Musick Point

Musick Point is the headland of the peninsula that forms the eastern shore of the Tāmaki River in Bucklands Beach, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1942, Musick Point was named after Ed Musick, an aviator who visited New Zealand in 1937, although the headland is also known as Te Waiarohia, after an ancient Māori stronghold.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Churchill Park and Whakamuhu / Glover Park.

Churchill Park

Park

Photo: Clivostros, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churchill Park is a 40-hectare park in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie, in New Zealand. It was named after Winston Churchill upon the park's creation in 1945, and lies on the eastern side of the Auckland isthmus towards the Tāmaki River. Glendowie suburb was established in the 1920s when George Riddell created a loop road in the area. Churchill Park is situated 3 km southwest of Musick Point.

Whakamuhu / Glover Park

Volcano

Photo: Bruce Hayward, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Whakamuhu / Glover Park is a volcano, which is situated 3 km southwest of Musick Point.

Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church

Church

Photo: Spil030, CC BY 4.0.

Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church is situated 3½ km southwest of Musick Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bucklands Beach and Glendowie.

Bucklands Beach

Suburb

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Bucklands Beach is a suburb and beach 13 kilometres east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. Bucklands Beach was originally a rural farm owned by Alfred Buckland until being developed as a holiday destination for Aucklanders in the 1910s with a regular passenger service to the beach. Bucklands Beach is situated 3½ km south of Musick Point.

Glendowie

Suburb

Photo: Clivostros, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glendowie is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of Auckland Council. It was under Auckland City Council from 1989 until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the "super city" in 2010. Glendowie is situated 4 km southwest of Musick Point.

St Heliers

Suburb

Photo: Carpenter0, Public domain.

St Heliers is a seaside suburb of Auckland with a population of 11,760 as of June 2025. St Heliers is located at the eastern end of Tamaki Drive, and used to be the place where the Tamaki estuary formally divided Auckland from Manukau City, until the entire Auckland region was amalgamated under a single city authority, the Auckland Council, in 2010. St Heliers is situated 4 km southwest of Musick Point.

Musick Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “East Tamaki Head”
Category: landform
Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.83333° or 36° 50′ south

Longitude

174.9° or 174° 54′ east

Open location code

4VMP5V8X+MX

GeoNames ID

2186331

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