Helensville
Helensville is a town in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, 40 km from Auckland city. It sits on the tidal Kaipara River, at the southern end of the very large Kaipara Harbour.Places of Interest
Highlights include Helensville railway station and Helensville Library.
Helensville railway station
Railway station
Helensville railway station formerly served the town of Helensville, 60.47 km northwest of Auckland Strand, in the North Island of New Zealand. It was a stop on the North Auckland Line, and was the next major station north of Waitākere.
Kaipara College
School
Kaipara College is a secondary school in Helensville, New Zealand. The current principal, as of the start of 2026, is Jane Coup.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parakai.
Parakai
Town
Parakai is a town in the North Island of New Zealand, sited 43 kilometres northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. Helensville is about 3 km to the south-east, and Waioneke is 22 km to the north-west.
Helensville
- Type: Town with 3,210 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.6799° or 36° 40′ 48″ south
Longitude
174.4505° or 174° 27′ 2″ east
Population
3,210
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
4VMP8FC2+26
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Helensville” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Helensville”
- Catalan: “Helensville”
- Dutch: “Helensville”
- French: “Helensville”
- Georgian: “ჰელენსვილი”
- German: “Helensville”
- Italian: “Helensville”
- Japanese: “ヘレンズビル”
- Macedonian: “Хеленсвил”
- Malay: “Helensville”
- Maori: “Awaroa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Helensville”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Helensville”
- Norwegian: “Helensville”
- Polish: “Helensville”
- Turkish: “Helensville”
- Urdu: “ہیلنز ویلے”
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