Narrow Neck, New Zealand
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| Suburb: | Narrow Neck |
| City: | North Shore |
| Island: | North Island |
| Surrounded by - to the east |
Hauraki Gulf Vauxhall (813 m) |
Narrow Neck is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Until the mid-19th century, Devonport was connected with the rest of the North Shore by a causeway between Ngataringa Bay and the Hauraki Gulf. This causeway gave the appearance of a "narrow neck". On the eastern side of this strip of land is the Narrow Neck beach, on the western side there was an extensive mangrove swamp. In the late 19th century the majority of this mangrove swamp was drained and filled in creating land used as a racecourse until the 1930s and subsequently a golf course. Close to the western edge of the reclaimed area a new road was put through creating a more direct link between Devonport and Takapuna.
Narrow Neck is under the local governance of the North Shore City Council.
According to the 2001 census, Narrow Neck has a population of 3573.
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