Aotea Square

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Aotea Square is a major public plaza and event space in central Auckland, New Zealand, known for hosting cultural festivals, concerts, and civic gatherings.

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Label Occurrences
Aotea Square canonical 2
Auckland city centre civic precinct 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event space
plaza
public square
adjacentTo Aotea Centre
Auckland Town Hall
Civic Theatre, Auckland
country New Zealand
hasArtwork "Mountain Fountain" (Ralph Hotere and Bill Culbert)
"Waharoa" gateway sculpture
hasCapacity tens of thousands of people (approximate)
hasCoordinateLatitude -36.851
hasCoordinateLongitude 174.763
hasFeature large paved open space
public art
steps and terraced seating
water features
hasLighting outdoor event lighting infrastructure
hasParkingFacility underground car park
hasPublicTransportConnection Aotea railway station (under-construction city rail link station)
hasStageInfrastructure temporary stages for events
hasUse civic gatherings
concerts
cultural festivals
markets
public ceremonies
public demonstrations
inception 1979
locatedIn Auckland
Auckland
surface form: Auckland CBD

central Auckland
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Auckland Region
locatedOnStreet Queen Street
namedAfter Great Barrier Island
surface form: Great Barrier Island (Aotea)
officiallyOpenedBy Sir Dove-Myer Robinson
openToPublic yes
operator Auckland Council
ownedBy Auckland Council
partOf Aotea Square self-linksurface differs
surface form: Auckland city centre civic precinct
surface paved
underwentRenovation 2010
usedFor New Year’s Eve celebrations
community events
political rallies

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Auckland hasLandmark Aotea Square
Aotea Square partOf Aotea Square self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Auckland city centre civic precinct
Queen Street hasNearbyLandmark Aotea Square
subject surface form: Queen Street (Auckland)