Orewa

Orewa is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest metropolis. It lies on the Hibiscus Coast, just north of the base of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and forty kilometres north of relevant Auckland. Orewa's population become eight,523 in the 2013 Census, an growth of 1,197 from 2006. It is a famous excursion vacation spot. Orewa is likewise taken into consideration one of the fastest developing places in New Zealand and is one of the maximum high priced regions in which to shop for a house. The Northern Motorway, a part of State Highway 1, passes just inland of Orewa and extends thru the twin Johnston Hill tunnels to near Puhoi. Orewa was administered as part of the Rodney District for 2 a long time, till this was subsumed into the new Auckland Council in October 2010.

Orewa District High School was based in 1956. In 1974, the faculty changed into break up into Orewa Primary School and Orewa College. Orewa North Primary School turned into founded in 1978, and some other primary college opened at Red Beach to the south in 1988. In 2005 domestically famous Puriri Park, at the foot of Eaves Bush, turned into offered for over $2,000,000. It turned into being subdivided in a $450 million improvement to form the community of Kensington Park to provide for the swiftly rising demand for housing in Orewa and the encircling area.