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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 ...
Place in New Zealand Waitakere City Coat of arms Country New Zealand Area • Total 367 km 2 (142 sq mi) The darker orange shows the urban area within the (grey) greater Auckland conurbation. Waitakere City was a territorial authority in West Auckland, New Zealand ; it was governed by the Waitakere City Council from 1989 to 2010. It was New Zealand's fifth-largest city, with an annual growth ...
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.
Henderson Valley, Waitakere, Swanson are located to the north. Bethells Beach, Piha and Whatipu are located on the West Coast. [1] The ranges are covered with mostly regenerating rainforest, and has habitats for a range of native flora and fauna including kauri snails, glowworms and long-tailed bats. [1]
Map showing extent of the Waitakere electorate from the 2008 election until its abolition in 2014. Waitakere was a parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was first formed for the 1946 election and existed until 2014, with breaks from 1969 to 1978 and from 1987 to ...
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 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.
Waitākere Ward is a district of Auckland Council in New Zealand. It consists of the part of the old Waitakere City lying west of a line from Te Atatū Peninsula to Titirangi.