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In contrast to the suburb's relatively bourgeois orientation, New Zealand's main maximum security prison is located at Paremoremo, five kilometres to the west of Albany, although this rural locality is increasingly being gentrified.
National MP and cabinet minister Steven Joyce lives in Albany.
A tornado hit Albany on 3 May 2011 destroying the roof of a shopping centre, killing one and injuring 14.
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