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Hibiscus And Bays Local Board
The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is one of two boards overseen by the council's Albany Ward councillors. The board consists of eight members elected at large. The board's area is divided into the Hibiscus Coast subdivision and the East Coast Bays subdivision, the latter of which stretches as far south as Campbells Bay. The board area also includes Tiritiri Matangi Island, off the end of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. Geography The area includes the suburbs of Waiwera, Orewa, Red Beach, Stanmore Bay, Manly, Army Bay, Gulf Harbour, Arkles Bay, Silverdale, Stillwater, Long Bay, Torbay, Waiake, Browns Bay, Rothesay Bay, Murrays Bay, Mairangi Bay and Campbells Bay. The boundary of Hibiscus and Bays stretches from Waiwera in the north to Campbells Bay in the south, and across the Whangaparaoa Peninsula out to Tiritiri Matangi Island in the east. The main town centres are at Orewa, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa, Br ... [...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] |
Red Beach, New Zealand
Red Beach is a suburb surrounding the beach of the same name on the Hibiscus Coast, Auckland, New Zealand, at the base of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. The suburb of Silverdale is to the south-west, and Orewa to the north. Geography The beach is on the Hauraki Gulf and the suburb is bounded by two estuaries, that of the Weiti River to the south and the Ōrewa River to the north. The beach is named for its reddish colour.Hayward, B.W., 2020. ''Mountains, volcanoes, coasts and caves: origins of Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural wonders'' Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University Press. 384 pp. The sand is light brownish-grey in colour and its "red" colour is due to fragments of dark orange-brown, iron-stained, fossil shell. The majority of the iron-stained shells consists of highly fragmented bivalve shells, which are less than across.Hayward, B.W., 2023''Red Beach - What's in a name?''''Geocene.'' 32, pp. 16-17. The Hibiscus Coast Highway runs through the suburb. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrays Bay, New Zealand
Murrays Bay is a small suburb in the East Coast Bays region, located in the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore of Auckland. The suburb is roughly the same size as Rothesay Bay, the suburb to the immediate north. It is primarily a residential area but does have a community centre, restaurant and café. Murrays Bay is regularly serviced by buses which go to Takapuna and the Auckland City, Auckland city centre. Geography Murrays Bay is located in the East Coast Bays of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, between Rothesay Bay and Mairangi Bay. The bay itself is located between Tatarata Point, the headland to the east, and Mairangi Bay to the south. A stream runs eastwards through the suburb, called the Taiorahi Creek. The land is primarily formed from clay and Waitemata sandstone, which can be seen in the cliffs along the coast. Prior to human settlement, the inland Murrays Bay area was primarily a northern broadleaf podocarp forest, dominated by Podocarpus totara, t� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothesay Bay
Rothesay Bay is a small suburb in Auckland's East Coast Bays region. The suburb is roughly the same size as Murrays Bay, the suburb to the immediate south. Geography Rothesay Bay is located in the East Coast Bays of the North Shore, between Browns Bay and Murrays Bay. The bay looks out to the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel Peninsula. An unnamed stream flows north-east through the suburb to the Hauraki Gulf. The soil is primarily formed from clay and Waitemata sandstone, which can be seen in the cliffs along the coast. Prior to human settlement, the inland Rothesay Bay area was primarily a northern broadleaf podocarp forest, dominated by tōtara, mataī, miro, kauri and kahikatea trees. Pōhutukawa trees were a major feature of the coastline. During the 19th century, the area was dominated by mānuka shrubs. History Māori history Māori settlement of the Auckland Region began around the 13th or 14th centuries. The North Shore was settled by Tāmaki Māori, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browns Bay, New Zealand
Browns Bay is one of the most northernmost suburbs in the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area, located in the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore. Named after the Brown family who settled here in 1876, Browns Bay became a holiday destination in the late 19th century. The area gradually developed into a suburb of Auckland in the 1950s, and was the administrative centre for the East Coast Bays City from 1975 until it was disestablished in 1989. During the 1990s, the suburb became a hub for the South African New Zealanders, South African New Zealander community. Geography Browns Bay is located in the East Coast Bays of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, between Waiake and Rothesay Bay. The bay looks out to the Hauraki Gulf islands of Rangitoto, Motutapu Island and Rakino Island. A small stream, the Taiaotea Creek, flows east through the suburb towards the Hauraki Gulf. The soil in Browns Bay is primarily formed from clay and Waitemata sandstone, which can be seen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiake
Waiake is one of the northernmost suburbs of the North Shore, in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the East Coast Bays between the suburbs of Browns Bay to the south and Torbay to the north. It has a beach (named Waiake Beach), which looks out to the Tor, a presque-isle at the north end of the beach that becomes an island at high tide. Waiake is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. Geography Waiake is a suburb of North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand, adjacent to Waiake Beach. It is in the East Coast Bays area, surrounded by Torbay, New Zealand to the north and west, and Browns Bay to the south. Deep Creek is a stream along the border between Torbay and Waiake that flows eastwards into Waiake Beach. The bay to the east of the suburb is called Torbay, which has a small coastal stack presque-isle known as the Tor. The south-eastern headland of the suburb is called Tipau Point. The land at Torbay is primarily made up of Waitemata Group sandstone, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torbay
Torbay is a unitary authority with a borough status in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is governed by Torbay Council, based in the town of Torquay, and also includes the towns of Paignton and Brixham. The borough consists of of land around the east-facing Tor Bay, part of Lyme Bay on the English Channel. (Word document) A popular tourist destination, Torbay's sandy beaches, mild climate and recreational and leisure attractions have given rise to its nickname of the ''English Riviera''. The neighbouring districts are South Hams and Teignbridge. History Human bones and tools found in Kents Cavern in Torquay show that people have inhabited the Torbay area since Paleolithic times. A maxilla fragment known as Kents Cavern 4 may be the oldest example of a modern human in Europe, dating back to 37,000–40,000 years ago. Roman soldiers are known to have visited Torquay during the period when Britannia formed a part of the Roman Empire; they left offeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Bay, New Zealand
Long Bay () is one of the northernmost suburbs of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore, part of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area located in New Zealand. Etymology The origin of the name Long Bay is unclear. It is either a geographical description of the long beach, or named after Alfred or Arthur Long, some of the early farmers in the area. Traditional Māori language, Māori names for the area include , referencing a battle in southern Long Bay, and ("The Long Beach of Kahu"), referencing the Ngāti Kahu ancestress Kahu. The shortened version of this name, , was used to describe the Ngāti Kahu settlement in the area until the 1850s, and the name is used in modern contexts. Geography Long Bay is a suburb of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore of New Zealand, and the northernmost suburb of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore along the east coast of the Hauraki Gulf. The suburb has two major streams: Vaughan Stream / Awaruaika Creek, and the Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stillwater, Auckland
Stillwater is a village in the northern end of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. Situated on the Weiti River immediately south of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula in the Rodney District, it is part of the area known as the Hibiscus Coast. History In the 1850s, century Silverdale (then known as The Wade) was established as a port for transporting kauri logs to Auckland. Stillwater was also used as a secondary landing to transport logs, kauri gum and later fruit produce from orchards established on cleared land at Stillwater, Silverdale and Dairy Flat. As there was no roading sea was the only form of transport available. The last shipment of kauri gum to leave Stillwater was in 1890. The pack horse tracks from Dairy Flat are still clearly visible on the Weiti Station property. The earliest European name for the area was Five Fingers, in reference to the many sandspits found along the Weiti River. The earliest settler in the Stillwater area was Ranulph Dacre, who bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverdale, Auckland
Silverdale is a village approximately 30 km north of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the north bank of the Weiti River and lies to the west of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. State Highway 1 passes to the west of the village via the Northern Motorway. The former route of State Highway 1 runs south-west to north-east through the village. This route was redesignated State Highway 17 before being redesignated Hibiscus Coast Highway (part of Urban Route 31). This passes through Orewa and Waiwera before joining State Highway 1 at the termination of the motorway south of Puhoi. Hibiscus Coast busway station is the northernmost station participating in the Northern Busway. It is located on the Hibiscus Coast Highway a few hundred metres south-west of Silverdale. History The township was established under the name Wade (a corruption of Weiti) but renamed Silverdale in 1911 because of the many poplar trees in the area at the time and because it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkles Bay
Arkles Bay is one of the northernmost suburbs of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area located in New Zealand. It is located on the southern side of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, in the Hibiscus Coast, located north of the Auckland CBD. It is part of the Albany Ward area for local government purposes. Arkles Bay is known for its sheltered beaches, suitable for swimming and paddle boarding. History The first European settler in the area was William Laing Thorburn, who bought land here in 1854 after cutting firewood in the Weiti River area from 1848 onwards. In 1878, the farm was bought by Scottish immigrant George Arkles, who operated boarding houses with his brother Andrew Arkles from the bay. Demographics Arkles Bay, including Wade Heads, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Wade Heads-Arkles Bay had a population of 1,998 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (2.1%) since the 2018 census, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Harbour
Gulf Harbour is a suburb development some 4 km from the end of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, and 7 km from Whangaparaoa Town Centre, towards the northern end of Auckland, New Zealand. It has one of the country's largest marinas, and had, until 2023, one of the country's top golf courses, and used to be regarded as a retreat for Auckland's well-off. The site is sometimes also known as Hobbs Bay and was sold in the early seventies by landowners, the Hobbs family, who still retain some of the coastal area including the Hobbs Bay beach. A limited ferry service operates between Gulf Harbour and downtown Auckland. Demographics Gulf Harbour covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Gulf Harbour had a population of 5,988 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 387 people (6.9%) since the 2018 New Zealand census, 2018 census, and an increase of 1,683 people (39.1%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
