Hillpark, Auckland

Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Hillpark
Suburb
View over Hillpark suburb from Orams Road motorway overbridge
Coordinates: 37°01′00″S 174°54′07″E / 37.016649°S 174.901916°E / -37.016649; 174.901916
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Manurewa-Papakura ward
Local board	Manurewa Local Board
Area [1]
• Land	174 ha (430 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	6,610

Manukau Central	Totara Heights	The Gardens
Homai	Hillpark	Alfriston
Manurewa	Manurewa	Randwick Park

Hillpark is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is bordered by suburbs of The Gardens on the east and Manurewa on the south. It was formerly part of Manukau City until the 2010 amalgamation of all of Auckland's councils, and is now under the governance of Auckland Council.

In 2016 Auckland Council recognised Hillpark as a Special Character Area.^[3] The key characteristics of the area include International Style modernist houses, mid-20th century brick and tile bungalows, Arts and Crafts influenced houses, and English Cottage style houses. The area features large open front yards and setbacks, large lots, wide roads, low densities of buildings, and an abundance of trees. Houses were generally constructed from the late 1950s to 1970s following the creation of a garden subdivision around significant stands of native forest. Hillpark suburb is a native sanctuary, which is home to large areas of native forest and parkland including Orford Park, David Park and Hillcrest Grove Reserve.

In August 2021 The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) officially assigned Hillpark with an official suburb status.^[4] The NZGB followed a Hillpark Residents' Association proposal to make official the suburb name at its meeting in July, 2020. The Association described its unique natural and heritage characteristics which have helped build a suburban identity and which should be recognised.^[5]