🎖️ Memorial Square, New Lynn

New Zealand · Oceania · 36.91°S, 174.68°E

New Lynn War Memorial Library is a public library located in New Lynn, West Auckland, New Zealand. Opening in 1956 as part of a planned community centre precinct and World War I memorial, the original library was demolished and redeveloped in 2005. Memorial Square at the entrance to the museum was redeveloped in 1998 to a design by landscape architect Megan Wraight. The square incorporates brick columns and a sunken waka sculpture, added in 2000 and designed by Te Kawerau ā Maki carvers Sunnah Thompson and Rewi Spraggon.

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Quick facts

Country	New Zealand
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	36.91°S, 174.68°E · view on map

Memorial Square, New Lynn is located in New Zealand, in Oceania.

More war memorials in New Zealand

Boer War Memorial, New Plymouth · Bridge of Remembrance · Citizens' War Memorial · Dunedin Cenotaph · First World War Memorial Beacon · Hokitika Clock Tower · National War Memorial (New Zealand) · New Zealand Wars Memorial, Auckland · New Zealand Wars Memorial, New Plymouth · Nurses' Memorial Chapel.

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