The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the

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 council and so is a unitary authority, according to t ...

. 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 The Hibiscus Coast is a populated area on a stretch of the Hauraki Gulf coast in New Zealand's Auckland Region. It has a population of making it the List of New Zealand urban areas by population, 10th most populous urban area in New Zealand, ...

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 Tiritiri Matangi Island is located in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, east of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula in the North Island and north east of Auckland. The island is an open nature reserve managed by the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Incor ...

, off the end of the

Whangaparāoa Peninsula The Whangaparāoa Peninsula is a suburban area about 30–50 km north of Auckland, New Zealand. It had residents in It stretches from Red Beach, New Zealand, Red Beach, where it connects to Kingsway, Orewa and Silverdale, and exte ...

Geography

The area includes the suburbs of Waiwera,

Orewa Orewa () is a settlement in the northern Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is a suburb of the Hibiscus Coast, just north of the base of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula and north of central Auckland. The Auckland Northern Motorway, Northern Motor ...

, Red Beach, Stanmore Bay, Manly, Army Bay,

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 ...

, Arkles Bay, Silverdale, Stillwater, Long Bay,

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, 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, Browns Bay and Mairangi Bay.

Demographics

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Hibiscus and Bays had a population of 114,033 in the

2023 New Zealand census The 2023 New Zealand census, which took place on 7 March 2023, was the thirty-fifth national census in New Zealand. It implemented measures that aimed to increase the Census' effectiveness in response to the issues faced with the 2018 census, i ...

, an increase of 10,023 people (9.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 24,204 people (26.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 55,452 males, 58,203 females and 378 people of other genders in 40,431 dwellings. 2.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 41.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 21,477 people (18.8%) aged under 15 years, 18,345 (16.1%) aged 15 to 29, 52,998 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 21,210 (18.6%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.9% European (

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); 7.2%

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; 2.4% Pasifika; 20.6% Asian; 2.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.7%, Māori language by 1.0%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 24.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 33.4%

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, 1.2%

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, 0.7%

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, 0.2%

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 1.1%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.2%

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, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.1%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 29,469 (31.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 43,065 (46.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 20,022 (21.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $46,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 17,022 people (18.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 47,388 (51.2%) people were employed full-time, 13,191 (14.3%) were part-time, and 1,920 (2.1%) were unemployed.

2022–2025 term

The current board members, elected in the 2022 local body elections, in election order: :Gary Brown, Coast People, (10405 votes) :Alexis Poppelbaum, Backing the Bays, (9195 votes) :Julia Grace Parfitt, Backing the Bays, (8567 votes) :Leanne Willis, Coast People, (7925 votes) :Victoria Short, Independent Locals, (6635 votes) :Sam Mills, Coast People, (6016 votes) :Gregg Walden, Backing the Bays, (5794 votes) :Jake Law, Team Coast, (5618 votes)

2019–2022 term

Board members, elected in the 2019 local body elections, in election order: :Julia Parfitt, Backing the Bays, (8052 votes) :Janet Fitzgerald, Positively Penlink, (7569 votes) :Alexis Poppelbaum, Backing the Bays, (6935 votes) :Gary Brown, Coast People and Penlink First, (6827 votes) :Andy Dunn, Coast People and Penlink First, (6793 votes) :Leanne Willis, Coast People and Penlink First, (5790 votes) :Gary Holmes, Backing the Bays, (5723 votes) :Victoria Short, Independent, (5020 votes)

2016–2019 term

Board members, elected in the 2016 local body elections, in election order: :Julia Parfitt, People over Politics, (8481 votes) :Janet Fitzgerald, Positively Penlink, (7924 votes) :Mike Williamson, People and Penlink First, (7687 votes) :Vicki Watson, People and Penlink First, (6856 votes) :Caitlin Watson, People and Penlink First, (6508 votes) :David Cooper, People over Politics, (5986 votes) :Christina Bettany, (no affiliation), (5847 votes) :Gary Holmes, People over Politics, (5645 votes)

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