North Shore City

North Shore City (often only North Shore, The Shore, or North Harbour ) is a locality in the Auckland region on New Zealand's North Island. With about 212,000 inhabitants, it is in the national comparison at # 4, but is the most densely populated with over 1,600 people per square kilometer with distance. Together with the city districts of Auckland City, Manukau and North Shore City, it forms the largest with 1.3 million inhabitants by far agglomeration of New Zealand, the Auckland metropolitan area.

Geography

North Shore City is bordered to the north by the Rodney District and on the east by the Rangitoto Channel, Hauraki Gulf for a channel belonging, of the city of Rangitoto Iceland, a projected nature island of volcanic origin. The entire southern and western boundary eventually forming the Waitemata Harbour. About this natural harbor lead only two bridges: the Auckland Harbour Bridge provides a connection to the city center of Auckland City, while the Upper Harbour Bridge connects with North Shore Waitakere.

The vast majority of the district is occupied by the suburb development. Only in the northernmost areas there are still rural areas, but - to be replaced in the not too long ago most likely also from monotonous suburban developments - with the current land use of the conurbation.

Residents and Boroughs

North Shore City, which is due to its northern location (compared to Auckland City ), often referred to as North Auckland, residence shall be considered upper middle class. Especially the vicinity of the beaches on the east coast is mostly reserved for the villas of the upper class.

The proportion of the European population is - extremely unusual for Aucklander relationships - with more than 81 %, slightly higher than the national average. In contrast, the proportions of the population who belong to the group of Māori as well as the group that comes from the Pacific Islands, with about 8 % and 3.5 %, only half as large as the New Zealand -wide average. The Asian population is above the national average.

North Shore City can be divided into many neighborhoods. One can differentiate between central and outer suburbs:

• Center: Milford, Takapuna, Belmont, Devonport, Bayswater, Northcote, Birkenhead, Highbury, Hillcrest, Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Westlake and Forrest Hill.
• Outer Districts: Birkdale, Beach Haven, North Harbour, Albany, Long Bay, Torbay, Waiake, Browns Bay, Rothesay Bay, Murrays Bay, Mairangi Bay, Campbells Bay Castor Bay and.

Culture and sights

Are interesting for tourists 20 kilometers of beaches along the coast lying to the north, the villas and plots of the upper class at Takapuna Beach at low tide at Milford Beach along the dike.

Also worth seeing are the located north seaside suburbs with shopping centers, restaurants and the historic village of Devonport ( the home of the Navy of New Zealand).

Beyond the borders of the isthmus, where the city 's North Shore is located, are the 47 islands of the " Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park". These include Rangitoto, Motutapu and Waiheke, which attract many visitors to its idyllic coves and beaches, galleries, vineyards and restaurants as well as the annual " Montana Waiheke Iceland of Jazz Festival ".

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

In total, over 22,000 companies have settled in North Shore City, which together account for about 6 % of the country's gross domestic product ( GDP). Between 1998 and 2002 the number of farms grew by 29.3%, which is another national record.

In the last five years, especially the suburb of Albany faced with major changes. A few years ago this place was not with North Shore City " grown " and rural. Now Albany is the economic center of the city; Among others, several " Super Stores", so huge shopping malls, built and a variety of " mini- suburbs " that consist of hundreds of similar looking houses, built from the ground. Thus, a large number indeed was cheaper apartments, but at the same time many acres of farmland were destroyed.

However, the expansion to the north does not take all probability after the other. For example, will soon also the former resort of Orewa, which is already in the Rodney District and the recently marked the northern highway begins will be " rolled over " from the urban sprawl.

Infrastructure

There are no significant traffic problems within the urban area of ​​North Shore. On the Upper Harbour Bridge but it is especially at rush hour to greater traffic congestion. The worst traffic problems but there are between North Shore City and Auckland City - and now not only at rush hour - on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Therefore, it was even discussed at the regional level public about the solution of these problems.

The end of 2005 new Park & ​​Ride sites were built along the north -south tangent that will move commuters to switch to buses that were built for the part our own roadways or still are. A connection to the North Shore City (still underdeveloped ) rail system is not planned for the near future.

Twinning

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