Forrest Hill | |
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 View of the North Shore and Central Auckland from Forrest Hill | |
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| Coordinates: 36°46′02″S 174°44′53″E / 36.76722°S 174.74806°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Auckland |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Electoral ward | North Shore ward |
| Local board | Devonport-Takapuna Local Board[1] |
| Area | |
| • Land | 290 ha (720 acres) |
| Population (June 2023)[3] | |
| • Total | 10,210 |
| Postcode(s) | 0620 |
| Sunnynook | Campbells Bay | Campbells Bay |
| Tōtara Vale |
  Forrest Hill  |
Castor Bay |
| Wairau Valley | Hillcrest | Milford |
Forrest Hill is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand.
Forrest Hill is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was previously governed by the North Shore City Council, which amalgamated into Auckland Council on 1 November 2010.[4]
Forrest Hill Road and (ultimately) the whole suburb of Forrest Hill is named after Lt. Hugh Alexander Forrest, born in Wellington on 30 May 1893, who was killed in action on 12 October 1917, in the First Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. The Takapuna Borough Council renamed Whites Hill Road in his honour at a council meeting on 22 October 1919, and the entire area was named after the road about five decades later.[5] Northern Forrest Hill is also known as Crown Hill.[6]
- ^ "Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Plan" (PDF). Auckland Council. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Government, Local. "Auckland Council - Main". www.localcouncils.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Forrest Hill, North Shore". Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) – linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Place name detail: Crown Hill". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 18 December 2023.