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The metropolitan urban limits of Auckland in 2009. This is a list of suburbs in the Auckland metropolitan area, New Zealand, surrounding the Auckland City Centre.They are broadly grouped into their local board areas, and only include suburbs within the metropolitan urban limits of the Auckland urban area.
The traditional Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki name for Mellons Bay was Okokino, referring to the bad gusts of winds that were hazards for waka travelling along the coast. [6] The major European settlement in the area began in 1847, with the establishment of the Howick fencible settlement, a settlement of retired British Army soldiers intended to defend Auckland from potential attacks. [7]
Arriving in Auckland in 1841, William Field Porter, was a month too late for the first Government auction, but became the first settler in today’s Kohimarama after the second auction. Then the area consisted of a lagoon, a raupo swamp and the Kohimarama beach, the longest beach in the Harbour. Porter sent men to clear, fence and drain the area.
I spent time along Florida's 30A in three towns: Seaside, Rosemary Beach, and Alys Beach. Each beach town was very different, and the one I liked best felt the most "Florida" to me.
The Beachlands area was grassy farmland until 1922, when it was subdivided by Richard W. Kipplewhite. [8] Beachlands was advertised as a "new marine garden suburb" of Auckland. [10] Beachlands developed into a location for day-trips, with many people visiting from Auckland by ferry. A holiday community grew around Beachlands. [8]
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In 1851, William Mason bought a 320 acre plot from Fairburn at the modern-day site of Bucklands Beach, where he established a farm, growing oats, wheat and tending goats. Mason built a two-stored homestead above the beach, which was demolished in the 1950s. [11] The area became known as Mason's Beach, a name used up until the late 1940s. [11]
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