Long Bay Regional Park is a

regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government. Definition A regional park can be a special park distri ...

in Long Bay located in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. It is located in the Hibiscus and Bays in the northern part of the city and is operated by Auckland Council.

Geography

The cliffs of the park are formed by

Waitemata Group The Waitemata Group is an Early Miocene geologic group that is exposed in and around the Auckland Region of New Zealand, between the Whangarei Harbour in the North and the Raglan Harbour in the South. The Group is predominantly composed of dee ...

sandstone. The northern section of the park features large

pōhutukawa ''Metrosideros excelsa'', commonly known as pōhutukawa ( mi, pōhutukawa), New Zealand Christmas tree, New Zealand Christmas bush, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display o ...

and regenerating native bush. The regional park is adjacent to the

Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve The Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve is a protected area at Long Bay on the North Shore in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It was created by Order in Council in 1995. The shoreline of the Long Bay Regional Park and the Okura Estuary Sce ...

, a 980-hectare reserve extending from Karepiro Bay to

Torbay Torbay is a borough and unitary authority in Devon, south west England. It is governed by Torbay Council and consists of of land, including the resort towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, located on east-facing Tor Bay, part of Lyme ...

History

Areas of farmland above Long Bay Regional Park were protected from development by a court ruling in July 2008.

References

{{Protected areas of New Zealand Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area Parks in the Auckland Region Regional parks of New Zealand Tourist attractions in the Auckland Region