Titirangi is a suburb of Waitakere, one of the four cities of the Auckland urban area in northern New Zealand. It is a residential suburb located 13 kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland city centre, at the southern end of the Waitakere Ranges. It has been suggested that Suburbia be merged into this article or section. ... Waitakere City is in the west of metropolitan Auckland, New Zealands most populous urban area. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... The Waitakere Ranges are a chain of hills generally running approximately 25 km from North to South generally 25 km west of central Auckland, New Zealand. ...

It is characterised by houses built within the native bush of the Waitakere Ranges. Many are of unusual design or are raised on poles to avoid the damp. The Waitakere Ranges lie on the west coast in the path of the prevailing winds from the Tasman and consequently attract a high rainfall. The native bush is home to many native birds, such as the Fantail, Tui, Kereru or "Wood Pigeon", Morepork or Ruru and White-eye. The landscape of Titirangi ranges from Titirangi Beach on the Manukau Harbour to 400 metre high parts of the Waitakere Ranges. A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest (a. ... Fantails are small, insectivorous birds of Australasia belonging to the genus Rhipidura. ... Tui can refer to: the Tui bird, endemic to New Zealand. ... Binomial name Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789) The Kereru or New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae) is an endemic native bird of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. ... Binomial name Ninox novaeseelandiae ( Gmelin, 1788) The Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) is a small brown owl found mainly in New Zealand and the more fertile and temperate parts of Australia. ... Genera Speirops Zosterops Rukia Cleptornis Tephrozosterops Madanga Lophozosterops Oculocincta Heleia Woodfordia Megazosterops Hypocryptadius The white-eyes are small passerine birds native to tropical and sub-tropical Africa, southern Asia and Australasia. ... Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand and the sixth largest in the world by area. ...

Until the 1980s it was well known for the high proportion of bohemians living in the area. A number of well known New Zealand musicians, artists, writers and potters currently live or have lived in the area, including actress Alma Evans-Freake, author Maurice Shadbolt, painter Colin McCahon (whose house is preserved as a museum), photographer Brian Brake, poet John Caselberg and potter Len Castle. An active local theatre is based in historic Lopdell House (the only building over two stories in height). Many short walks or tramps in the Waitakeres start from around Titirangi. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Though a Bohemian is a native of the Czech province of Bohemia, a secondary meaning for bohemian emerged in 19th century France. ... Alma Evans-Freake is an actress and public speaker, born Alma Johnson, in 1960 she became New Zealands first newsreader with her future husband, former Royal Air Force pilot Tim Evans-Freake. ... Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt (4 June 1932—10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writer. ... Colin John McCahon (1919 - 1987) was a New Zealand artist, art gallery worker, and university lecturer. ... Brian Brake was a New Zealand photographer. ... Len Castle is a New Zealand Potter. ...

Titirangi has a doctors surgery, primary school, kindergarten, play centre, petrol station, library, kindergarten, play centre, supermarket (which was the unsuccessful defendant in an important industrial relations case), fire station, filter station, war memorial, two banks, two theatres, two halls, two restaurants, three cafes, three takeaways and countless arts and crafts shops and galleries. There is no police station, no movie theatre and no secondary school.

Titirangi is bordered to the south by Manukau Harbour, to the north west by the rest of the Waitakere Ranges' native bush clad hills consisting of the large Centennial Memorial Park and water catchment areas which supply much of Auckland's water. To the west are a number of more urban suburbs. For many New Zealanders, the name "Titirangi" is associated with Auckland's best-known golf course, the Titirangi Golf Course. The course is actually located on the border of the nearby suburbs of New Lynn and Green Bay. Less than scrupulous real estate agents tend to call New Lynn, Green Bay, Blockhouse Bay and Avondale by the relatively more prestigious name of Titirangi. Other suburbs surrounding Titirangi include Waima, Konini, Glen Eden, Woodlands Park, Laingholm and Waiatarua. Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor sport where individual players or teams hit a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... New Lynn is a residential suburb of Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... Green Bay is a residential suburb of West Auckland. ...

External links

• Suburb web site http://www.titirangi.net/

• Drama group http://www.taheke.co.nz/Titirangi/

• Returned Services Association http://www.titirangirsa.co.nz/

• Titirangi Golf Club http://www.titirangigolf.co.nz/

• Art gallery http://titirangi.nz.co.nz/titirangi/gallery/default.asp

• Potters http://www.craft-search.co.nz/directory/ceramic_artists.html

• Colin McCahon's house http://www.mcgovern.co.nz/portfolio/mccah.asp

• Lopdell House http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/ArtCul/gt/lopdell.asp