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Blockhouse Bay, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards
5,498 addresses in Blockhouse Bay (Whau Local Board); 58.6 % of them in Mixed Housing Suburban.
Streets with the most addresses: Blockhouse Bay Road 461; Taylor Street 403; Boundary Road 300; Whitney Street 269; Donovan Street 258; Bolton Street 235; Connell Street 193; Terry Street 186; Kinross Street 185; Lynbrooke Avenue 147.
Unitary Plan zones
- Mixed Housing Suburban: 3,223 addresses, 58.6 %
- Mixed Housing Urban: 1,772 addresses, 32.2 %
- Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 272 addresses, 4.9 %
- Single House: 113 addresses, 2.1 %
- Local Centre: 74 addresses, 1.3 %
- Open Space - Informal Recreation: 14 addresses, 0.3 %
- Neighbourhood Centre: 12 addresses, 0.2 %
- Open Space - Conservation: 6 addresses, 0.1 %
- Open Space - Sport and Active Recreation: 6 addresses, 0.1 %
- Special Purpose - School: 3 addresses, 0.1 %
Overlays and natural hazards
- 2 addresses (0.0 %) in historic heritage place
- 6 addresses (0.1 %) in significant ecological area
- 276 addresses (5.0 %) in large-scale landslide classed High or Very High; all classes: Low 4,753, Very Low 460, High 254, Very High 22
- 3 addresses (0.1 %) in tsunami evacuation zone
- 1 addresses (0.0 %) in coastal inundation 1% AEP + 1 m sea level
- liquefaction (calibrated): no address classed High or Medium or Possible (Very Low 4,388, Undetermined 1,109)
- liquefaction (basic): no address classed High or Medium or Possible (Very Low 4,388, Unlikely 1,109)
Not mapped at any address here: special character area, aircraft noise overlay, height variation control, coastal inundation 1% AEP.
Flood layers: GeoMaps (no open licence). Shallow landslide: in the report.
Titles and parcels
Freehold 4,282 (77.9 %); Cross lease 993 (18.1 %); Unit Title 213 (3.9 %); no title matched 9 (0.2 %); Gazette Notice 1 (0.0 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 678 m².
What building costs here
Whau: NZ$3,182 per m² declared on 268 new house consents (September 2025 – August 2026), about NZ$477,300 for 150 m².