Sandspit, New Zealand

Sandspit
Boats at the end of the spit
Boats at the end of the spit
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Coordinates: 36°23′35″S 174°43′41″E / 36.393°S 174.728°E / -36.393; 174.728
CountryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Local authorityAuckland Council
Electoral wardRodney ward
Local boardRodney Local Board
Board subdivisionWarkworth
Area
 • Land346 ha (855 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total520
Postcode(s)
0982
Wellsford Matakana Ōmaha
Warkworth
Sandspit
(Kawau Island)
Puhoi Snells Beach

Sandspit is a settlement in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is on the Mahurangi Peninsula, about 65 kilometres north of the city centre. It has experienced substantial increases in property values during the first two decades of the 21st century.[3]

Ferries run several times a day from Sandspit to Kawau Island.[4] Ferry service between Sandspit and Kawau first started in 1934, with a boat which was (possibly later) called Nancibel[l].[5][6] In the 1950s, Nancibel was replaced by Mairie and Kawau Isle.[7]

Brick Bay, which is adjacent to Sandspit, has a sculpture trail along a two-kilometre path through native bush, fields and ponds.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Smith, Catherine; Kuprienko, Daria (12 January 2020). "Who's top dog in real estate's million-dollar club?". New Zealand Herald.
  4. ^ "Sandspit – Kawau". Kawau Cruises. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ^ Edwards, Bob (Winter 2017). "Ken Ricketts" (PDF). Kookaburra. pp. 64–65.
  6. ^ ""Nancibel" in New Dress". Rodney & Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette. 10 December 1941. p. 4.
  7. ^ "A Brief history of the Kawau ferry transport 1946 -1990". Waitematawoodys.com. 1 December 2013.
  8. ^ Nicholls, Jenny (21 December 2019). "Sculpture parks – coming to a paddock near you". Noted.