Beautiful beaches, charming towns and native bush
The North Shore includes towns like Takapuna, Devonport, and Albany, known for stunning beaches, shopping, and excellent schools. Western suburbs such as Henderson, New Lynn, and Titirangi feature lush bush areas, west coast beaches like Piha, and relaxed communities. Rodney extends north to Wellsford and Matakana, offering vineyards, beaches, and a peaceful rural environment. Together, these regions combine easy city access with outdoor adventures and a rich mix of urban, coastal, and countryside living.
Coastal living with a suburban soul
North and West Auckland offer a perfect balance of relaxed suburban living and stunning natural landscapes. From the sandy shores of Takapuna to the lush bush trails of Titirangi, residents enjoy community spirit alongside easy access to the city and outdoors.
Coastal living with a suburban soul
North and West Auckland offer a perfect balance of relaxed suburban living and stunning natural landscapes. From the sandy shores of Takapuna to the lush bush trails of Titirangi, residents enjoy community spirit alongside easy access to the city and outdoors.
Working in Waitematā
Waitematā serves a population of over 600,000 people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, including Māori, Pacific, Asian, and European communities.
Health services in Waitematā include a broad range of community and primary care, mental health and wellbeing, maternity, child and youth health, and specialist outpatient services. The area offers extensive support through community health centres, mental health programmes, aged residential care, and allied health services.
Waitematā’s location provides a high quality of life with easy access to beaches, parks, urban amenities, and a diverse cultural environment.
Hospitals and services
North Shore Hospital
North Shore Hospital is a large hospital with 663 beds, providing emergency care, surgical procedures, maternity care, mental health services, and more. North Shore Hospital is also home to several specialist centres, including the National Poisons Centre, the Northern Regional Spinal Unit, and the Waitemata Breast Centre.
Tōtara Haumaru (Shade of the Tree), a state-of-the-art, four-storey surgical facility officially opened its doors on the North Shore Campus at the end of June 2024 this year. Tōtara Haumaru has 8 operating theatres, four new endoscopy suites and up to 150 new beds to help meet the needs of a vibrant, fast-growing and culturally diverse population of over 650,000 people. Additionally, the facility has a gorgeous view of the incredible, volcanically formed Lake Pupuke — not too far away from the world-famous Waitematā Harbour and some of the most spectacular beaches.
Waitakere Hospital
Waitakere Hospital is a smaller hospital and provides a range of services, including 24/7 emergency care, maternity care, medical and surgical services, and more.
Waitakere Hospital also has a focus on community health, with several specialist centres providing services such as mental health care, paediatric services, diabetes management, and rehabilitation services.
Healthcare services in Waitematā
- Anaesthesia
- Breast Service:
- Mammography
- Ultrasound
- Fine needle aspiration
- Breast biopsy
- Breast cancer surgery and reconstruction
- Cardiology
- Dermatology Service
- Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) — Otorhinolaryngology (ORL)
- Elective Surgery Centre (ESC)
- Emergency Department (ED) — North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Gynaecology (Hine Ora)
- Haematology Service
- Hyperbaric Unit (SLARK)
- Infectious Diseases Service
- Intensive Care & High Dependency Units
- Laboratory Services
- Obstetric and Gynaecology Services
- Orthopaedic Services
- Ostomy Service
- Outpatients
- Pain Management Unit
- Palliative Care Services
- Pharmacy Services
- Physiotherapy — Inpatient and Outpatient (hospital-based)
- Physiotherapy — Pelvic Floor / Continence
- Radiology
- Renal Services
- Respiratory Medicine
- Rheumatology Services
- Specialty Medicine and Health of Older People Division
- Surgery
- Urogynaecology
- Urology Services
- Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) and HepatoPancreatoBiliary (HPB) Service
- Auckland Regional Dental Service (ARDS)
- Baby and Child Services:
- Paediatric Outpatient Clinics
- Special Care Baby Units (SCBU)
- Rangatira Children’s Ward
- Baby Unit — Specialist Care (SCBU)
- Child and Family Services
- Community Child Health
- Child Disability Service
- Child Rehabilitation Service
- Child, Women and Family Services
- Children's Community Nurses Service
- Dental and Oral Health
- Maternity services — North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals
- Paediatrics and Newborn Services
- Speech Language Therapy — Community and Inpatient
- Wilson Centre — Child Rehabilitation and Respite Centre
- Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS)
- Altered High Youth Services (CADS)
- Community Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS)
- Counselling (CADS)
- District Mental Health Services
- Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Service
- Eating Disorders
- He Puna Waiora (Mental Health)
- Isa Lei — Pacific Island Community Mental Health Services
- Māori Health — He Kamaka Waiora, Whanau Ora Cancer Care, Whitiki Maurea — Mental Health and Addictions
- Pacific Health: Pacific Island Mental Health and Addictions Service, Malaga a le Pasifika, Alcohol, Other Drug and Gambling Service (Tupu)
- Regional Forensic Psychiatric Services
- Social Work — Community and Inpatients
- Takanga A Fohe — Pacific Mental Health and Addictions Services
- Tupu — Pacific Alcohol and Other Drug and Gambling Service
- Waimarino — Mental Health Services, Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI), Pacific Island and Maori Mental Health Support Services
- Whitiki Maurea — Maori Mental Health and Addictions Service
- Age Related Residential Care
- Asian Health Support Services
- Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation (AT&R) Service
- Bowel Screening Waitemata
- Continence Service
- Cultural support — Asian Health, Māori Health — He Kamaka Waiora, Pacific Support
- Dietetics — Community
- Dietitian Service
- Dietitians — Adult Outpatients
- GP Liaisons
- Helensville District Health Trust
- Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination (NASC)
- Occupational Therapy — Community and Inpatients
- Older Adults and Home Health (OA and HH)
- Orthotics
- Pacific Health
- Primary Health Care (GPs, PHOs)
- Residential Care — Age Related
- Smoke Free Service
- Social Work — Community and Inpatients
- Warkworth Community Services — District Nursing Service, Occupational Therapy — Community, Older Adults and Home Health (OA and HH), Community Physiotherapy
- Whanau Ora — Cancer Care Service
Towns in Auckland's northern and western suburbs
Auckland’s North Shore, Western suburbs, and Rodney blend beaches, native bush, and rural charm. Towns like Takapuna, Devonport, Albany, Henderson, and Matakana offer vibrant communities, stunning coastlines, and peaceful countryside. Piha and Muriwai provide rugged surf beaches.