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Shelly Park
Shelly Park is a suburb of East Auckland, in northern New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of thirteen electoral divisions of the Auckland Council. It is named after the beach of the same name.
Shelly Park is located on the eastern edges of metropolitan East Auckland, along the Hauraki Gulf coast. Shelly Park Beach is located to the south of the suburb, and is found along the shores of the estuarial Mangemangeroa Creek.
The Shelly Park area is part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, who descend from the crew of the Tainui migratory waka, who visited the area around the year 1300. Many Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa pā sites, middens and other archaeological sites can be found in the Mangemangeroa Valley, which was known for Spiny dogfish pioke found in the estuary. The area was cultivated by Ngāi Tai, and protected by the Tūwakamana Pā at Cockle Bay.
In 1836, English Missionary William Thomas Fairburn brokered a land sale between Tāmaki Māori chiefs covering the majority of modern-day South Auckland, East Auckland and the Pōhutukawa Coast. The sale was envisioned as a way to end hostilities in the area, but it is unclear what the chiefs understood or consented to. Māori continued to live in the area, unchanged by this sale.
In 1843, early settlers George and William Trice arrived at Shelly Park. Moananui, chief of the Ngāi Tai at Shelly Park, suggested that the Trices buy land across the creek, near Clifton Road. In 1847, Howick township was established as a defensive outpost for Auckland, by fencibles (retired British Army soldiers) and their families. Early settlers in the area shot the kūaka and huahou found in the estuary, and carpenter Lauchlan McInnes harvested the forest behind Shelly Park Beach, which then was known as McInnes' Bush. In 1854 when Fairburn's purchase was investigated by the New Zealand Land Commission, a Ngāi Tai reserve was created around the Wairoa River and Umupuia areas, and as a part of the agreement, members of Ngāi Tai agreed to leave their traditional settlements to the west, near Howick.
The Shelly Park Beach sandspit was a popular point for ferries to disembark passengers headed for Howick, and a wharf was constructed at the end of the sandspit around the year 1880.
In December 1923, Shelly Park was subdivided into 42 sections, primarily sold as holiday baches. A holidaying community developed around Shelly Beach, and was active until the 1970s, when the area transitioned into a suburb of Auckland.
Shelly Park covers 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 2,970 as of June 2025, with a population density of 2,415 people per km2.
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Shelly Park
Shelly Park is a suburb of East Auckland, in northern New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of thirteen electoral divisions of the Auckland Council. It is named after the beach of the same name.
Shelly Park is located on the eastern edges of metropolitan East Auckland, along the Hauraki Gulf coast. Shelly Park Beach is located to the south of the suburb, and is found along the shores of the estuarial Mangemangeroa Creek.
The Shelly Park area is part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, who descend from the crew of the Tainui migratory waka, who visited the area around the year 1300. Many Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Pāoa pā sites, middens and other archaeological sites can be found in the Mangemangeroa Valley, which was known for Spiny dogfish pioke found in the estuary. The area was cultivated by Ngāi Tai, and protected by the Tūwakamana Pā at Cockle Bay.
In 1836, English Missionary William Thomas Fairburn brokered a land sale between Tāmaki Māori chiefs covering the majority of modern-day South Auckland, East Auckland and the Pōhutukawa Coast. The sale was envisioned as a way to end hostilities in the area, but it is unclear what the chiefs understood or consented to. Māori continued to live in the area, unchanged by this sale.
In 1843, early settlers George and William Trice arrived at Shelly Park. Moananui, chief of the Ngāi Tai at Shelly Park, suggested that the Trices buy land across the creek, near Clifton Road. In 1847, Howick township was established as a defensive outpost for Auckland, by fencibles (retired British Army soldiers) and their families. Early settlers in the area shot the kūaka and huahou found in the estuary, and carpenter Lauchlan McInnes harvested the forest behind Shelly Park Beach, which then was known as McInnes' Bush. In 1854 when Fairburn's purchase was investigated by the New Zealand Land Commission, a Ngāi Tai reserve was created around the Wairoa River and Umupuia areas, and as a part of the agreement, members of Ngāi Tai agreed to leave their traditional settlements to the west, near Howick.
The Shelly Park Beach sandspit was a popular point for ferries to disembark passengers headed for Howick, and a wharf was constructed at the end of the sandspit around the year 1880.
In December 1923, Shelly Park was subdivided into 42 sections, primarily sold as holiday baches. A holidaying community developed around Shelly Beach, and was active until the 1970s, when the area transitioned into a suburb of Auckland.
Shelly Park covers 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 2,970 as of June 2025, with a population density of 2,415 people per km2.
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