Westmere, New Zealand
suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
Westmere is a residential suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. The Auckland Council provides local governance. On the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour, this former peninsula is by road about 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of the city centre.
History
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in Auckland, Westmere and the surround suburbs of Herne Bay, Coxs Bay and Grey Lynn were frequent transit points for those journeying through Auckland and places with abundant local food sources and access to freshwater. There have been several middens found on the coast of Westmere that show access to a range of seafood. Additionally, Māori harvested flax from the wetlands of Coxs Bay (Opoutukeha or Opou) for processing elsewhere into rope and other fibres for clothes.
Early European settlement
Westmere was not part of the central Auckland land mass that gifted to the government in 1840, as Opoutukeha, Coxs Creek, was used as a boundary of the edge of that gift. Lots within what is now Westmere began to be auctioned off from 1844.
The thoroughfare along the ridge of Westmere was originally named Wolseley Rd and was renamed Garnet Rd in 1917. In 1886, Wolseley Rd was described as the main road, off which a side road would be extended to form the causeway to the new Coxs Creek bridge (completed in 1886) with an approach on the far side up to Jervois Rd.
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