Browns Island (Motukorea)

Motukorea or Browns Island is a small New Zealand island, in the Hauraki Gulf north of Musick Point, and one of the best preserved volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whakamuhu / Glover Park and St Heliers Library.

Whakamuhu / Glover Park

Volcano

Photo: Bruce Hayward, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Whakamuhu / Glover Park is a volcano.

St Heliers Library is a local branch of Auckland Libraries, serving the suburb of Saint Heliers. The library was formally opened as the Tamaki Library in 1931, in the former offices of the Tamaki West Road Board. St Heliers Library is situated 3 km southwest of Browns Island (Motukorea).

Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church

Church

Photo: Spil030, CC BY 4.0.

Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church is situated 3 km south of Browns Island (Motukorea).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Heliers and Glendowie.

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 3 km southwest of Browns Island (Motukorea).

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 3½ km south of Browns Island (Motukorea).

Bucklands Beach

Suburb

Photo: Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 5 km southeast of Browns Island (Motukorea).

Browns Island (Motukorea)

Type: Island
Category: landform
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.8282° or 36° 49′ 42″ south

Longitude

174.88019° or 174° 52′ 49″ east

Open location code

4VMP5VCJ+P3

GeoNames ID

6232117

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