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Orewa, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards
7,372 addresses in Orewa (Hibiscus and Bays Local Board); 55.0 % of them in Single House.
Streets with the most addresses: Hibiscus Coast Highway 493; Centreway Road 369; Tamariki Avenue 358; Ambassador Glade 334; Tauranga Place 245; Riverside Road 194; Lakeside Drive 190; Florence Avenue 155; Godfrey Drive 153; West Hoe Heights 126.
Unitary Plan zones
- Single House: 4,056 addresses, 55.0 %
- Mixed Housing Urban: 2,050 addresses, 27.8 %
- Town Centre: 478 addresses, 6.5 %
- Mixed Housing Suburban: 274 addresses, 3.7 %
- Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 249 addresses, 3.4 %
- Mixed Use: 147 addresses, 2.0 %
- Large Lot: 45 addresses, 0.6 %
- Open Space - Informal Recreation: 41 addresses, 0.6 %
- Open Space - Sport and Active Recreation: 12 addresses, 0.2 %
- Neighbourhood Centre: 11 addresses, 0.1 %
Overlays and natural hazards
- 1 addresses (0.0 %) in historic heritage place
- 5 addresses (0.1 %) in significant ecological area
- 582 addresses (7.9 %) in height variation control
- 4,543 addresses (61.6 %) in liquefaction (calibrated) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Possible 4,543, Very Low 2,798
- 4,543 addresses (61.6 %) in liquefaction (basic) classed High or Medium or Possible; all classes: Possible 4,543, Very Low 2,798
- 781 addresses (10.6 %) in large-scale landslide classed High or Very High; all classes: Very Low 4,175, Low 2,067, Very High 429, High 352
- 3,453 addresses (46.8 %) in tsunami evacuation zone
- 15 addresses (0.2 %) in coastal inundation 1% AEP
- 443 addresses (6.0 %) in coastal inundation 1% AEP + 1 m sea level
Not mapped at any address here: special character area, aircraft noise overlay.
Flood layers: GeoMaps (no open licence). Shallow landslide: in the report.
Titles and parcels
Freehold 4,518 (61.3 %); Unit Title 1,738 (23.6 %); Cross lease 1,039 (14.1 %); Supplementary Record Sheet 44 (0.6 %); no title matched 17 (0.2 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 652 m².
What building costs here
Hibiscus and Bays: NZ$3,380 per m² declared on 646 new house consents (September 2025 – August 2026), about NZ$507,000 for 150 m².
Nearby suburbs
Red Beach, Redvale, Rothesay Bay, Silverdale, Stanmore Bay, Stillwater, Tindalls Beach, Torbay