An instant Tāmaki Makaurau landmark, Toi is a seven-storey stunner clad in harakeke-green bricks that offers breath-taking views of the Waitematā harbour and our beautiful city. 

The building sits just 400m from Pt Chev Village, home to one of the busiest bus routes in the city. It’s also a short stroll to two train stations, and with the Northwestern cycleway is on your doorstep, the CBD just a 10-minute e-bike whizz away.

There are 65 apartments in a range of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom options, as well as a residents’ lounge, so Toi is your ticket to a super-connected city lifestyle. But there’s something extra special about this one. Toi is the first building, the foundation stone of a new suburb – an entirely new 11-hectare community called Maungārongo, which, in time, will have a diverse tapestry of buildings and amenities, including a supermarket, a swim club, a daycare, a commercial gym and a hospitality precinct centred around an array of communal spaces.

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Living at Toi

Style and substance

Instantly recognisable, Toi is a striking refinement of the distinctly residential ‘look’ that has evolved over our 21 developments so far. Its walls are brick – a custom-coloured, verdant green inspired by the harakeke.

It looks fabulous – style and substance we like to think – though there’s more to this than mere aesthetics. Says Ockham’s Mark Todd: “It’s an essential design principle we follow: we want our buildings to age gracefully with minimal ongoing costs. I believe developers have an ethical obligation to build with durable materials so residents are spared maintenance work.”

About Maungārongo

The latest instalment in the Ockham-Marutūāhu story, Maungārongo is a $2.5bn new suburb that will be developed over the next decade. Set across 11 hectares on the site of the former Unitec Campus in Pt Chevalier, it will have a diverse tapestry of buildings and amenities, such as a supermarket, a swim club, a daycare, a commercial gym and a hospitality precinct centred around an array of communal spaces. 

Toi is the first building in an initial tranche of four that’ll be built along the north-east edge of Maungārongo, down the Pt Chev end, near the historic brick buildings of the former Carrington Hospital. Ockham Construction has also completed the second building, Whetū, a 10-level building consisting of 77 apartments with ground floor retail space.

Marutūāhu Chair, Paul Majurey paints the bigger picture. “Maungārongo is a staged development, a 10-to-15-year project,” he reveals. “In time, it will have over 3,000 homes across 40 buildings.”

“With Maungārongo, we’re building a village within a city,” Ockham’s Mark Todd adds. “It’s a very special project — creating a high-quality, colourful, urban kāinga of self-sufficient communities which animates Auckland’s ambition to be a compact and connected city.

Behold! Toi

Location guide

Toi sits 400m from Pt Chev Village, home to one of busiest bus routes in the city and, very possibly, its finest bread – the warm, golden sourdough deliciousness of Daily Bread. It’s less than a kilometre from the eclectic buzz of Mt Albert Shops with its hilariously duelling BBQ noodle houses. It’s a short walk from the Mt Albert and Baldwin Ave train stations, while the Northwestern cycleway zooms by your door.

Here lieth the best backyard in the city! Stroll down Pt Chev Road, past a French-inspired café cluster, past Pt Chev Beach Café with its heavenly gelato, and cool off at Auckland’s calmest, most zen family beach. Collect your thoughts with a wander around Western Springs or head straight to the tranquil inner-city wilderness of Te Auaunga / Oakley Creek with its mesmeric six-metre waterfall. In the heart of the isthmus, right among the action, this is simply a wonderful place to live...