It is the home of Eden Park, New Zealand's largest stadium, which hosted the finals for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Kingsland was established in the 1880s with the sale of allotments; the buildings predominantly date from the Edwardian and the interwar periods.New North Road is the main thoroughfare in Kingsland, running northeast–southwest from the Auckland Central Business District (CBD), with the suburb running along the ridge line.

In 1841, Te Kawau gifted 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) to the colonial government and Auckland began to take shape as a city.

That population growth combined with the establishment of rail and bus connections into the city by the early 1880s created excellent conditions for John McElwain to subdivide his farm.

[13] The community was centred around Arthur W. Page's general store on New North Road,[7] which was soon joined by multiple new shops.

[13] New housing estates including Hirstleigh, Leith Hall and Melvia subdivided more land around Kingsland into suburban homes,[13] and by the 1910s ingsland had developed into a working class commuter suburb of Auckland.

[15] A new post office was built in Kingsland in 1912, joined by St George's Anglican Church in 1913 and a cinema, the Theatre Royal, in 1915.

[15] Eden Park became a major sporting venue for cricket and rugby in the 1910s and 1920s, but was plagued by regular drainage issues.

[19] The Northwestern Motorway was cut through in the 1970s, severing the cross streets that linked Kingsland to Surrey Crescent and Arch Hill, leaving Bond St as the sole direct connection to these suburbs.

[citation needed] In 1997, Kog Transmissions, a large recording studio and independent label for New Zealand musicians, was established in the suburb.

[20] Musicians including Concord Dawn, P-Money and Pitch Black recorded material here, until the studio moved to a new premises in 2010.

[28] The residents of Albert-Eden elect a local board, and two councillors from the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward to sit on the Auckland Council.

Every year it hosts almost half a million local and international sports fans and patrons who attend matches and functions at the park.

[29] The park underwent a $240 million, three-year redevelopment prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Including a temporary expansion to 60,000 seats and the addition of four giant Māori carvings at each of the four main public entrances.

[30] Eden Park was located at the low point of Cabbage Tree Swamp, with the road running on a causeway across it.

[35] John McElwain — Kingsland's first land developer, was born in County Louth, Ireland in 1821 and died in Auckland at the age of 95 in 1916.

Later work by the Highway Board improved New North Road by cutting down three feet from McElwain's Hill between Kingsland and Morningside.