Greenhithe, New Zealand

Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Greenhithe
Suburb
Greenhithe looking towards the Waitākere Ranges.
Coordinates: 36°46′16″S 174°41′02″E / 36.771°S 174.684°E / -36.771; 174.684
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Albany ward
Local board	Upper Harbour Local Board
Area [1]
• Land	781 ha (1,930 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[2]
• Total	9,430
Postcode(s)	0632

Pāremoremo	Schnapper Rock	Unsworth Heights
Herald Island	Greenhithe	Bayview
Hobsonville	(Waitematā Harbour)	Beach Haven

Greenhithe is a northwestern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, located on the North Shore. Greenhithe was the location of Tauhinu, a fortified Te Kawerau ā Maki and Ngāti Whātua pā which overlooked the entrance to Oruamo or Hellyers Creek, that was settled until the 1820s. In the 1860s, the Forgham family established a community at Greenhithe, which by the 1880s had become a major fruit producer for Auckland. Boat repair and construction became major industries in Greenhithe in the 1960s.

The area developed into a suburb of Auckland after the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in 1959 and the Upper Harbour Bridge in 1975. The North Shore City Council identified Greenhithe as an area for suburban growth in 2002, leading the population to double between 2001 and 2018.