Editing Point Chevalier (section)

===Early history and European settlement===
Before the European settlement of the Auckland isthmus in the 1840s, small Maori settlements existed in the area which later became Point Chevalier, including one at Meola Reef and a fishing settlement at Rangi-mata-rau (later Point Chevalier Beach). The latter was a staging point for shark fishing off Kauri Point on the inner Waitematā Harbour.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

The [[Arch Hill Highway District]] administered the area from 1871 until the Point Chevalier Road District was formed from part of the highway district on 16 July 1874. The district was dissolved in 1921 when the area was amalgamated into the [[City of Auckland]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Bloomfield | first=Gerald Taylor | title=The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971 | publisher=Auckland University Press | publication-place=Auckland | date=1973 | isbn=0-19-647714-X |page=124,127}}</ref>

As the city of Auckland grew, Point Chevalier gained strategic importance as it lay on what was then the main land route out of Auckland, the [[Great North Road, Auckland|Great North Road]]. Because of this, a military encampment was located here during the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s. The name 'Point Chevalier' comes from Captain George Robert Chevalier (1825 - 1871), a musketry instructor serving in the 65th Regiment, stationed at this camp.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

The Point Chevalier area had a largely rural character up until the period between the two World Wars.{{cn|date=May 2025}}