Epsom, New Zealand

The area is known for its tree-lined, well-ordered streets, parks and a great variety of architecture, with century-old villas competing with late 20th century modern housing. The University of Auckland Faculty of Education(formerly known as the Auckland College of Education) campus is situated at this district.

Epsom is noted for Auckland Grammar School and Epsom Girls' Grammar School.

Epsom is also the name of an Electorate that includes Epsom, Remuera, Parnell, Broadway Park, and part of Balmoral. Former Auckland Mayor Christine Fletcher, was elected as Member of Parliament for Epsom in 1996. This electorate as of 2005 is the wealthiest in the country, with an average income well above the national average.

With the 2005 General Election the MP for Epsom is Rodney Hide, leader of the ACT Party, who replaced Richard Worth of the National Party. To get into Parliament, a political party needs either an electorate seat or 5% of the party vote. Because Act was polling at around 2%, and polls also showed the balance between left wing and right wing parties was very slim, it was clear well before the election that the Epsom electorate could make a key difference in the Government. This lead many right-wing voters to abandon center-right National party, and vote tactically for Act. Similarly, some center left voters voted for National in an attempt to prevent Rodney Hide from bringing himself and other Act MPs into parliament. As it turned out, Rodney Hide won, and brought one other MP, Heather Roy, into Parliament. However, this was not enough to stop Helen Clark forming a center-left government (though likely made it more difficult to do so).