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Rodney Local Board Area
Rodney Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of Auckland Council, and is administered by the ward councillor representing Rodney Ward. Located in the northern part of the Auckland region, it is named after the former Rodney District which existed before its amalgamation into Auckland Council in 2010. Nine elected Local Board members sit on the board. The Rodney Local Board is charged with decision-making on local issues, activities, and services, and provide input into regional strategies, policies, plans, and decisions. Governance The ward is divided into four parts, each containing a number of towns and settlements: * ''Kumeū subdivision:'' Kumeū, Helensville, Muriwai, Kaukapakapa and South Head * ''Dairy Flat subdivision:'' Dairy Flat, Coatesville, Wainui and Waitoki * ''Warkworth subdivision:'' Warkworth, Matakana, Leigh, Puhoi, Ahuroa, Kawau Island * ''Wellsford subdivision:'' Wellsford, Te Ārai, Pākiri, Port Albert, Tapora Demographics Rodney Loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Boards Of Auckland Council
Auckland Council () is the local government in New Zealand, local government municipal council, council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a Regions of New Zealand, regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, which established the council. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors, elected from 13 wards. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. It is the largest council in Oceania, with a $3 billion annual budget, $29 billion of ratepayer equity, and 9,870 full-time staff as of 30 June 2016. The council began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city". The council was es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairy Flat
Dairy Flat is a northern rural district located 8 km south of Orewa in the North Island of New Zealand and 28 km north of central Auckland. Until the early 1990s most of the district was in dairy farms of 40 to 60 hectares (100 to 150 acres), but with the growth of Auckland and the extension of the Northern Motorway into the area, these are being gradually overtime subdivided into lifestyle blocks of around 2 to 5 hectares (5 to 12 acres), many of which are grazing sheep, horses, beef cattle or deer. Although it still retains a rural character, it is counted as part of the Auckland urban area in official statistics. Geography 'Dairy Flat' lies within the Rodney ward on State Highway 1 and the former State Highway 17. There is a small village shopping centre and the Dairy Flat Primary School. A major facility is the North Shore Aerodrome owned and operated by the North Shore Aero Club. In addition to aero club and private aircraft, the field is used by Barrier Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Albert, New Zealand
Port Albert is situated on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour, approximately 8 kilometres west of Wellsford, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Originally called Albertland, it was the last of the major organised British settlements in New Zealand. History In 1861 William Rawson Brame, a Birmingham Baptist minister, founded the Albertland Special Settlement Association, organising Nonconformist (Protestantism), non-conformist immigrants to come to New Zealand as part of the last organised British people, British settlement in New Zealand. They included farmers, carpenters, servants, butchers, joiners, cabinetmakers, millers, drapers, sawyers, clerks and many other trades.Borrows, J.L. (1969). Albertland. A.H & A.W Reed. Auckland Albertland, named for Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Prince Albert, was planned as a large-scale settlement, and was one of the final settlements sponsored by the colonial government. The Albertlanders set sail for New Zealand o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pākiri
Pākiri is a locality in Auckland, in the former Rodney District of New Zealand. Leigh is about to the south-east. The Pākiri River flows through the area and into the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana to the north-east. The area is named for the Ngāti Wai chief, Te Kiri. The beach was originally known by the name Ngā One Haea o Pākiri ("The Gleaming White Sands of Pakiri"), Pākiri being the name of the Ngāti Wai pā found at the headlands of the Pākiri River. Ngāti Manuhiri, an iwi descended from the early Ngāti Wai ancestors in the area, are the mana whenua for the Pākiri area. Geography Pākiri Beach is a white sandy beach to the north. It is a tourist destination known for its natural environment. The Auckland Regional Council purchased two blocks of land in 2005, totalling , with of beach frontage, and is developed this into the Pākiri Regional Park. History During the 1860s, Pākiri Beach was the location of a kauri sawmill at the mouth of the Pākiri River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Ārai
Te Ārai is a small community on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, near the northern end of the Auckland Region (specifically within the former Rodney District). Mangawhai lies to the north, and Tomarata to the south. The name comes from Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, captain of the '' Moekākara'' waka, who landed here and set up a temporary shelter (''arai''). Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi was later buried at Te Ārai. Geography Te Ārai Beach is a sandy bottom beach and is a very popular surfing destination, rated one of the best surf locations in the Auckland region. Te Ārai Beach is the exact antipode of Gibraltar. Among the bird species found here is the critically endangered New Zealand fairy tern, of which only 11 breeding pairs are left in the world. Auckland Council Auckland Council () is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellsford
Wellsford () is a town on the Northland Peninsula in the northern North Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost major settlement in the Auckland Region, and is northwest of the Auckland CBD. It is a major regional centre, being located at the junction of State Highways 1 and 16, almost halfway between Auckland and the Northland city of Whangārei. The eastern Kaipara Harbour has been settled by Māori since the 13th or 14th centuries, who utilised the inland forests and marine resources of the Kaipara Harbour. The area became home to the Ngāti Whātua collective Te Uri-o-Hau by the mid-17th century, with hapū including Ngāti Mauku, Ngāti Tahuhu and Ngāti Rongo being established from the descendants of Haumoewhārangi, and by strategic marriages with Te Kawerau hapū. Wellsford was established by the Albertlanders in 1862, a group of Baptist tradespeople and farmers from the Birmingham area who settled the southern Ōruawharo River, developing into a timber and ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawau Island
Kawau Island is in the Hauraki Gulf, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the Māori word for the shag.At its closest point it lies off the coast of the Northland Peninsula, just south of Tāwharanui Peninsula, and about by sea journey from Sandspit Wharf, and shelters Kawau Bay to the north-east of Warkworth. It is north of Auckland. Almost every property on the island relies on direct access to the sea. There are only two short roads serving settlements at Schoolhouse Bay and South Cove, and most residents have private wharves for access to their front door steps. A regular ferry service operates to the island from Sandspit Wharf on the mainland, as do water taxi services. Mansion House, in the Kawau Island Historic Reserve, is an important historic tourist attraction. Geography The island is at its longest axes, and is almost bisected by the long inlet of Bon Accord Harbour, which is geologically a "drowned valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
