The Hibiscus Coast is a populated area on a stretch of the Hauraki Gulf coast in

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. It has a population of making it the 11th most populous urban area in New Zealand, and the second most populous in the Auckland Region, behind

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itself. As an urban area delineated by Statistics New Zealand, the Hibiscus Coast consists of

Hatfields Beach Hatfields Beach, officially Ōtānerua / Hatfields Beach, is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Hibiscus Coast Highway about 40 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre. The Hatfield family was established ...

Orewa Orewa is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. It lies on the Hibiscus Coast, just north of the base of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Whangaparāoa Peninsula and 40 kilometres north of central Auckland. It is a popular holiday destin ...

, Silverdale and Whangaparaoa Peninsula. It includes several small suburban residential and commercial areas such as

Stanmore Bay Stanmore Bay is a suburb and beach located on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. The beach is on the northern side of the peninsula. The area was named Stanmore by Walter James Hill son of Henry Hill who emigrated ...

, Arkles Bay,

Army Bay Army Bay is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula about 47 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre. It is named for the New Zealand Defence Force area north of Shakespear Regional Park. The ...

, Manly, Red Beach, Gulf Harbour,

Tindalls Beach Matakatia is a suburb situated on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, towards the northern end of Auckland, New Zealand. It is about 43 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre. Kotanui Island, also called Frenchmans Cap, is a sharp triangular roc ...

and

Matakatia Matakatia is a suburb situated on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, towards the northern end of Auckland, New Zealand. It is about 43 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre. Kotanui Island, also called Frenchmans Cap, is a sharp triangular roc ...

The Hibiscus Coast is part of the

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of the

Auckland Council Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...

region. It is also in the Hibiscus Coast Subdivision of the

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is one of two boards overseen by the council's Albany Ward councillors. The board consists of eight members elected at large. The board's area is divide ...

area, the other subdivision being

East Coast Bays East Coast Bays is a string of small suburbs that form the northernmost part of the North Shore, part of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. The suburbs line the north-east coast of the city along the shore of the Haurak ...

, to the south. The Hibiscus Coast Subdivision extends beyond the Statistics New Zealand area to include Waiwera to the north, and through Stillwater to the south as far as the

Okura River The Okura River, also known as the Okura Estuary, is a river in the north of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The river rises in the low hills to the south of Silverdale and flows into Karepiro Bay on the Hauraki Gulf. The ...

. From 1989 to 2010 the Hibiscus Coast was part of Rodney District, until Rodney District Council became part of the amalgamated Auckland Council.

Recreation

The Hibiscus Coast has a number of beaches that attract people to live there. Other places of interest on the coast or nearby include

Snow Planet Snowplanet is an indoor snow recreation centre in Silverdale on the Hibiscus Coast in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Isl ...

, Silverdale Adventure Park, the Pacific Plaza (and surrounding shopping centre), Hoyts 5 cinema, the

Waiwera Hot Pools Waiwera Hot Pools is a hot springs system located in the small coastal village of Waiwera, just north of Auckland, New Zealand. They were known to the Māori people for centuries before being developed. In the 1960s and 70s overproduction and ov ...

(now abandoned), Orewa Beach,

Shakespear Regional Park Shakespear Regional Park is a nature park in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is located at the tip of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, and is named after the Shakespear family which bought the land in the 1880s from local Maori. ...

, and Gulf Harbour. Gulf Harbour is near the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, which is quite close to the wildlife reserve Tiritiri Matangi Island. Ferries transport people to the island from the harbour and back on a regular basis. The

Hibiscus Coast Raiders The Hibiscus Coast Raiders are a rugby league club based on the Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand. They compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition and between 2000 and 2005 were also involved in the Bartercard Cup competition. History ...

rugby league club and

Hibiscus Coast AFC Hibiscus Coast A.F.C is an amateur football club based in Stanmore Bay on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1974, and its home ground is located at Stanmore Bay Park, Whangaparaoa. History The club mainly played ...

soccer club are both based in Stanmore Bay, along with Silverdale rugby club based in Silverdale.

References

External links

Hibiscus Coast
at Auckland Council's Auckland Unlimited website {{Auckland Rodney District Coastline of New Zealand Landforms of the Auckland Region