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Auckland Zoo
New Zealand's largest zoo with native wildlife including kiwi alongside exotic species from around the globe.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Western Heights
Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania
About Western Heights
Western Heights works well as a base: 5 minutes from Te Atatu South, 13km from Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Western Heights is in Auckland, New Zealand, with about 9,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Te Atatu South, about 4 km away.
Western Heights is a neighbourhood of Henderson, in West Auckland, New Zealand. Western Heights School and the nearby shops are the centre of the community. Western Heights is a "frontier suburb", separating suburban Auckland from lifestyle farming blocks, orchards and the Waitākere Ranges.
Part of the area was calledRead more
Summerland, from an export apple grown in local orchards in the mid-20th century.
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What is there to see near Western Heights?
Within an hour or so of Western Heights: Auckland Zoo (10 km), Auckland Harbour Bridge (13 km), Sky Tower (14 km), Piha Beach (15 km).
Where is Western Heights?
Western Heights is in Auckland, New Zealand, about 4 km from Te Atatu South.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,940
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -36.8782, 174.6102
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Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Western Heights
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Auckland Harbour Bridge
The eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Sky Tower
328-metre observation and telecommunications tower dominating the Auckland skyline, New Zealand's tallest man-made structure.
14 km · about 25 min drive
beach
Piha Beach
Auckland's wild west coast surf beach, dominated by the iconic Lion Rock and powerful black-sand breakers.
15 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Around 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Karekare Beach
A vast black-sand beach beneath the Waitakere Ranges, where The Piano was filmed, with a waterfall in the bush behind the car park. Wilder and emptier than neighbouring Piha.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Driving roads near Western Heights
- Right hereAuckland Harbour BridgeThe eight-lane icon spanning Waitematā Harbour since 1959, carrying SH1 into downtown Auckland with skyline and gulf views: thrill-seekers can climb it or bungy jump off it.
- 17 kmMuriwai Gannet ColonyAround 1,200 pairs of Australasian gannets nest on a cliff shelf and sea stack west of Auckland, with viewing platforms placed metres from the birds. Occupied roughly August to March.
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