Talk:Whangaparāoa Peninsula

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I mean, really, "Big Manly Beach"? - finally a beach with some chesthair... Zemlod 06:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OMG I'll never forgive you for that one! Can't believe I'd never thought of it in that way before (my bach is there) :P -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 00:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Big Manly is for posers. I used to live in Little Manly; a town for those that don't need to compensate for anything. :) Edaemus (talk) 07:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Whangaparaoa peninsula is part of the Auckland urban area, at least according to Statistics New Zealand's 2001 definitions. Here is a list of some nearby Area Units they include in the Northern Auckland Zone (one of four parts of Auckland urban area): Red Beach, Waiwera, Hatfields Beach, Orewa, Stanmore Bay, Manly, Army Bay, Gulf Harbour, Silverdale South, Silverdale North, Dairy Flat-Redvale.[1] You can see the boundary online by zooming in on the area, turning on the orange "Urban Areas and Rural Centres" boundary lines, and turning off the blue Area Unit boundaries (which obscure it). There is a 2006 classification, but I don't know if details of this have been publicly released yet. -- Avenue 10:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow strange! I've got a bach up there and I certainly wouldn't define it as part of Akl's "urban" area but I stand corrected! -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 21:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whangaparaoa is not in Auckland, it is in the Rodney District. Between Auckland and Rodney lies the North Shore district.

Also, if you live in Whangaparaoa, to phone some in Auckland requires a toll call (i.e. it isn't a local call). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.173.158.192 (talk) 04:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

It depends what you mean by "Auckland". Whangaparaoa is not in Auckland City, or in the Auckland local calling area, but it is in the Auckland Region. It is also counted as part of the Auckland urban area by Statistics New Zealand (along with Orewa and Waiwera), and this is what Category:Auckland refers to. I think the text is wrong about the ARC defining this; I will track down a source and check. -- Avenue 04:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a map of the Auckland Region with the urban area marked: Urban/Rural Profile Maps: Auckland. New Zealand's urban areas were defined by Statistics NZ, back when it was call the Department of Statistics. See New Zealand Standard Areas Classification Manual 1992, Catalogue No.19.035.0092, Department of Statistics 1992. -- Avenue 08:50, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which is the correct spelling?

1) or

2) Whangaparaoa.

Both spellings are in this one article - which is it? (or is it either?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.100.87.48 (talk) 02:22, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

 Whangaparaoa is correct. DerbyCountyinNZ 03:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

 Whangaparaoa is correct, but 'Whangaparoa' appears to be a common mis-spelling; a google search finds some local businesses using it. GrantB (talk) 21:00, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]