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Ponsonby, Auckland: zoning and natural hazards

Report for a property in Ponsonby — NZ$19

2,653 addresses in Ponsonby (Waitematā Local Board); 63.2 % of them in Single House.

Streets with the most addresses: Ponsonby Road 239; John Street 164; Vermont Street 155; Blake Street 145; Lincoln Street 111; Norfolk Street 109; Brown Street 105; Kelmarna Avenue 104; Summer Street 98; Islington Street 98.

Unitary Plan zones

• Single House: 1,676 addresses, 63.2 %
• Town Centre: 352 addresses, 13.3 %
• Mixed Use: 333 addresses, 12.6 %
• Mixed Housing Urban: 209 addresses, 7.9 %
• Mixed Housing Suburban: 40 addresses, 1.5 %
• Terrace Housing and Apartment Building: 24 addresses, 0.9 %
• Open Space - Informal Recreation: 9 addresses, 0.3 %
• Special Purpose - School: 5 addresses, 0.2 %
• Local Centre: 3 addresses, 0.1 %
• Open Space - Community: 2 addresses, 0.1 %

Overlays and natural hazards

• 1,987 addresses (74.9 %) in special character area
• 366 addresses (13.8 %) in historic heritage place
• 370 addresses (13.9 %) in height variation control
• large-scale landslide: no address classed High or Very High (Low 2,579, Very Low 73)
• liquefaction (calibrated): no address classed High or Medium or Possible (Very Low 2,653)
• liquefaction (basic): no address classed High or Medium or Possible (Very Low 2,653)

Not mapped at any address here: significant ecological area, aircraft noise overlay, tsunami evacuation zone, coastal inundation 1% AEP, coastal inundation 1% AEP + 1 m sea level.

Flood layers: GeoMaps (no open licence). Shallow landslide: in the report.

Titles and parcels

Freehold 2,031 (76.6 %); Unit Title 393 (14.8 %); Cross lease 204 (7.7 %); Supplementary Record Sheet 16 (0.6 %); no title matched 5 (0.2 %). Median parcel area outside unit titles: 398 m².

What building costs here

Waitemata: NZ$4,490 per m² declared on 35 new house consents (September 2025 – August 2026), about NZ$673,500 for 150 m².

Nearby suburbs

Saint Marys Bay, Western Springs, Westmere, Auckland Central, Eden Terrace, Freemans Bay, Grafton, Grey Lynn

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