Takapuna
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Template:Stack end Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is an isthmus between Shoal Bay, arm of the Waitematā Harbour, and the Hauraki Gulf. Lake Pupuke, a volcanic maar and one of the oldest features of the Auckland volcanic field, is a freshwater lake located in the suburb.
Takapuna was settled by Tāmaki Māori in the 13th or 14th centuries, who utilised the resources of Lake Pupuke, and a pōhutukawa grove called {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}. The grove still exists to this day and was an important location for funeral ceremonies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1847, the first European farmers settled at Takapuna, and the Crown gifted land at Takapuna to Ngāpuhi chief Eruera Maihi Patuone in order to create a protective barrier for Auckland. Jean-Baptiste Pompallier established St Mary's College at Takapuna in 1849.
The area became a popular tourist destination for wealthy families of Auckland in the 1880s, when many large summer residences were being constructed on the shores of Lake Pupuke. By the early 20th century, Takapuna Beach had grown in importance for tourists. The suburb developed in the 1910s due to a private tramway, and by the 1930s gradually became a commercial centre for the North Shore. Takapuna grew in importance after the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in 1959, becoming the administrative centre for the North Shore.
EtymologyEdit
The name Takapuna refers to a spring at Maungauika / North Head, located north of Torpedo Bay Navy Museum in Devonport.<ref name="Brassey">Template:Cite report</ref> The name was given by Hoturoa of the Tainui migratory waka. When the waka stopped at Torpedo Bay, Hoturoa and the crew of the Tainui met the residents of the area and drank from the spring. Hoturoa named the spring in remembrance of a spring in his homeland of Hawaiki (Mangaia).<ref name="Jones">Template:Cite Q</ref><ref name="Brassey"/> While the word {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in Māori refers to natural springs, the meaning of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in this context is unknown, and the name has variously been interpreted to mean "Knoll Spring", "Rock Spring", "Cliff Spring" or "Falling Spring".<ref name="Brassey"/>
Over time, Tāmaki Māori began to refer to the wider area around Maungauika / North Head and the North Shore as Takapuna.<ref name="Brassey"/> Jules Dumont d'Urville, an early explorer, was the first European to adopt the name to describe the area north of North Head in 1833.<ref name="HeritageName">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the early colonial era of Auckland, the name was used for the Parish of Takapuna, and modern Lake Pupuke was referred to as Lake Takapuna from the 1860s until the 1940s.<ref name="Brassey"/>
The area was known as the Lake District from 1866 until 1882, when the name Takapuna was formally adopted.Template:Sfn The name Takapuna was gradually adopted to mean the settlement focused on the southern shores of Lake Pupuke over the 19th century. The areas to the south were known as Devonport, meaning Takapuna had become geographically separated from its namesake.<ref name="Brassey"/><ref name="HeritageName"/>
GeologyEdit
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The North Shore is primarily uplifted Waitemata Group sandstone, that was deposited on the sea floor during the Early Miocene, between 22 and 16 million years ago.<ref name="ThematicReview1">Template:Cite report</ref> The Takapuna area is home to Lake Pupuke, a volcanic maar which is one of the oldest known features of the Auckland volcanic field, erupting an estimated 193,200 years ago.<ref name="Hopkins 2020">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Leonard2017">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="GreaterWalks2021">Template:Cite Q</ref> A small scoria cone existed to the west of Lake Pupuke, which was quarried during European settlement.<ref name="FieldGuide2008">Template:Cite book</ref>
During the eruption of Lake Pupuke, two lava flows travelled eastwards through the area, burning vegetation and encasing the lower 1–2 metres of the tree trunks in lava. The lava solidified into basalt rock, creating the Takapuna Fossil Forest, which was exposed an estimated 7,000 years ago due to coastal erosion.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>
Prior to human settlement, pōhutukawa trees dominated the coastal margins of the North Shore.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> The inland North Shore was a mixed podocarp-broadleaf forest dominated by kauri. To the west of Takapuna is Smiths Bush in the Onewa Domain, a remnant native forest, dominated by kahikatea and taraire trees.<ref name="FieldGuide2008"/> By the 1850s, Takapuna was primarily a mānuka scrubland, with significant coastal areas dominated by harakeke.Template:Sfn
GeographyEdit
Takapuna is an isthmus between the Hauraki Gulf and Shoal Bay, a long narrow bay of the Waitematā Harbour.<ref name="Takapuna">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Gaz">Template:LINZ</ref> Takapuna is surrounded by the suburbs of Hauraki to the south-east, Northcote to the south-west, Hillcrest and Wairau Valley to the west, and Milford north of Lake Pupuke.<ref name="Takapuna"/> The highest point in the suburb is Template:Convert above sea-level, located at the Killarney Street and the Terrace.<ref name="Takapuna"/>
Two beaches are located in the eastern parts of the suburb. Takapuna Beach is found to the south,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which faces toward Rangitoto Island across the Rangitoto Channel. Further north along the coast is Thorne Bay,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which features a rock formation called Black Rock, at the northern point of the bay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Barrys Point is a headland in Takapuna south of Esmonde Road that extends into Shoal Bay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
Māori historyEdit
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Māori settlement of the Auckland Region began around the 13th or 14th centuries.<ref name="Waikōwhai Coast">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Penlink">Template:Cite report</ref> The Devonport-Takapuna area was one of the earliest settled in the region, known to be settled by the Tāmaki Māori ancestor Peretū. Toi-te-huatahi and his followers settled and interwed with these early peoples.<ref name="DeedNgaiTai">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Around the year 1350, the Tainui migratory canoe visited the Takapuna area, stopping at the freshwater spring southwest of Maungauika / North Head.<ref name="Brassey"/> Some members of the crew decided to settle permanently in the area, including Taikehu, and intermarried with the people of the North Shore.<ref name="Brassey"/> Kāinga were found throughout the wider Takapuna area, protected by pā at Castor Bay (Te Rahopara o Peretū) to the north, with Takarunga / Mount Victoria and Maungauika / North Head to the south.<ref name="Fort">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite report</ref><ref>Template:Cite report</ref> Over time, the descendants of these people began to identify as Ngā Oho and Ngāi Tai.<ref name="Wynyard">Template:Cite report</ref><ref name="DeedNgaiTai"/>
The warrior Maki migrated from the Kāwhia Harbour to his ancestral home in the Auckland Region, likely sometime in the 17th century. Maki conquered and unified many the Tāmaki Māori tribes as Te Kawerau ā Maki, including those of the North Shore.<ref name="AucklandCouncilWaitHeritage">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Murdoch">Template:Cite book</ref> After Maki's death, his sons settled different areas of his lands, creating new hapū. His younger son Maraeariki settled the North Shore and Hibiscus Coast, who based himself at the head of the Ōrewa River. Maraeariki's daughter Kahu succeeded him, and she is the namesake of the North Shore, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ("The Greater Lands of Kahu").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Taonga">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many of the iwi of the North Shore, including Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Maraeariki, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Poataniwha, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Whātua, can trace their lineage to Kahu.<ref name="Taonga"/><ref name="DeedNgaiTai"/>
In the 17th century, Ngāti Pāoa attacked the settlements around the Waitematā Harbour, later intermarrying with the Te Kawerau ā Maki and Ngāi Tai people of the southern North Shore. During intertribal war with Ngāpuhi, the pā at Maungauika / North Head was sieged in 1793, leading Ngāti Pāoa to refocus their settlements on Waiheke Island until the 1830s.<ref name="Brassey"/> During the early 1820s, most Māori of the North Shore fled for the Waikato or Northland due to the threat of war parties during the Musket Wars.<ref name="NorthernEntrance">Template:Cite report</ref><ref name="Mahuhiri">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lake Pupuke and Te Riri a MataahoEdit
Lake Pupuke was an important location to Tāmaki Māori of the North Shore. It was used a source of fresh water, and its name {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ("Overflowing Sea") referred to how the fresh water would habitually flow out from the lake to the sea.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ThematicReview1"/> Eels and mussels were harvested from the lake, and birds who were attracted to the lake were snared for food, and harakeke from the shores could be harvested for textiles. The northern shores of the lake was home to a grove of karaka trees, which were likely used for both food and medicinal purposes.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
Takapuna is part of the setting of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ("The Wrath of Mataaho"), a Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki traditional story ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) that describes the creation of Lake Pupuke and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} "The Twins", two rock formations on Takapuna Beach.<ref name="Tipua">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="TankFarm">Template:Cite report</ref><ref name="George"/> Two tupua (children of the Fire God Mataaho), Matakamokamo and his wife Matakerepo, lived on Te Rua Maunga, a mountain located at Lake Pupuke.<ref name="MangereMountain">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="TankFarm"/> The couple argued over some flax clothing that Matakerepo had made for her husband, and the argument became so heated that the fire outside their dwelling died out. Matakamokamo cursed Mahuika, Goddess of the Fire, for allowing this to happen. Mahuika was furious at the couple, and asked Mataaho to punish them. Mataaho destroyed their mountain home, and in its place left Pupuke Moana (Lake Pupuke), while at the same time he formed the mountain Rangitoto. The couple fled to the newly formed island, where Mataaho formed three peaks on the mountain, so that the couple can view the ruins of their former home.<ref name="MangereMountain"/> Hinerei and Matamiha, the couples' twin children, were turned to stone, and remain as rock features on the southern Takapuna Beach.<ref name="EkePanuku">Template:Cite report</ref><ref name="George"/>
Te Uru TapuEdit
To the north of Takapuna Beach is a wāhi tapu (sacred location) called {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, a grove of pōhutukawa used for burial ceremonies by Tāmaki Māori.<ref name="NgaiTaiValues">Template:Cite report</ref><ref name="Spinoff">Template:Cite news</ref> As a part of traditional burial practices, bodies would be wrapped in flax mats and placed in a sitting position in the trees, with the dead later being buried once their bodies had naturally decomposed.<ref name="RNZTapu">Template:Cite news</ref>
In the early 2000s, the North Shore City Council built a boardwalk through the grove.<ref name="Spinoff"/> Access was removed in June 2018 due to risks of falling branches, and access to the grove was not returned after the Auckland Council consulted with seven iwi.<ref name="RNZTapu"/> In 2021, vandals poisoned and cut down many of the trees in the grove, including karo, karaka, nīkau palms and tōtara, however did not target the pōhutukawa.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Early colonial periodEdit
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The first land purchases at Takapuna were undertaken by Henry Taylor and Alexander Sparks in November 1839.Template:Sfn These land sales were later disallowed, and Takapuna was purchased by the Crown on 13 April 1841 as a part of the Mahurangi Block.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn Farms were auctioned in 1844,Template:Sfn and the first European farmers arrived in the Takapuna area in 1847.Template:Sfn Early European settlers were predominantly from England, Scotland and Ireland, and they established farms around the lake.Template:Sfn Crops such as wheat, maize, barley, potatoes and kūmara were grown at these farms, and homesteads planted single acre orchards dominated by plums, apples and peaches.Template:Sfn
In 1849, the Catholic Church purchased land at Takapuna, where Jean-Baptiste Pompallier established St Mary's College, a school and later seminary that catered to both European and Māori.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/><ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
In 1852, the Crown granted Template:Convert of land south of Lake Pupuke to Barry's Point / Awataha to Ngāpuhi chief Eruera Maihi Patuone, in order to create a shield for the City of Auckland against potential invasion from Ngāpuhi and other northern tribes. Patuone's people lived in the area until the 1880s.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn Patuone named his settlement {{#invoke:Lang|lang}},Template:Sfn meaning "Waters of Wharariki", a mat made of harakeke flax.<ref name="George">Template:Cite Q</ref> Patuone's lands at {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} included a peach tree orchard and a village of twenty huts.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref> Many Ngāpuhi from the settlement worked on the farms at Lake Pupuke, establishing a network of fences for the properties.Template:Sfn
In 1863, the first subdivisions were created in Takapuna, where villas were constructed on the eastern shores of Lake Pupuke. The streets were named after famous lakes of the world.Template:Sfn A ferry service began to operate from Barry's Point at Shoal Bay, and the Takapuna Hotel was established in 1863 near the ferry launch.<ref name="HeritageName"/> Despite the Long Depression of the 1880s, Takapuna grew as a community. By this period, sheep breeding had become important in northern Takapuna, and Takapuna dairy farms supplied milk for Auckland.Template:Sfn A post office was established in Takapuna in 1880, followed by St Peter's Church in 1883.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
During fears of Russian invasion in the 1880s, Fort Takapuna was established to the southeast of the suburb.<ref name="Fort"/><ref name="ThematicReview1"/> Lake Pupuke became the major source of fresh water for the North Shore, with Devonport receiving fresh water in the 1890s, followed by Northcote in 1906. In 1913, a new pumphouse was constructed on the lake, in order to supply Birkenhead with fresh water.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
Tourism destination and tramsEdit
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By the late 1880s, Takapuna had developed into a destination for tourists, with Lake Pupuke being the main attraction. The increase in tourists encouraged farmers to subdivide their lands. The Lake Hotel was constructed, and large summer residences were constructed on the shores of the lake.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> The earliest subdivisions of farmland for suburban development were the Hurstmere estate in 1886,<ref name="TakapunaWalk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Pupuke Estate in 1889. The Takapuna and Milford Beach areas, as well as the land surrounding Lake Pupuke soon became popular spots for wealthy businessmen building summer homes to entertain in a rural surrounding, and eventually, many moved here permanently, commuting to work in Auckland via ferry.<ref name="TakapunaWalk"/><ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
By the late 1900s, Lake Pupuke diminished in importance for tourists, who were instead attracted to Takapuna Beach. In 1909, the Lake Hotel was destroyed in a fire. The hotel was not replaced, and instead the Mon Desir Hotel on the Takapuna beachfront was opened in 1909.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
In 1910, a private tramway was established in Takapuna, which conveyed passengers to the ferry at Bayswater.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> A group of local businessmen proposed the tramway to Auckland Electric Tramways as a way to improve property prices in Takapuna. After the company declined their request due to the low population of the area, the businessmen established the Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company Limited, operating both the tram and ferry.<ref name="Trams">Template:Cite book</ref> The plan was a success, leading to rapid suburban development in Takapuna.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> The tramway soon became unpopular,<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> and closed 17 years later on 26 April 1927.<ref name="Trams"/>
In 1914, a local cinema was opened in Takapuna, at the Forester's Hall in Anzac Street,<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> and Chinese market gardeners established farms at Barrys Point in the 1920s.Template:Sfn
By the 1930s, Takapuna transitioned from a tourist destination into a suburb of Auckland. Summer residences were gradually replaced by permanent housing,<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> and Takapuna developed into a commercial centre on the North Shore.Template:Sfn A number of Takapuna buildings date from this period, including Hall's Building, the Manona Building and the Strand Buildings.Template:Sfn
During World War II, coastal defenses were built around the Takapuna area.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> A light industrial area developed at Barry Point in the 1950s, the Takapuna War Memorial Hall opened in 1953, and North Shore Hospital was opened as the first major public hospital on the North Shore on 19 July 1958.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
Auckland Harbour Bridge and suburban developmentEdit
The Auckland Harbour Bridge was opened in 1959, creating a road bridge between the North Shore and Auckland City,<ref name="HISTORY50">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> causing an explosion of suburban growth across the North Shore.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> After the opening of the bridge, Takapuna became the administrative centre for Takapuna City (established in 1961), and later for North Shore City (established in 1989). This drew major retailers to the commercial centre of Takapuna, and branches of Woolworths, Rendells Department Store, and Milne & Choyce opened in the suburb, and were followed by a modern shopping centre, Shore City Shopping Centre.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
In 1962, Takapuna became the location where the COMPAC submarine communications cable connected Auckland to Suva, Fiji, and onwards to Vancouver, Canada. The system was in use until 7 December 1984.<ref name="EvolvingAuckland8.4">Template:Cite book</ref>
In 1996, the Bruce Mason Centre was opened as an events venue for Takapuna.<ref name="North90s">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the late 1990s, the former Smale family farm was redeveloped into Smales Farm, a commercial complex adjacent to the motorway.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Clear Communications Centre opened here in 1999.<ref name="North90s"/>
DemographicsEdit
Takapuna covers Template:Convert<ref name="Area">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and had an estimated population of Template:Decimals as of Template:NZ population data 2023 SA2 with a population density of Template:Decimals people per km2.
Template:Historical populations Takapuna had a population of 11,349 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 12 people (0.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 801 people (7.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 5,355 males, 5,958 females and 33 people of other genders in 4,707 dwellings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 3.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 1,533 people (13.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,992 (17.6%) aged 15 to 29, 5,067 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,745 (24.2%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 64.1% European (Pākehā); 5.2% Māori; 2.3% Pasifika; 31.7% Asian; 3.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.7% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.7%, Māori language by 0.9%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 31.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 46.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 36.4% Christian, 1.6% Hindu, 1.7% Islam, 0.1% Māori religious beliefs, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.5% Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 50.9%, and 5.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 4,191 (42.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,738 (38.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,890 (19.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 1,998 people (20.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,680 (47.7%) people were employed full-time, 1,281 (13.1%) were part-time, and 210 (2.1%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Population | Density (per km2) |
Dwellings | Median age | Median income | |
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| Westlake | 0.69 | 2,862 | 4,148 | 1,002 | 39.4 years | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Takapuna West | 2.01 | 3,420 | 1,701 | 1,506 | 42.7 years | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Takapuna Central | 1.14 | 2,898 | 2,542 | 1,383 | 50.9 years | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Takapuna South | 0.72 | 2,169 | 3,013 | 816 | 42.4 years | citation | CitationClass=web
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| New Zealand | 38.1 years | $41,500 |
Local governmentEdit
The first local government in the area was the Lake Highway District, also known as the Takapuna Highway District, which began operating 1867. In June 1889 the road board was dissolved, in favour of Takapuna being under the direct control of the Waitemata County Council.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> The Borough of Takapuna was established on 1 July 1913, after 73% of electors in Takapuna voted for independence from the Waitemata County.Template:Sfn The first mayor, Ewen Alison, had previously served as the Mayor of Devonport, and by 1914 the borough council began working on improving roads, footpaths and street lighting.Template:Sfn In 1954, Takapuna Borough expanded its borders to include Castor Bay to the north.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
After significant growth in population, Takapuna Borough became Takapuna City in 1961.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> On 1 August 1974, the Waitemata County was dissolved,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> leading to rural northern North Shore areas, such as Glenfield, Albany and Long Bay, to be incorporated into Takapuna City.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1989, Takapuna City was merged into the North Shore City.<ref name="McClure">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> North Shore City was amalgamated into Auckland Council in November 2010.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Within the Auckland Council, Takapuna is a part of the Devonport-Takapuna local government area governed by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. It is a part of the North Shore ward, which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.
List of mayorsEdit
Between 1913 and 1989, Takapuna had 11 mayors. The following is a complete list:
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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| Takapuna Borough Council | |||
| 1 | Ewen Alison | File:Ewen Alison.jpg | 1913–1914 |
| 2 | William Blomfield | File:William Blomfield.jpg | 1914–1921 |
| 3 | Arthur Mason Gould | File:Arthur Mason Gould.jpg | 1921–1924 |
| 4 | James William Hayden | File:James William Hayden.jpg | 1924–1925 |
| 5 | John Dugald Morison | File:John Dugald Morison (cropped).jpg | 1925–1927 |
| 6 | Julius Williamson | File:Julius Warwick Williamson (cropped).jpg | 1927–1931 |
| 7 | John Guiniven | File:John Guiniven.jpg | 1931–1950 |
| 8 | Douglas Sheath | File:Douglas Raymond Sheath.jpg | 1950–1956 |
| 9 | Bill Henderson | File:William Holmes Henderson.jpg | 1956–1961 |
| Takapuna City Council | |||
| (9) | Bill Henderson | File:William Holmes Henderson.jpg | 1961–1965 |
| 10 | Fred Thomas | File:Arthur Frederick Thomas.jpg | 1965–1986 |
| 11 | Wyn Hoadley | File:Wyn Hoadley 1988 (cropped).jpg | 1986–1989 |
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Notable peopleEdit
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- Claire Ahuriri-Dunning – playwright
- Ewen Alison – politician and first mayor of Takapuna.Template:Sfn
- William Blomfield – cartoonist<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
- Henry Brett – journalist and Mayor of Auckland City.Template:Sfn
- Lisa Chappell – actress and singer
- David Goldie – timber merchant and Mayor of Auckland City.Template:Sfn
- William John Hurst – Mayor of Auckland City.Template:Sfn
- Lorde – singer-songwriter
- Bruce Mason – playwright<ref name=nzbc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Deborah Pullen – footballer
- Winston Reid – footballer
- Frank Sargeson – playwright<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
- Keith Sinclair – historian<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
- Harry Sinclair – film director<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
- Stephen Sinclair – playwright and screenwriter<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
- Pamela Stephenson – TV personality, psychologist, comedian
- Kody Nielson – musician and producer
Literary scene and popular cultureEdit
Short story writer Frank Sargeson moved to his parents' holiday home in Takapuna in 1931, and regularly had figures within New Zealand's literary scene stay at his home (now known as the Frank Sargeson House). Among these guests was Janet Frame, who wrote her debut novel Owls Do Cry (1957) in the army hut at his residence.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/>
Takapuna resident Bruce Mason's play The End of the Golden Weather (1960) is set in Takapuna, and depicts the 1930s holiday culture of the suburb.<ref name="ThematicReview1"/> In 1991, an Ian Mune film adaptation was produced for the play, which was primarily shot in Takapuna.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The TVNZ comedy-drama Go Girls was set in Takapuna.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Block NZ's first season took place in Takapuna.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shania Twain's 2003 music video for "When You Kiss Me" was shot in Takapuna.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AmenitiesEdit
- The Takapuna Beach area is a nightlife hub and boutique shopping centre of the North Shore, having many bars, restaurants, cafes and shops.
- Shore City Shopping Centre opened in Takapuna in 1974.<ref name="ShoreCityHistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> It covers 14,900 m2, and has 826 carparks and 63 shops, including Farmers, New World Metro and Les Mills.<ref name="ShoreCityLeasing">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Takapuna Library, which first began operating in 1874, with its current premises established in 1989.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The library operates a local history archive, including an index of local newspapers, archives, photographs, oral histories, and historical material relating to Takapuna.<ref name="TPL">Template:Webarchive.</ref>
SportEdit
Takapuna is home to Takapuna AFC who compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1A. Since 1974 Takapuna Rugby Football Club has been located at Onewa Domain, which is in the neighbouring suburb of Northcote. Prior to that the club were located at Taharoto Park which is located on Taharoto Rd in Takapuna.
EducationEdit
Westlake Boys High School and Westlake Girls High School are single-sex secondary (years 9-13) state schools with rolls of Template:NZ school roll data and Template:NZ school roll data respectively, as of Template:NZ school roll data<ref>Template:TKI</ref><ref>Template:TKI</ref> Westlake High School, which opened in 1958, became Westlake Girls High School in 1962 after Westlake Boys High School opened.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Rosmini College is a boys' secondary (years 7–13) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data,<ref>Template:TKI</ref> and St Joseph's School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data.<ref>Template:TKI</ref> They are state integrated Catholic schools located adjacent to each other. Rosmini College was founded in 1962,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and St Joseph's in 1894.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Takapuna Normal Intermediate is a coeducational intermediate (years 7–8) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data.<ref>Template:TKI</ref> It was established in 1970.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Takapuna School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data.<ref>Template:TKI</ref> It celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2004.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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Takapuna Grammar School is in Belmont, to the southeast of Takapuna. It is the main public secondary school in the area.
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- Photographs of Takapuna held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
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