arena

    Multipurpose arena in New Zealand

    2.2 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Patrick's Cathedral

    Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand

    2.9 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium

    Public aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand

    3.8 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Parnell

Airports
Auckland (AKL), 16 km
Stations
Port of Auckland, 2.6 km · The Strand Station, 2 km · Greenlane railway station, 2.8 km · Remuera railway station, 1.7 km · Kingsland railway station, 3.5 km
  • Wellington → Parnell
    491 km · quickest by air, 4h 22m · NZ$170–260
  • Christchurch → Parnell
    763 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · NZ$210–330
  • Queenstown → Parnell
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Parnell

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Parnell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt is the main information centre for public transport, where you will find free bus, train and ferry schedules.
  • Get inThe ferry terminal is across Quay St from Waitemata.
  • Get inFerries run to several places on the North Shore, West Auckland (upper Waitematā Harbour) and East Auckland.

From Wikivoyage: Auckland/Central, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,042 km
  2. 02
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    2,427 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    2,434 km
  4. 04
    AitutakiCK

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    3,185 km
  5. 05
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,344 km

If you know how people move in Parnell – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Parnell

Parnell is 3 km from Auckland, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.