Waitakere
Country:	New Zealand
The darker orange shows the urban area within the (grey) greater Auckland conurbation's urban area.
Population	186,444 (territorial) (2006 Census - provisional)
Urban Area
Extent:	East to New Lynn and Green Bay. South to Manukau Harbour. West to Waitakere Ranges foothills. North to West Harbour.
Area	82 km² (23% of City land area)
Territorial Authority
Name:	Waitakere City
Mayor:	Bob Harvey
Extent:	East to Auckland City boundary at New Lynn and Green Bay. South to Manukau Harbour. West to Tasman Sea. North to Rodney District boundary at Bethells Beach, Waitakere township and Whenuapai.
Land Area:	367 km²
Website:	http://www.waitakere.govt.nz
See also:	Auckland City, North Shore City
Regional Council
Name:	Auckland Regional Council
Website:	http://www.arc.govt.nz

Waitakere City is New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%. It is part of the Auckland region, and is incorporated in the Auckland metropolitan area. Most residents live near the city's eastern borders with the Waitemata Harbour and neighbouring Auckland City. The forest-covered Waitakere Ranges dominate the city's western skyline, rising from the rugged surf beaches of the Tasman Sea to an altitude of over 400 metres. This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 504 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (589 × 701 pixel, file size: 95 KB, MIME type: image/png)Location map of Waitakere City, New Zealand. ... Statistics New Zealand defines New Zealand urban areas for statistical purposes. ... Image File history File links I made the image and hereby release it into Public Domain for all of time File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Original bassist for Jefferson Airplane, most recently singer songwriter with San Francisco Blue. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ... North Shore City (orange). ... Regions is the formal term for the top tier of local government in New Zealand. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ... Territorial authorities is the formal term for the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. ... The Auckland Region is one of the sixteen regions of New Zealand, named for Auckland City, the large city at its heart. ... Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing the harbour. ... This article is about the City of Auckland. ... 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. ... fuck you Map of the Tasman Sea Satellite photo of the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, some 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. ...

The name came originally from a Māori chief and was applied to a village near the northern boundary of the current city and later to the county that covered much of the current city. This article is about the Māori people of New Zealand. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ...

Administrative structure

Waitakere City was formed by the amalgamation of Waitemata City with the boroughs of Henderson, New Lynn, and Glen Eden in 1989's nationwide re-organisation of local government. The elected Council consists of Mayor Bob Harvey and 14 councillors representing the four wards. Each ward also has an elected community board that considers local issues. The ward boundaries are currently under review.^[1] Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Robert Harvey QSO (b. ...

Geography of the four wards

Henderson Ward

This urban ward contains the old Henderson borough as well as the suburbs of Glendene, Te Atatu South, and Te Atatu Peninsula (formerly Te Atatu North). There are 40,086 residents (2001). It is located immediately to the west of Auckland city, some 10 kilometres from the city centre, along the western shores of the Waitemata Harbour and its southwestern arm, the Whau River. Henderson is a major suburb of Waitakere City, in the Auckland metropolitan area in the North Island of New Zealand. ... Te Atatu is the name of two suburbs in Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland urban area in northern New Zealand: Te Atatu Peninsula and Te Atatu South. ... Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing the harbour. ... The Whau River, despite its name, is actually an estuarial arm of the southwestern Waitemata Harbour, within the Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. ...

Massey Ward

Although this area is principally urban, it also has some farms and lifestyle blocks in the north and west. The ward contains the suburbs of Whenuapai, Hobsonville, West Harbour, Massey, Ranui, and Henderson North. It has a population of 51,369 (2001 census). It is located to the north of the Henderson Ward, along the Waitemata's northwestern shore, and includes one of New Zealand's largest concentrations of former military bases, with former large army and air force stations within the ward. Whenuapai is located in Waitakere city, one of the cities which make up the conurbation of Auckland, in the northern North Island of New Zealand. ... Hobsonville is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force airfield which is currently (2007) being redeveloped as a new suburb of Waitakere City, New Zealand. ... West Harbour is an Auckland suburb. ... Massey is an Auckland suburb. ...

New Lynn Ward

Centered on the old boroughs of New Lynn and Glen Eden, it also contains the suburbs of Kelston, Green Bay, Titirangi, Kaurilands, Waima, and Woodlands Park. The ward has a population of 49,845 (2001). New Lynn Ward is to the south of Henderson Ward, and extends to the shore of the Manukau Harbour at its southern end. New Lynn itself is 10 kilometres southwest of Auckland city centre. New Lynn is a residential suburb of Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... Glen Eden is a suburb of Waitakere. ... Kelston 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 an Auckland suburb. ... Titirangi is a suburb of Waitakere, one of the four cities of the Auckland urban area in northern New Zealand. ... Location of Manukau Harbour. ...

Waitakere Ward

This ward is by far the largest in area as it encompasses the sparsely populated Waitakere Ranges, as well as some of the urban fringes as the city expands westward into former orchards and farms. The population 27,450 (2001) is the smallest of the wards, but it is also the fastest-growing. It encompasses the suburbs, villages and localities of Swanson, Henderson Valley, Sunnyvale, Oratia, Waiatarua, Laingholm, Parau, Cornwallis, Huia, Whatipu, Karekare, Piha, Anawhata, Bethells / Te Henga, and Waitakere township. Many of these have volunteer fire brigades to protect their communities from the summer bush fires. This ward lies to the west of the three other wards, and extends to the north as well. Its northern end, around Muriwai, is also the furthest part of Waitakere from Auckland city centre, lying some 30 kilometres to the northwest of it. 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. ... Parau is an Auckland suburb. ... Whatipu beach Whatipu is a usually-deserted beach on the coast of New Zealand west of Auckland. ... Karekare beach Karekare is a small coastal resort in northern New Zealand. ... Looking north over South Piha beach to Lion Rock. ... Anawhata beach Anawhata is a beach on the coast of New Zealand west of Auckland. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... Backburning in Townsville, Australia to prevent bushfires. ... Muriwai Beach Muriwai Energy The dangerous seas at the flat rock Muriwai Extreme Fishing Muriwai Extreme Fishing Muriwai Gannet Colony with Maori Bay behind Extreme Fishing Extreme Surfin Concretion - Marine fossil Blowhole Muriwai, also called Muriwai Beach, is a coastal community located on the west coast of North island, New...

Industry

Significant industries in the first 150 years of European settlement after about 1850 included brick and pottery manufacturing, timber milling, kauri gum digging, orchards, farming, viticulture, water supply, railways, and the twin Royal New Zealand Air Force bases of Whenuapai and Hobsonville. Today, Waitakere City has well-developed retail and service sectors and light manufacturing. The two commercial centres are Henderson and New Lynn. Notable niche industries include boat-building, winemaking, and film and television production. Recently the largest (height) sound stage in New Zealand has been built in Henderson.^[2][3] For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... Binomial name Agathis australis (D.Don) Loudon Agathis australis (Kauri) is a coniferous tree native to the northern districts of the North Island of New Zealand and is the biggest but not tallest species of tree in the country. ... wine grapes Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. ... The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is the air force arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. ... Hobsonville is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force airfield which is currently (2007) being redeveloped as a new suburb of Waitakere City, New Zealand. ...

Recreation

The walking tracks and sights of the Waitakere Ranges attract thousands from the Auckland region in suitable weather, as do the black-sand surf beaches of Piha, Karekare and Bethells. These beaches are notoriously dangerous for surfers and swimmers, however, and great care needs to be taken to avoid their treacherous rips. Looking north over South Piha beach to Lion Rock. ... Karekare beach Karekare is a small coastal resort in northern New Zealand. ... Bethells Beach Surf Lifesaving Lookout Sunset at Bethells Beach West Coast shell Fun in the Lagoon Bethell Patterns Cave NZ Shag Burnt Ablutions Cabbage Trees Te Henga (Bethells Beach) is a coastal community located in the north of the North Island, New Zealand. ... A rip current is a strong flow of water returning seaward from the shore. ...

There has been much work in recent years to pave and improve pathways around the streams in Henderson and there are now several miles of excellent walking/running tracks in the centre of Henderson city. This project is called the Twin Streams project.

Recently, in Henderson the new Waitakere Central Library has been opened. It provides free access to a range of fiction, non-fiction and audio-visual items to residents and ratepayers of Waitakere City.

Westies

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Westie(also knowen as bogan) is the nickname given to locals because of the city's location relative to the rest of Auckland. The stereotypical "Westie" wears a black t-shirt, black jeans, drives a eight-cylinder car , like's heavy metal and drinks Lion Red beer. In fact such is the hold that the Westie image has on the rest of New Zealand that there is now a TV series, called Outrageous Fortune, that chronicles the life and dramas of a Westie family. It is filmed in and around West Auckland. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Westie, or Westy, is a colloquial term used in Australian and New Zealand English to describe residents of the western suburbs of Sydney (Australia) or Auckland (New Zealand). ... Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand television comedy/drama series, produced by South Pacific Pictures in 2005 and shown by TV3 on Tuesday nights. ...

Much as Manukau City and Papakura's administrative geography roughly parallels an unofficial area commonly known as South Auckland, the same with Howick, Pakuranga, and Glen Innes known as "East Auckland" so too Waitakere City has an unofficial equivalent in "West Auckland". The official and unofficial areas do not exactly coincide, and - again like with Manukau, Papakua and South Auckland - it is the areas with a similar socio-economic mix, roughly from Te Atatu to Glen Eden and New Lynn which are most commonly associated with the nickname. Manukau City (orange). ... Papakura district (boundary red, urban area orange) in relation to the Auckland metropolitan area (grey) The Papakura District is one of the several local territories in New Zealands Auckland Region. ... South Auckland is a common name for a part of Auckland, New Zealand. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Auckland. ... Te Atatu is the name of two suburbs in Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland urban area in northern New Zealand: Te Atatu Peninsula and Te Atatu South. ... Glen Eden is a ski area in Milton, Ontario with skiing, snowboarding, and snow tubing. ... New Lynn is a residential suburb of Waitakere, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ...

Sister Cities

• Huntington Beach, USA
• Kakogawa, Japan
• Ningbo, China
• Galway, Ireland

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Local Government

Waitakere City Council may become a thing of the past if the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Restructuring Auckland's Councils decide to scrap the local council. Plans of restructuring Auckland into one city may see the current 8 councils formed into only one single city council. This means that possibly by 2009 there may be an Auckland City sub-office in Henderson, replacing the small Waitakere City Council. A single Auckland City Council may soon govern all areas of the Auckland Region and there will no longer be Manukau, North Shore, Rodney, Papakura, and of course Waitakere. (Possibly Franklin as well). Waitakere City and the western Auckland suburbs may soon be handed over to an Auckland City Council.

Notes

See also

• List of regions in New Zealand
• Territorial authorities of New Zealand.

Regions is the formal term for the top tier of local government in New Zealand. ... Territorial authorities is the formal term for the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. ...

External links

• Waitakere Online
• Waitakere City Council
• Waitakere City public libraries
• Coolplaces in the waitakere ranges

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