Westhaven Marina in

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, New Zealand, is the largest

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marina in the Southern Hemisphere. The marina has nearly two thousand berths and swing moorings, and tends to be continually booked. Auckland, known as 'City of Sails', is generally known for its maritime passions. It is owned by Auckland Council, as successor to the

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, which bought it from

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in 2004 for NZ$46 million. In 2008, it received its second-time-running international 'Blue Flag award' for its water quality, environmental management and safety standards. It is one of 640 marinas worldwide (and the only marina in New Zealand) to have received the award.

Construction

During the 1950s the foreshore of St. Mary's bay disappeared under the approaches to the

Auckland Harbour Bridge The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane motorway bridge over the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It joins St Marys Bay on the Auckland city side with Northcote on the North Shore side. It is part of State Highway 1 and th ...

pened 1959 For over a century St Mary's Bay had been the location of several small commercial boat-yards mixed in with the private moorings from houses set on the harbour cliffs above the bay. All these facilities were now to be cut off from the water. The Auckland Harbour Board planned to fill in Westhaven completely, but a group of local residents including engineers and architects donated their services to create Westhaven Marina, now one of Auckland's greatest assets. If not for this initiative, the entire area might have become a continuation of the

Western Reclamation The Wynyard Quarter (historically also known as the Western Reclamation, Wynyard Point, Wynyard Wharf or Tank Farm) is a reclaimed piece of land on the Waitematā Harbour at the western edge of the Auckland waterfront, New Zealand. It is loca ...

industrial waterfront areas to the east.

Plans

Council was proposing major works around the Marina for NZ$23 million up to 2011, though these were since deferred. This may include improved parks around the

area, better footpaths and cycleways along Westhaven Drive and a Marine Village (with cafes and marine-related shops).

Panuku Development Auckland Panuku Development Auckland is one of the five council-controlled organisations (CCOs) of Auckland Council in Auckland, New Zealand. Panuku buys, manages and sells property on behalf of the council and its CCOs. It does not develop the sites d ...

is the council controlled organisation tasked with the revitalisation of the city's waterfront, and its plans for the area were last updated in 2015."WESTHAVEN PLAN 2013 REVISED 2015"
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External links

Westhaven Marina
(official website)

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Construction

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