Takapuna

Takapuna is a beachside suburb on the North Shore of in . It is the business, shopping and entertainment centre of North Shore.
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  • Type: Suburb with 9,140 residents
  • Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Takapuna, Auckland” and “Takapuna, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Pupuke and Bruce Mason Centre.

Lake
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heart-shaped freshwater lake occupying a volcanic crater between the suburbs of Takapuna and on the North Shore of , .

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a theater building.

Theater building
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Theatre is a performing arts venue located in Killarney Park on the shore of Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Established in the 1970s in a converted Edwardian water pumping station, it operates as a not-for-profit community theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forrest Hill and Hillcrest.

Suburb
Photo: Follash, Public domain.
is a suburb located on the of , . is under the local governance of . It was previously governed by the , which amalgamated into Auckland Council on 1 November 2010.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the contiguous metropolitan area located in . Since 2010, it has been under the jurisdiction of the , and is located in the , surrounded by , , and .

Suburb
Photo: National Library NZ on The Commons, Public domain.
is a suburb located on the , . It is located on northern side of . It also has a popular swimming beach, which runs some two kilometres from Black Rock in the south to in the north.

Takapuna

Latitude
-36.7878° or 36° 47′ 16″ south
Longitude
174.773° or 174° 46′ 23″ east
Population
9,140
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ TAK
Open location code
4VMP6Q6F+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 98145103
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2207740
Wiki­data ID
Q7677248
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Satellite Map

Discover Takapuna from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Takapuna” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاكابونا”
  • Catalan: “Takapuna”
  • Chinese: “塔卡普納”
  • Chinese: “塔卡普纳”
  • Czech: “Takapuna”
  • Danish: “Takapuna”
  • French: “Takapuna”
  • German: “Takapuna”
  • Greek: “Τακαπούνα”
  • Hebrew: “טקפונה”
  • Irish: “Takapuna”
  • Italian: “Takapuna”
  • Japanese: “タカプナ”
  • Korean: “타카푸나”
  • Macedonian: “Такапуна”
  • Persian: “تاکاپونا”
  • Russian: “Такапуна”
  • Scots: “Takapuna”
  • Spanish: “Takapuna (Auckland)”
  • Spanish: “Takapuna”
  • Swedish: “Takapuna”
  • Tagalog: “Takapuna”
  • Turkish: “Takapuna”
  • Urdu: “تکاپونا”

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