Help us plan for the future of our shoreline

We are preparing shoreline adaptation plans (SAPs) across the region in partnership with mana whenua and local communities.

Shoreline adaptation plans:

  • look at how we can adapt Auckland Council-owned land and assets to respond to coastal hazards and climate change over the next 100 years
  • promote the preservation and restoration of the coastal environment for future generations.

What we want your feedback on

We want to know how you use and what you value about the Kaipara Harbour shoreline.

This will help us to:

  • identify areas of importance to the community
  • understand community values and connections to the coast
  • make suitable plans to help manage the changing shorelines.

Read more about why and how we are developing Shoreline Adaptation Plans for Kaipara Harbour & Pākiri to Mathesons Bay, Ti Point to Sandspit and Snells Beach to Ōrewa in our Warkworth Town Hall presentation available here.

Kaipara Harbour shoreline

This Shoreline Adaption Plan (SAP) covers areas along the shoreline of the of the Kaipara Harbour starting at Te Rau Pūriri Regional Park (South Head) and follows the Kaipara Harbour coastline to Tāpora, turning east up Oruawharo River to Te Hana.

It includes, but is not limited to):

  • Southhead
  • Waioneke
  • Shelley Beach
  • Parkhurst
  • Parakai
  • Helensville
  • Kaukapakapa
  • Makarau
  • Kakanui
  • Glorit
  • Mangakura
  • Tauhoa
  • Wharehine
  • Tāpora
  • Port Albert
  • Te Hana.


The map shows the Kaipara Harbour shoreline which extends from South Head in the northwest, south to Woodhill, northeast to Tāpora and east along the Oruawharo River inland to Te Hana.
Map of the Kaipara Harbour Shoreline Adaptation Plan area.


When you can have your say

You can have your say on this shoreline adaptation plan from Monday 8 April until Friday 31 May 2024.

How you can have your say:

You can also print the feedback form, fill it in and post it to:

Shoreline Adaptation Plans
Freepost number 232621
Private Bag 92300
Victoria Street West
Auckland 1142.

What happens next

The SAP project team will review all feedback and include it in the Shoreline Adaptation Plan report.

Once the team finalises the report, they will send it to the Rodney Local Board for approval.

Find out more about the Shoreline Adaptation Programme

Read more about the Shoreline Adaptation Programme.