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Delve into Half Moon Bay
The district Half Moon Bay of Pakuranga in Auckland (Auckland) is a district located in New Zealand about 305 mi north of Wellington, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 58% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (8 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 91% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 30th of March 2024
18°C (64 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 31st of March 2024
19°C (66 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 1st of April 2024
20°C (67 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Seafields
GREENLANE MANOR MOTEL
Grange Lodge Motel
540 on Great South Motel
BEST WESTERN ELLERSLIE INTL
QUEST HIGHBROOK
Point View House
Mount Richmond Hotel
Half Moon Bay Motel
Dannemora Motor Inn
Videos from this area
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Mt Mortar Pokemon Soul Silver:Getting to The Tyrogue man! With Commentary
EDIT: you might want to turn your sound up high to hear me. This is my first video, showing you how to get through mt mortar and into the part of the cave where you will find a man from saffron...
Timelapse at Bucklands Beach
Short timelapse I made on my birthday =D I only decided to do it half way out on my walk so I didn't have a tripod with me nor an intervalometer so careful counting and some photoshop magic...
Monika Otai
Fa'u 'e Kalolo Makasiale Otai (dad) hiva'i 'e Salesi Kaufusi, Sydney, Australia, Sunset Band, Monika Otai 'o 'Ahopanilolo.
Point England School - Smart Travellers
Winner of the 2012 NZTA Primary Years Competition - Safer Journeys for Children, Storyboard to movie or animation category. https://education.nzta.govt.nz/competitions/the-nzta-primary-years-com...
Monarch butterfly hatching (HD)
A monarch butterfly hatching from a chrysalis (which is also called a cocoon or pupa)
The Pakuranga Rotary Walkway - Panmure Bridge to Half Moon Bay by Bike
Filmed on a Sony AS15. I had to stop periodically to remove condensation inside the waterproof case.
Home for Rent Auckland 2BR/1BA by Auckland Property Management
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Musick Point
Musick Point is the headland of the peninsula that forms the eastern shore of the Tamaki River in Bucklands Beach, a suburb of Auckland New Zealand. In 1942 Musick Point was named after Ed Musick, a famous aviator,who visited NZ in 1937. , although the headland is also known as Te Waiarohia, after an ancient Māori stronghold. Today it is occupied by a golf club and the Musick Memorial Radio Station.
Tamaki River
The Tamaki River is, despite its name, mostly an estuarial arm and harbour of the Hauraki Gulf, within the city of Auckland in New Zealand. It extends south for 15 kilometres from its mouth between the Auckland suburb of Saint Heliers and the long thin peninsula of Bucklands Beach, which reaches its end at Musick Point.
Panmure, New Zealand
Panmure is a south-eastern suburb of Auckland City, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 11 kilometres southeast of the city centre, close to the western banks of the Tamaki River and the northern shore of the Panmure Basin (or Kaiahiku). To the north lies the suburb of Tamaki, and to the west is the cone of Mount Wellington.
Pakuranga
Pakuranga is an eastern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Pakuranga covers a series of low ridges and previously swampy flats, now drained, that lie between the Pakuranga Creek and Tamaki River, two estuarial arms of the Hauraki Gulf. It is located to the north of Manukau and 15 kilometres southeast of the Auckland CBD.
Glen Innes, New Zealand
Glen Innes is a suburb located in Auckland, New Zealand, often known by its inhabitants simply as "GI". It is located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the waters of the Tamaki River. The main streets in Glen Innes are Line Road, Taniwha Street and Apirana Avenue, which meet in the city centre. Glen Innes has a train station on the Eastern Line of the Auckland Rail Network, and is a hub for Eastern Auckland City buses.
Bucklands Beach
Bucklands Beach is a suburb 13 kilometres east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City, and under authority of the Auckland Council.
Macleans College
Macleans College is a co-educational secondary school in New Zealand situated in the Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach. The principal is B J Bentley. The school is named after the Macleans family who after immigrating to New Zealand in 1850 farmed the area of land that the school is built on. The school emblem contains the castle from the Macleans family crest along with six waves which symbolise the seaside location of the school. The school has a reputation for academic success.
Farm Cove Observatory
Farm Cove Observatory (FCO) is an amateur astronomical observatory in Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand. Built in 2000, the observatory has a Meade LX200R 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain F/10 telescope, purchased and on loan from Ohio State University Astronomy Dept. The observatory uses an SBIG ST8XME CCD camera with clear filter for data acquisition, this camera was supplied recently by the Centre for Backyard Astrophysics. FCO is only used for astronomical research.
Howick Historical Village
Howick Historical Village is a re-creation of a New Zealand colonial village using houses and cottages saved from the surrounding Auckland suburb of Howick.
Glendowie, New Zealand
Suburb:Glendowie City:Auckland Island:North Island Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the south-west - to the north-west Hauraki Gulf Tamaki River Wai O Taiki Bay Glen Innes Saint Heliers Glendowie is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. Glendowie is under the local governance of the Auckland City Council. According to the 2001 census, Glendowie has a population of 3,825.
Farm Cove, New Zealand
The suburb of Farm Cove is located in eastern Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city. In Farm Cove, there are two main schools; Wakaaranga Primary School and Farm Cove Intermediate.
Highland Park, New Zealand
Highland Park is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located between Howick and Pakuranga. It belongs to the Pakuranga Electorate which is currently represented by Maurice Williamson. The main shopping area of Highlands Park currently has two supermarkets, a south African Butchery a bookshop, two banks and several bakeries and cafes.
Eastern Beach, New Zealand
Eastern Beach is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Located on the eastern city of the city centre, the suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city. Its most common attraction is a popular palm fringed beach, also called Eastern beach, with summer temperatures attracting thousands of people from neighbouring suburbs to the beach to enjoy the shallow waters and 2 shops and parks within close vicinity.
Sunnyhills, New Zealand
Suburb:Sunnyhills City:Manukau Island:North Island Surrounded by - to the north - to the north-east - to the east - to the south - to the south-west - to the west - to the north-west Farm Cove (625 m) Half Moon Bay (2.5 km) Highland Park (2.1 km) Pakuranga Heights (1.7 km) Pakuranga (1.8 km) Panmure (2.1 km) Tamaki (2.2 km) Sunnyhills is an Auckland suburb. Sunnyhills is under the local governance of the Manukau City Council.
Saint Kentigern College
Saint Kentigern College is a private, co-educational Presbyterian secondary school in the Pakuranga suburb of Manukau City in the Auckland region of New Zealand, beside the estuary of the Tamaki Estuary. It is operated by the Saint Kentigern Trust Board which also operates Saint Kentigern School in Remuera and Saint Kentigern School for Girls – Corran (formerly Corran School).
Sacred Heart College, Auckland
Sacred Heart College is a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a Catholic, Marist College set on 60 acres of land overlooking the Tamaki Estuary in Glen Innes.
Churchill Park, Glendowie
Churchill Park is a 40 hectare park in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie, in New Zealand. It was named after Winston Churchill upon the park's creation in 1945, and lies on the western side of the Auckland Isthmus towards the Tamaki River. Glendowie suburb was established in the 1920s when George Riddell created a loop road in the area. The owner of the rural blocks of land in the centre of the loop combined them to form a golf course, which later became Churchill Park.
Half Moon Bay, Auckland
Half Moon Bay is a coastal suburb located immediately south of Bucklands Beach in Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand. It is well known for the Half Moon Bay Marina, home to over 500 boats. It is located on the Tamaki Estuary, in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. Half Moon Bay is the location of a long established ferry terminal for vehicle and passenger traffic to Waiheke Island and a regular passenger ferry service to Auckland's central business district.
Pakuranga College
Pakuranga College is a large, high-decile, multi-cultural secondary school in east Auckland, New Zealand. It maintains a proud record of high academic achievement and wide sporting, cultural and leadership opportunities for students.
Glendowie College
Glendowie College is a co-ed secondary school based along Crossfield Road, Mt Taylor Drive and Riddell Road in Auckland, New Zealand.
Pigeon Mountain (New Zealand)
Pigeon Mountain is a 55 m high volcanic cone in Half Moon Bay near Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. It forms part of the Auckland volcanic field and is popular for scientific school trips. It has been extensively quarried, with the entire north side of the volcano removed. The mountain is a former pa site, and some of the terracing still remains. Artefacts as well as skulls were found there in the 1960s by students from Pakuranga College. The mountain is open to the public.
Farm Cove Intermediate
Farm Cove Intermediate School is an intermediate school located in Pakuranga, Auckland. It opened in 1979. It currently has a roll of around 620 students and is divided into six areas. Each area usually has a staff of three, including a Senior Teacher, who is in charge of the day to day running of their area. The current principal since April 2011 is Linda Harvie.
Auckland Adventist Hospital
Auckland Adventist Hospital was an Adventist Hospital in Auckland. It was a private sector hospital, and was located in Saint Heliers. It provided a very wide range of services. The hospital's medical center included accident, laboratory, physiotherapy and radiology services, a pharmacy and specialist consulting rooms. It was sold by the Trans-Tasman Union Conference due to financial difficulties.
Churchill Park School
Churchill Park School is a co-ed primary and intermediate school in Glendowie, Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches from year one until year eight. It is a school with a student population of approximately 450. It is surrounded by Churchill Park, Glendowie. There are 21 classrooms, with staff consisting mostly of females. All students have a music lesson every week. Year 7 and 8 students have a weekly class learning a language.
Taylors Hill
Taylors Hill (also Te Taurere), is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field. Its scoria cone reaches 56 m high. It was the site of a pā and retains Māori earthworks from that era such as kumara pits and terracing. The volcano's lower slopes and scoria mounds to the east and south have been quarried away. The volcano has been dated as erupting about 32,000 yrs ago.