Long Bay Regional Park, Auckland Region, New Zealand

Long Bay is a suburb of North Shore, part of the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. The population was 954 in the 2006 census, an increase of 210 from 2001.

The coastline is occupied by the Long Bay Regional Park, and the shoreline is in Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve, which opened in 1995. The beach is sandy and swimming is safe. It offers forest walks and scenic cliffs. This beach has low tide water. Smaller beaches to the north, accessible except at high tide, are used by nudists. The Vaughan Homestead is a historic house at the north end of the beach. It is open fortnightly to the public.

A small Māori community of Ngāti Kahu lived at Long Bay, then called Te Oneroa, until the 1850s. The Vaughan family bought 600 hectares and farmed sheep from 1862 until selling their land to the Auckland Regional Council in 1965 to form the park. A gun emplacement was built on the coast north of the park to defend against invasion by Japanese forces during the Second World War. Remnants of the emplacement still exist.

Areas of farmland above Long Bay Regional Park were protected from development by an Environment Court ruling in July 2008. There is significant development of housing as of 2014 under the Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan.

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What to do in Long Bay Regional Park:

Wild Life: Blue Penguin, Pied Shag, Little Shag, Gannet, White-faced Reef Heron, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, South Island Pied, Variable Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Spur-winged Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, New Zealand Dotterel, Dolphin, Crab, Sea Anemone, Sea Snail, Barnacle, Seaweed and Mussel
Adventure: Surfing, Swimming, Kayaking, Boating, Biking, Picnicking

Where is Long Bay Regional Park:

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Location: Torbay, North Shore district, Auckland region, New Zealand

When & how to get to Long Bay Regional Park:

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Getting There: Take State Highway 1 north and turn off at Oteha Valley Rd. Turn right and follow Oteha Valley Rd to the lights. Go straight ahead into Carlisle Rd and follow the signs through Torbay to Long Bay.
Nearest Town: Torbay
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Other details about Long Bay Regional Park:

Established: 1965
Area: 1 sq km
Language: English and Maori