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The Waitākere River is a river of the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island.It flows north then west from its sources in the Waitākere Ranges, reaching the Tasman Sea at Te Henga / Bethells Beach, to the south of Muriwai Beach.
The fire station in Waitakere, near Waitakere railway station. Waitākere had a population of 1,812 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 6 people (−0.3%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 138 people (8.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 906 males, 900 females and 9 people of other genders in 612 dwellings.
The Waitakere River has two main tributaries, the Mokoroa and Waiti streams. The headwaters of the river are in the vast and steep Waitākere Ranges and drain out at the Bethell's Beach river mouth. In comparison with other North Island beaches, and to some extent even the west coast beaches of Muriwai and Piha, settlement at Bethells has been ...
The name Wai-tākere originally came from a rock located in Waitākere Bay near Te Henga (Bethells Beach). [4] In Māori the name Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa ("The Great Forest of Tiriwa"), referred to all of the forested areas south from Muriwai and the Kaipara Harbour portage to the Manukau Harbour, while the name Hikurangi referred to the central and Western Waitākere Ranges, south of the ...
Between 3 and 5 million years ago, tectonic forces between the Pacific Plate and Australian Plate uplifted the Waitākere Ranges and subsided the Manukau Harbour. [2] Major features of Whatipu include Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock and Paratutae Island, which are remnants of the Miocene era Waitākere Volcano. [2]
It consists of the part of the old Waitakere City lying west of a line from Te Atatū Peninsula to Titirangi. The ward elects two councillors, currently Shane Henderson and Ken Turner , who have oversight of its two local boards, Henderson-Massey and Waitākere Ranges .
The hill is a 474-metre peak in the central Waitākere Ranges. [1] It is accessible by the Twin Peaks Track, a tramping track linking Huia and the Huia Ridge Track. The northern side of Te Toiokawharu is the source of the Georges Stream, which flows into the Lower Huia Dam, [2] while the southern side is the source for the Karamatura Stream. [3]
WestCity Waitakere is a major regional shopping centre located in Henderson, a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is 15.9 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the Auckland CBD , and is immediately adjacent to The Boundary .