Devonport ( ) is a harbourside suburb of

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, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of the Devonport Peninsula that runs southeast from near

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, forming the northern side of the

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. East of Devonport lies North Head, the northern promontory guarding the mouth of the harbour. The suburb hosts the

Devonport Naval Base Devonport Naval Base is the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy, located at Devonport, New Zealand on Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore. It is currently the only base of the navy that operates ships, and has been in use as a n ...

of the

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, the main facility for the country's naval vessels, but is also known for its harbourside dining and drinking establishments and its heritage charm. Devonport has been compared to

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, US due to its setting and scenery.
In Auckland, Life Is Alfresco
' – ''

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'', 5 October 1997

Etymology

Devonport is named after the English naval town of Devonport.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. Page 83 Eastern Devonport is known as Cheltenham, named after the English town of

Cheltenham Cheltenham () is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the mo ...

Geography

Devonport is a peninsula at the mouth of the

on the North Shore of Auckland. It is surrounded by Ngataringa Bay to the northwest, the Waitematā Harbour mouth to the south, and the

Rangitoto Channel The Rangitoto Channel is an area of the Hauraki Gulf in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. The channel is north-east of the Waitematā Harbour, and is located between the North Shore and Rangitoto Island. The channel's traditio ...

of the

Hauraki Gulf The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2, The suburb of Stanley Point can be found to the west of Devonport, while the suburbs of Narrow Neck and Vauxhall are found to the north. The northwestern section of Devonport is located at Duders Point, a peninsula within Ngataringa Bay. The suburb has three beaches: Devonport Beach and Duders Beach to the south, and Cheltenham Beach to the northeast. Devonport is home to three volcanoes of the

Auckland volcanic field The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located in the North Island. The approximately 53 volcanoes in the field have produced a divers ...

: Takarunga / Mount Victoria, Maungauika / North Head and Takararo / Mount Cambria. Of these three volcanoes, Maungauika / North Head is the oldest, estimated to have last erupted around 87,500 years ago. Takaroro / Mount Cambria and Takarunga / Mount Victoria are estimated to have last erupted 42,300 and 34,800 years ago respectively. Takarunga / Mount Victoria is the taller of the volcanoes, reaching a height of , with Maungauika / North Head reaching a height of . Takararo / Mount Cambria formerly stood at a height of , but was quarried in the 1870s. Another scoria cone, the high

Duders Hill Duders Hill (also Takamaiiwaho) was a 20 metre high scoria mound located on the Devonport, New Zealand, Devonport coast, on the lower south-east slopes of Mount Victoria, Auckland, Takarunga / Mount Victoria, in the Auckland volcanic field. It w ...

, believed to be a section of Takarunga / Mount Victoria, was quarried in the early 20th century.

History

Around 40,000 years ago Devonport consisted of three islands of volcanic origin, Mount Victoria, North Head and between them Mount Cambria (now largely quarried away).About Devonport 1
(from the devonpporttours.co.nz website) The earliest evidence for

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settlement dates from the mid-14th century (roughly the same time as the believed landing of the ''

Tainui Tainui is a tribal waka (canoe), waka confederation of New Zealand Māori people, Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki Māori, Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapo ...

'' migration canoe, which is commemorated by a stone memorial on the foreshore).''Set sail for adventure on dry land'' – ''

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'', Travel: NZ Special Issue, Tuesday 6 November 2007, Page D7 A significant Māori settlement on North Head was ended by attacks from rival tribes in the 1790s.About Devonport 2
(from the devonpporttours.co.nz website) About 50 Māori were still living in Torpedo Bay, with their meeting house just east of Cambridge Terrace, until they fled to the Waikato when the colonial government launched war on Waikato Māori in 1863.

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, a French explorer, is thought to have gone ashore in the area in 1827, possibly as the first European. The first European building on the foreshore was a

gunpowder magazine A gunpowder magazine is a magazine (building) designed to store the explosive gunpowder in wooden barrels for safety. Gunpowder, until superseded, was a universal explosive used in the military and for civil engineering: both applications re ...

built in 1840. Devonport is one of the oldest colonial settlements in Auckland, and the first on the North Shore. The

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survivors of HMS ''Buffalo'' settled at Devonport. In 1841 a

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for Auckland's shipping was erected on Mount Victoria (Takarunga), and the signal master, Robert Snow, and his family became the first Europeans to live in the area permanently. From then until the 1860s, the settlement was called Flagstaff, because of the flagstaff at the signal station. Flagstaff was subdivided for town sections and farms in the early 1850s. For the first half century or so of its existence Devonport was geographically isolated from the rest of the North Shore, and was sometimes called "the island" by the local inhabitants.Destination History – Devonport
(from the Fullers Ferries website. Retrieved 2007-09-14.) Only a thin strip of land beside the beach at Narrow Neck connected Devonport to Belmont and the rest of the North Shore peninsula. In the late 19th century the

mangrove swamp Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withs ...

that stretched from Narrow Neck to Ngataringa Bay was filled in to form a racecourse, now a golf course. A new road was built along the western edge of the racecourse allowing more direct travel to the north. On the southern shore, to the west of the centre of Devonport, a nearby deep water anchorage suitable for

vessels, the

was established in 1841.

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, then the Governor of New Zealand, considered the sandspit-protected area a better choice for a naval installation than the shallower waters on the southern side of the

. While some facilities have expanded and shifted in location over time, the area is still the primary base for the

. The Calliope Dock at Stanley Bay, part of the base, was opened on 16 February 1888 and at the time was the largest dock in the Southern hemisphere. The suburb also had one of the oldest New Zealand shipyards, now part of the Devonport Yacht Club area. The main centre of the suburb slowly shifted west from Church Street and the original wharf at Torpedo Bay, to its current location around the ferry wharf. The settlement itself was renamed Devonport by 1859 after the English naval town of Devonport. Devonport achieved

Borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

status in 1886 and was incorporated into

North Shore City North Shore City was a territorial authority unit in the Auckland Region of New Zealand that was governed by the North Shore City Council. It existed from 1989 until November 2010, when the council was incorporated into Auckland Council. It ha ...

in 1989. Devonport played a special role in the nuclear free movement. In 1981 the Devonport Borough Council voted to declare Devonport a nuclear-free zone, the first local council in New Zealand to do so. In July 2007, Devonport was given permission to be excluded from a list of local Auckland growth node centres. The

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accepted that while it was encouraging intensified growth (such as higher-density housing) around transport nodes such as Devonport, the character and historical nature of the Devonport Wharf area would make such a designation inappropriate in this case.

Ferries

The first ferry services to Auckland city began in the 1840s. These were open sailing cutters operated by local seamen running passengers to the foot of Queen Street, Auckland's main road. In 1860 the first paddlesteamer ferries began operation. These were in turn replaced by double-ended, screw-driven ferries in 1904. Both passenger and vehicle ferries operated on the Devonport run until the opening of the

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in 1959. Immediately after the opening of the bridge, passenger ferry services to other North Shore destinations (such as Northcote and

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) were cancelled, as were all vehicular ferries. The Devonport passenger ferry was retained on a much reduced timetable. The majority of the ferries were scrapped, only a handful being retained until being replaced by more modern vessels. The last of the old-style double-ended ferries, the diesel-engined ''Kestrel'' (built in 1905), was retired from the commuter run in 1988 and was then operated for cruises and sightseeing. In 2002 the ''Kestrel'' was moved to Tauranga to serve as a floating restaurant. The ''Kestrel'' changed hands again in 2010 and moved back to Auckland. On 8 March 2016 the ''Kestrel'' broke up and sank while tethered in its Wynyard Quarter berth. She was refloated, but her future remains uncertain.

Character

Devonport maintains many old

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house that provided an escape from urban life. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the f ...

s some of which date back to the 19th century. The navy base at Devonport features strongly in the local character, with the North Shore City Council having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Navy which recognises the developing partnership between them. The

Torpedo Bay Navy Museum The Torpedo Bay Navy Museum is the official museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Located in Devonport, Auckland, it opened in 2010 to replace an earlier naval museum. History The first Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) museum was established in ...

is also located in Devonport.

Demographics

Devonport covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Devonport had a population of 5,079 in the

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, a decrease of 279 people (−5.2%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 408 people (−7.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,421 males, 2,634 females and 21 people of other genders in 2,097 dwellings. 3.2% of people identified as

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. The median age was 49.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 771 people (15.2%) aged under 15 years, 807 (15.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,313 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,185 (23.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 92.3%

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(

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); 6.4%

; 2.7% Pasifika; 4.5% Asian; 2.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.2%, Māori language by 1.2%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 16.3%. No language could be spoken by 0.9% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 36.4, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 26.9%

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, 0.5%

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, 0.1%

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

, 0.2%

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 0.6%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.3%

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, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 63.1%, and 6.9% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,184 (50.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,599 (37.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 528 (12.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $55,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 1,236 people (28.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,028 (47.1%) people were employed full-time, 738 (17.1%) were part-time, and 90 (2.1%) were unemployed.

Local government

The first form of local government in Devonport was the Flagstaff Highway District in 1866, which renamed to Devonport in 1869. In 1886, the road district split from

Waitemata County The Waitemata County, historically also known as Waitamata County, was one of the counties of New Zealand in the North Island. Established in 1876, the county covered West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland, Rodney (local board area), Rodney a ...

, forming the Devonport Borough Council. In 1989, the borough was merged into the

, and in 2010 incorporated into the single unitary council, run by

Auckland Council Auckland Council () is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to t ...

. Within the Auckland Council, Devonport is a part of the Devonport-Takapuna local government area governed by the

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board covers from Castor Bay and Sunnynook south to the end of the Devonport Peninsula; it is separated from the Kaipātiki board area by the Northern Motorway. This local board sits in the Auckland Council offic ...

. It is a part of the

North Shore ward North Shore Ward is an Auckland Council ward that elects two councillors and covers the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, Devonport-Takapuna and Kaipātiki Local Board, Kaipātiki Local Boards. The two councillors are currently Richard Hills (politi ...

, which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.

Mayors during Devonport Borough Council

During its existence from 1886 to 1989, Devonport Borough had 19 mayors. The following is a complete list:

Features

Between the wharf and Mount Victoria are the Devonport shops and several landmarks: * The Esplanade Hotel – this is an elegant example of an 1890s seaside hotel, reminiscent of many an English seaside resort of the period. A modern extension was added on in the 1950s which has now been replaced by an apartment complex. The Edwardian building was sold for $7 million in 2015. * Windsor Reserve – located just to the east of the Devonport Wharf; it is an area of open lawn, notable for the partially underground toilet block designed in 1989 by

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, and the Edwardian archway at the northern end. * King Edward Parade Reserve – to the north of the Windsor Reserve on the other side of the road is the King Edward Parade Reserve; here are located the Public Library, the War Memorial (a bronze soldier figure by Richard Gross) and under the

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trees a 1950s styled bandstand. * The former Post Office – an

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building from the 1930s. * The Left Bank – a 1920s neoclassical building now housing a cafe/bar/restaurant. * The Victoria Theatre – built in 1912 and remodelled internally and externally in the 1930s in the then fashionable Art Deco style; this is apparently the oldest cinema in the Southern Hemisphere in continuous use. The cinema was purchased for $1.55 million in 2006 by the North Shore City Council on behalf of the city. * Devonport Museum, a museum on local history, opened in 1977.

, a military and maritime museum, opened to the public in 2010. The Cheltenham area also includes several landmarks: *Cheltenham Beach, sandy public beach *Goldwater house, 26 Cheltenham Road, 1907, late villa-style family home owned by the Goldwater family until the mid-1980s. *Morrison house, 5 Jubilee Avenue, 1896, Two-storey Italianate-villa, owned by the Morrison family 1907–1967. *Watson houses, 15-17 Jubilee Avenue, 1899 and 1901, two villas, built and owned by the Watson family until 1917.

Devonport Wharf

Today, ferry services to Devonport Wharf are more numerous again, and are subsidised by

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, . A crossing between the

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and Devonport takes about 12 minutes, usually on the '

Seabus Kea ''M.V. Kea'' (sometimes called the ''Seabus Kea'') was a commercial passenger ferry that operated the busy New Zealand Devonport, New Zealand, Devonport-Downtown Auckland express route for Fullers Ferries (Auckland's largest ferry operator). The ...

', a newer double-ended ferry. The Devonport Wharf / Ferry Terminal received a variety of maintenance and repairs during 2011 in advance of the Rugby World Cup. Further structural works were carried out in 2012. In 2015 a $24 million redevelopment project to upgrade parts of Devonport including the wharf began. The renovation of the Devonport wharf is all but complete, with applications for retail services currently underway. The project includes an improved car park and an overall modernisation of the building itself, as well as structural improvements and refurbishments.

Victoria Wharf

The 1929 wharf underwent significant repair in the 2010s and is now home to the sculpture Flight Support for Albatross by Greer Twiss.

Local media

The Flea 88.2 FM and 107.1FM is a community radio station in

, New Zealand. The station founder, Mike Baker, died on 4 April 2009, at the age of 71.

Education

Devonport Primary School is a contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of located on the side of Mount Victoria with the address of 18 Kerr Street. The school was established in 1870 on a plot of land given to them by the Trevarthen family for the purposes of a chapel, before it was later renegotiated to be used as a school. St Leo's School is a state-integrated Catholic primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of . It was founded in 1893. Both these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of

Religion

Places of worship in Devonport include: * St Francis de Sales and All Souls Roman Catholic church * Holy Trinity Anglican church * Connect Interdenominational church * Devonport Methodist church * Naval Memorial Chapel of St Christopher's

Sport

North Shore United AFC

North Shore United North Shore United Association Football Club is an amateur football club based in the North Shore, Auckland. They compete in the NRFL Championship, after being relegated in 2022. Their home ground is Allen Hill Stadium, which is located in the ...

are an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club that play their football at Allen Hill Stadium, located near the southern end of Lake Road. The club, founded in 1887, currently play in the NRFL Division 1, a league in the third tier of

New Zealand Football New Zealand Football () is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand men's national football team (nicknamed the "All Whites"), th ...

. The club is the oldest in both New Zealand and Oceania, winning the

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6 times and the New Zealand Club Championship twice.

North Shore RFC

North Shore Rugby Football Club The North Shore Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Devonport, New Zealand. The club is a member of the North Harbour Rugby Union. Until 1985, with the creation of the North Harbour union, North Shore was a member of the Auckland R ...

is a

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club located in Devonport that play their games at Devonport Domain. Founded in 1873, it is one of the oldest clubs in New Zealand.

Notable people

Finn Andrews Finn Andrews (born 24 August 1983) is a British/New Zealand musician. He is a solo artist and lead singer and songwriter of London-based rock band The Veils. His father Barry Andrews is a current member of Shriekback, was a member of XTC, and ...

and Sophia Burn – members of London-based band

The Veils The Veils are an English/New Zealand Indie_rock, indie/rock band fronted by singer and songwriter Finn Andrews. History Early years, ''The Runaway Found'' (2001–2004) Finn Andrews was born in London, the son of musician Barry Andrews ( ...

. Both grew up in Devonport and attended Takapuna Grammar School. *

Tom Ashley Thomas John Mitchell Ashley (born 11 February 1984 in Auckland) is a sailor from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's sailboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he also won the 2008 RS:X World Championships. He is the Olympic ...

– sailor, windsurfer. Gold Medal at 2008 Beijing Olympics in Men's Sail Boarding. Born 1984. *Sir Peter Blake – international yachtsman, born 1948, died 2001. * Angela Cullen born 5 August 1974 * A. R. D. Fairburn – poet, satirist, and critic. Born 1904 *

Tim Finn Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known as a founding member of Split Enz. Finn founded the band in 1972 with Phil Judd and served as lead singer and principal songw ...

– musician and singer, current residence in Devonport, born 1952. *Debbie Harwood – musician and singer, notable as a member of When the Cat's Away. *

Lorde Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde ( ), is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She is known for her unconventional style of pop music and introspective songwriting, and has been referred to ...

– pop artist born 1996. Attended

Takapuna Grammar School Takapuna Grammar School is a state coeducational secondary school located in the suburb of Belmont on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Established in 1927, the school mainly serves the eponymous suburb of Takapuna and the entire Dev ...

. * Eliza McCartney – NZ women's pole vault champion and women's pole vault World Junior Record holder.

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Pole Vault Bronze medal winner. Born 1996. *

Isabel Peacocke Inez Isabel Maud Peacocke (31 January 1881–12 October 1973) was a New Zealand teacher, novelist and broadcaster. She was born in Devonport, Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It ...

– teacher, novelist, broadcaster, born in Devonport in 1881.Peacocke, Isabel Maude
(entry in the

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) *Sir

Dove-Myer Robinson Sir Dove-Myer Robinson (15 June 1901 – 14 August 1989) was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980. Holding office for 6,543 days in total (17 years, 10 months, and 30 days), his was the longest tenure of any holder of ...

– former Auckland MayorRobinson, Dove-Myer
(entry in the

) born 1901, died 1989. * Mary Taylor – artist, born 1948. *

Gin Wigmore Virginia Claire Wigmore (born 6 June 1986) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Featured on the Smashproof single "Brother" in 2009, Wigmore went on to release four albums'' Holy Smoke'' (2009), '' Gravel & Wine'' (2011), '' Blood to Bone' ...

– singer-songwriter, born 1986.

References

External links

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held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. {{Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland North Shore, New Zealand Populated places around the Waitematā Harbour Beaches of Auckland