21 MANAPAU STREET, MEADOWBANK
THE UNASSUMING MAGIC OF MEADOWBANK
OCKHAM’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH MEADOWBANK, TRAINS AND THE CITY RAIL LINK
Station M is Ockham’s second boutique apartment building in Meadowbank, following the successful completion of Koa Flats just around the corner in 2023.
Situated by a bush-fringed lagoon, with the Meadowbank train station on its doorstep, Station M epitomises Meadowbank’s magic. This stunning, five-storey earth brick and decorative precast concrete building consists of just 14 spacious, lightfilled apartments and is a quick two train stops (nine minutes) from the city centre’s vibrant waterfront and Britomart, Commercial Bay, the Viaduct, and Wynyard Quarter.
Ōrākei Bay Village, an urban retail and hospitality wonder, is a short stroll across the Ōrākei Basin boardwalk. You’ll find fresh produce and the best wines and groceries at boutique grocer Farro, or you can grab coffee and delicious meals in a relaxed atmosphere at Ampersand Eatery. F45 caters to the gym junkies, or the movie buffs can see a film at luxury cinema Silky Otter. At Station M you’ll enjoy the perfect home, intimately connected to the best our city has to offer with no traffic, no drama, and no worries.
Taking inspiration from Ōrākei Basin, Station M comes with its own landscaped garden, pool, and residents’ lounge. The 14 apartments all offer protected north or west views of Tāmaki Makaurau’s stunning waterways and dramatic landscape, with a magical sunset framing of the CBD to the west.
Simple, relaxed, low-maintenance living as it should be, Station M is a home to enjoy the best of Auckland. If you’re looking for a sense of close-knit community and that classic Ockham quality and style, Station M is the one. Subtle, elegant, understated – it’ll be right at home here in Meadowbank. We reckon you will be, too.
BUILT WITH OCKHAM’S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY AND LONGEVITY
Station M is the latest in a long line of Ockham developments, so we know what works – solid concrete and steel structures, earth-brick cladding, double-glazing and air conditioning... it’s our trademark attention to detail that is the Ockham difference.
Station M’s perfectly patterned façade, using decorative precast concrete and terracotta-coloured brick, is beautiful, enduring, and low maintenance, keeping ongoing costs to a minimum.
Construction Specs
• Built to the latest engineering and earthquake standards
• Exterior walls constructed of precast concrete and brick façade on cavity
• Foundations: concrete raft slab with concrete piles
• Structure: concrete shear walls, concrete and steel beams with concrete floors
• Lower level roofs: concrete with membrane roof Top level roof: timber framed with membrane roof
• Doors and windows: double glazed, powdercoated aluminium with a thermal break in the frame that reduces condensation and increases insulation properties
• Tiled concrete balconies
• Individual hot water cylinders
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Residents’ Facilities
Apartment living is at its heart a social and connected way of life. We believe it is important, even in our smaller projects, to have a community commons, something shared by residents and used to gather and socialise. At Station M, the commons are an outdoor pool, and a residents’ lounge with kitchenette to enjoy a meal with family and friends.
Considered Interiors
Our buildings are known for their beauty and they’re every bit as lovely on the inside. Each apartment epitomises modern elegance – the generous 2.55m stud height in the main living areas and bedrooms creates an open, airy feel, while energyefficient LED lighting adds an inviting ambiance. The bedrooms boast 100% New Zealand-made wool carpet, offering warmth and comfort, with detailed built-in wardrobes that blend style with functionality. Brushed nickel tapware adds timeless sophistication to the kitchens and bathrooms, while exquisite stone benchtops and porcelain tiles create a sense of serene splendour.
Functional Elegance
Every kitchen is a testament to New Zealand craftmanship, with elegantly engineered stone benchtops, soft-close drawers and stunning splashback tiles that mirror the intricate beauty of rock stratification. All of the kitchens have externally vented rangehoods that maintain a fresh, clean environment. The comprehensive appliance package includes an oven, fridge, induction cooktop, dishwasher, rangehood and washer/dryer combo. Larger apartments feature stacked washer/dryers for added convenience.
The bathrooms are a sanctuary of style and function, adorned with beautiful porcelain wall and floor tiles. New Zealand-made vanities with soft curved edges are paired with semi-recessed basins and matching mirror cabinets, creating a harmonious blend of form and function, while frameless glass shower screens with customised, stainless steel shower bases provide a touch of modern luxury.
You have the option to choose between two exquisite colour schemes, allowing for personal expression in your living space. This is more than just a home, it’s a curated experience of superior quality and thoughtful design.
21 Manapau Street, Meadowbank, Auckland 1072
MEADOWBANK LOCATION GUIDE
Tucked into the Ōrākei Basin, Meadowbank is a demure contender for Auckland’s Best-Kept Secret Award. Replete with restored waterways and birdlife, awash with the most excellent eateries, Meadowbank is blooming. But even with the local buzz and downtown waterfront proximity, Meadowbank remains quiet and harmonious, a model of estuarine calm.
Impeccably Connected
Meadowbank Train Station, with its nine-minute run to Britomart, is right on your doorstep. Buses at the Meadowbank Road shops whisk you into town via Remuera (every 10 minutes), Newmarket (every 15 minutes), or Parnell (every 30 minutes). But Meadowbank’s pièce de résistance is Te Ara Ki Uta Ki Tai, the 7km shared pathway that runs from Tamaki Drive, through the eastern ’burbs and out to Glen Innes.
LEFT: Ampersand Eatery
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Ōrākei Bay Village
Parks and Recreation
For a dose of serenity after a busy day, it’s hard to go past Ōrākei Basin. In the unlikely event you tire of perambulating around the Basin itself, Waiatarua Reserve, 41 hectares of wilderness and wonder, awaits. More than half this urban paradise is a wetland restoration project, New Zealand’s largest, where pukeko, pīwakawaka, and herons of all feather flock, along with local artists, aesthetes, dog walkers, MAMILs, and joggers.
Could there be any finer reward for living in this luscious part of Tāmaki Makaurau? Probably not, though if you want fun and games closer to home, hop down to the end of Koa Street to the Tahapa Reserve, where you’ll find a playground, basketball hoop, and access to the Te Ara Ki Uta Ki Tai pathway. Yep, time for another lap.
ABOVE & RIGHT: Local eateries
Further Afield
Meadowbank serves as a stepping-stone to the Eastern Bays, meaning you can zip across to Mission Bay, Kohimarama, and St Heliers within 15 minutes. Remuera is just seven minutes’ drive, Newmarket 10 to 12, though we imagine the cycleways and superlative train connections will be hard to resist. If the weather’s nice and you’ve got a good podcast on, you can stroll the coastal route to Auckland War Memorial Museum in an hour.
School Zones
Meadowbank School, Mt Carmel School, St Joseph’s School, Selwyn College, and Baradene College.
LEFT: Father Rabbit
LEFT, RIGHT & BELOW: Morning views around Ōrākei Basin
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THE OCKHAM KAUPAPA
We love Auckland. And over the past decade, we’ve assembled incontrovertible scientific evidence that Tāmaki Makaurau is one of the world’s loveliest cities. Start with the Waitaks, start with Te Waonui-a-Tiriwa, the great forest of Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa, which is a grand entrance to the wild, wondrous West Coast beaches that rage beyond. Now to other side, to the east, to the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana with its 50 islands, then to the city itself built among 50 Tūpuna Maunga, the volcanic sentinels centring you wherever you are.
We strive to make buildings as beautiful as the landscapes they sit within. We call ourselves ‘urban regenerators’ – we want to play our part in making the new Auckland work, without losing the charm of the old. We look long-term: we see housing as infrastructure – the building blocks of community.
And building community is at the core of what we do. Outside bricks and mortar, we contribute in many ways: we are the lead sponsor of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, and we fund the Ockham Collective and Bridget Williams Books’ Texts Collection (among other initiatives). We are the lead private funder of Objectspace, New Zealand’s leading design, craft, and architecture museum based in Rose Road, Ponsonby.
We are also the proud sponsor of New Zealand’s most successful football team, the FIFA Club World Cup-bound Auckland City FC and the first XV of One Tree Hill College.
But we’re best known for our elegant and enduring buildings, which you’ll see on the following pages of this brochure. Buildings for Auckland.
We’ve finished 18 developments so far, won plenty of plaudits. But we have heaps still to do. Our mission in a single (admittedly long!) sentence: “To make beautiful buildings that people love to live in, homes that honour this dynamic Pacific city, stand the test of time, inspire others –and bring an awesome Auckland lifestyle to as many people and communities as we can.”
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PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022
OUR GREATEST HITS (SO FAR)
We have a track record of building homes that Aucklanders love. Even so, we know that buying off the plans can be an act of faith. It can be hard to visualise what a building looks like from the artist’s impression; conceptualising what an apartment feels like inside from a floorplan takes considerable imagination. While modern technology allows us to render our gestating buildings more accurately than ever, there’s no substitute for bricks and mortar.
And this is where potential Ockham buyers are at a distinct advantage. We’ve built up a substantial portfolio in our 15 years in the game – 1,227 apartments across the isthmus that both stand out and also belong to their communities. The photo galleries on our website will give you some idea, though nothing surpasses experiencing the buildings live. Set aside a few hours on a sunny Saturday arvo and check them out.
The Greenhouse, 20 Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn
Manaaki, 9 Jordan Ave, Onehunga
Merit: Multi-Unit Residential Property Award 2024
Excellence: Homes and Communities Community and Affordable Housing Property Award 2024
Aalto 2 Finch Street, Morningside
Aroha, 1817 Great North Road, Avondale
Merit: Multi-Unit Residential Property Award 2024
Winner: Multi-unit Home of the Year 2024, Home Magazine Home of the Year Awards
Gold: Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards 2023
Finalist: Colour Category, Best Design Awards 2023
Gold: Jim Matthews Brick Awards 2023
Supreme Winner: Jim Matthews Brick Awards 2022
Runner-up: Here Awards Multi-unit category 2021
Koa Flats, 4 Koa Street, Meadowbank Merit: Multi-Unit Residential Property Award 2024
The Nix, 6 Nixon Street, Grey Lynn Merit: Multi-Unit Residential Property Award 2023
Kōkihi, 1 Oakley Avenue, Waterview. Silver: Jim Matthews Brick Awards 2023
Merit: Multi-Unit Residential Property Award 2022
Modal 845 New North Road, Mt Albert. Winner: Multi-unit Residential, Property Award 2022
Tuatahi, 1 Soljak Place, Mt Albert
Set Buildings, 24-26 Racecourse Parade, Avondale
Bernoulli Gardens 81 Mapou Road, Hobsonville Point Longlisted for: 2019 Home of the Year
Daisy,11 Akepiro Street, Mt Eden Winner: Excellence, 2019 Property Industry Awards
Hypatia, 246 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton
Station R 11 Fenton Street, Mt Eden Shortlisted for: 2018 Home of the Year.
The Turing, 2 Ariki Street, Grey Lynn The Isaac Buildings, 54-64 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn Wamaka, 36 Wilkinson Road, Ellerslie
The Ockham Building, 39 Sandringham Road, Kingsland
For more information, and more pics, visit our website:
ockham.co.nz/station-m
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Ockham Residential thanks these members of the Meadowbank and Ōrākei community who allowed us to photograph their fine establishments:
Ōrākei Bay Village
Ampersand Eatery
Father Rabbit
...and Auckland Council for our wonderful parks
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Disclaimer: While we’ve taken every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information found in this document, Ockham Residential Realty Ltd and Bayleys Realty Group cannot take any responsibility for any errors or omissions. Purchasers are advised to complete their own due diligence on the subject property.
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For more information, please contact:
Lisa Redgrove
Phone: 021 415 980
Email: lisa@ockham.co.nz
Zara Kehoe
Phone: 021 162 4451
Email: zara@ockham.co.nz
Paula Halford
Phone: 021 705 199
Email: paula.halford@bayleys.co.nz
Louise Stringer
Phone: 021 628 839
Email: louise.stringer@bayleys.co.nz