Castor Bay
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| city1 = Auckland
| council = Auckland Council
| ward = North Shore ward
| board = Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Castor Bay
| north = Campbells Bay
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| south = Milford
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Castor Bay is a bay and suburb of the North Shore, located in Auckland which is in the North Island of New Zealand. Located between Milford and Campbells Bay, it is part of the East Coast Bays. To the east lies the islands of Rangitoto and Motutapu, which are easily visible from land. The suburb is in the North Shore ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland Council.
The bay itself is quite small and is well sheltered by an artificial breakwater that extends from the northern edge of the bay, running towards the south. A small bark and grass area with several large pōhutukawa trees offering shelter complements the beachfront and an extended coastline stretches out to the north towards Campbells Bay.
Geography
Castor Bay is located on the east coast of the North Shore, between Campbells Bay and Milford.{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/817 |title=Castor Bay |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=11 July 2023}} The bay to the east shares the same name as the suburb, and looks out towards Rangitoto.{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/56120 |title=Castor Bay |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=11 July 2023}} The point to the east of Castor Bay is called Rahopara Point,{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/37726 |title=Rahopara Point |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=11 July 2023}} and the river at the southern border of the suburb is called Wairau Creek.{{Cite web |url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/46804 |title=Wairau Creek |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=11 July 2023}}
The land is primarily formed from clay and Waitemata sandstone, which can be seen in the cliffs along the coast.{{cite report |url=https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1737/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-1-july-2011.pdf |title=North Shore Heritage - Thematic Review Report Volume 1 |author=Heritage Consultancy Services |publisher=Auckland Council |date=1 July 2011 |isbn=978-1-927169-21-6 |access-date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201094618/https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1737/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-1-july-2011.pdf |url-status=dead }} Prior to human settlement, the inland Castor Bay area was primarily a northern broadleaf podocarp forest, dominated by kauri, tōtara, mataī, miro, kauri and kahikatea trees. Pōhutukawa trees were a major feature of the coastline.{{cite report|title=The Māori Archaeology of Te Raki Paewhenua/North Shore|first=Dave|last=Veart|publisher=Auckland North Community and Development|year=2018|isbn=978-0-9941358-4-1|page=10}}{{sfn|Willis|2018|pp=2}}
History
=Māori history=
File:Castor Bay, 1916 (cropped).jpg by Te Kawerau ā Maki]]
Māori settlement of the Auckland Region began around the 13th or 14th centuries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/puketapapa-local-board/docsheritagestudies/waikowhai-coast-heritage-study.pdf |title=Waikōwhai Coast Heritage Study |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Pishief |first2=Brendan |last2=Shirley|date=August 2015|publisher=Auckland Council|access-date=14 February 2023}}{{cite report|url=https://nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/penlink/docs/penlink-cultural-and-environmental-context-cultural-environmental-design-framework.pdf |title=Penlink Cultural & Environmental Design Framework: Penlink Cultural and Environmental Context |author=Boffa Miskell |publisher=Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency |access-date=4 July 2023}} The North Shore was settled by Tāmaki Māori, including people descended from the Tainui migratory canoe and ancestors of figures such as Taikehu and Peretū.{{cite report|url=https://www.epa.govt.nz/assets/FileAPI/proposal/NSP000039/Applicants-proposal-documents/7a1333716c/NSP000039-NCI-Vol-2-AEE-Appendix-F-Cultural-Values-Assessments.pdf |title=Cultural Values Assessment Report to New Zealand Transport Agency for Northern Corridor Improvements Project (NCI) |author=Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki |publisher=NZ Transport Agency |date=April 2016 |access-date=30 June 2023}} Many of the Tāmaki Māori people of the North Shore identified as Ngā Oho.{{cite report|url=https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/E79-CVA-Te-Kawerau-Iwi-Tribunal-Authority.pdf |title=Cultural Values Assessment for America's Cup 36 - Wynyard and Hobson Planning Application |first=Sarah |last=Mossman |work=Te Kawerau Iwi Tribunal Authority |date=August 2018 |access-date=30 June 2023}} While the poor soils in the area hindered dense settlement, traditional resources in the area included fish, shellfish and marine birds.{{cite report|url=https://www.epa.govt.nz/assets/FileAPI/proposal/NSP000039/Applicants-proposal-documents/7a1333716c/NSP000039-NCI-Vol-2-AEE-Appendix-F-Cultural-Values-Assessments.pdf |title=Cultural Impact Assessment for the NZ Transport Agency's Northern Corridor Improvements |first=Fiona |last=McKenzie |work=Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust |publisher=NZ Transport Agency |date=June 2016 |access-date=30 June 2023}}
The warrior Maki migrated from the Kāwhia Harbour to his ancestral home in the Auckland Region, likely sometime in the 17th century. Maki conquered and unified many the Tāmaki Māori tribes as Te Kawerau ā Maki, including those of the North Shore.{{Cite web| date=December 2018 | title = Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/docswaitakererangesheritagearea/waitakere-ranges-heritage-area-local-parks-design-guide.pdf | publisher = Auckland Council| access-date = 28 June 2021}}{{Cite book| editor-first=James| editor-last=Northcote-Bade |title=West Auckland Remembers, Volume 1 |year=1990 |publisher=West Auckland Historical Society |isbn=0-473-00983-8 |chapter=Nga Tohu o Waitakere: the Maori Place Names of the Waitakere River Valley and its Environs; their Background History and an Explanation of their Meaning |first1=Graeme |last1=Murdoch |page=13-14}} After Maki's death, his sons settled different areas of his lands, creating new hapū. His younger son Maraeariki settled the North Shore and Hibiscus Coast, who based himself at the head of the Ōrewa River. Maraeariki's daughter Kahu succeeded him, and she is the namesake of the North Shore, {{lang|mi|Te Whenua Roa o Kahu}} ("The Greater Lands of Kahu").{{Cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Manuhiri/Ngati-Manuhiri-Deed-of-Settlement-21-May-2011.pdf |title=Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |author1=Ngāti Manuhiri |author2=The Crown|date=21 May 2011|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=18 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://restorehb.org.nz/resources-matauranga-maori/ |title=He taonga o te rohe |first=Mel |last=Whaanga |publisher=Restore Hibiscus & Bays |date=March 2022 |access-date=30 June 2023}} Many of the iwi of the North Shore, including Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Maraeariki, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Poataniwha, Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Whātua, can trace their lineage to Kahu.{{Cite web|last=Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and the Trustees of the Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Trust and the Crown|date=7 November 2015|title=Deed of settlement schedule documents|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2021|website=NZ Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213154038/https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf |archive-date=13 February 2020}}
The northern headland of Castor Bay is the site of an old Māori pā, Rahopara, also known as Te Rahopara o Peretū.{{cite book |last1=Cameron |first1=Ewen |last2=Hayward |first2= Bruce |author-link2=Bruce Hayward |last3=Murdoch |first3= Graeme |title=A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage |isbn=978-1-86962-1513 |publisher=Random House New Zealand |year=2008 |edition=rev. |page=137}} Archaeological studies have dated an earth oven at the site to between the mid-15th and mid-16th centuries,{{cite report|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/sr63a.pdf |title=Sources for the Archaeology of the Maaori Settlement of the Taamaki Volcanic District |last=Bulmer |first=Susan |isbn= 0-478-01552-6 |date=March 1994 |location=Wellington|publisher=Department of Conservation |page=56}} and generations of Tāmaki Māori adapted the defenses of the pā over time. The name of the pā is associated with Peretū, an ancestor of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki people,{{cite web|url=https://tehaerenga.nz/about/about-rangitoto-island/ |title=About Rangitoto Island |work=Te Haerenga |access-date=8 September 2022}} and the pā was known as a defensive stronghold of Te Kawerau ā Maki.{{cite report |url=https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1741/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-2-parts-6plus-july-2011.pdf |title=North Shore heritage – North Shore area studies and scheduled items list: volume 2 parts 6+ |first1=Heike |last1=Lutz |first2=Theresa |last2=Chan |work=Heritage Consultancy Services |publisher=Auckland Council |date=2011 |access-date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201094607/https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1741/tr2011-010-north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-vol-2-parts-6plus-july-2011.pdf |url-status=dead }} Traditional histories recount Te Patukirikiri ancestor Kapetaua sacking the pā in the 17th century, as revenge for being marooned at Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (Bean Rock).{{cite web |last1=Royal |first1=Te Ahukaramū Charles |author-link1=Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal |title=Hauraki tribes - The first tribes |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/hauraki-tribes/page-1 |website=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |date=3 March 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2021}} A second pā known as Wairoa Pā was located further south, at the headland overlooking the mouth of the Wairau Creek.{{cite report|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/UnitaryPlanDocuments/pc-78-chapter-l-schedules-part-two.pdf |title=Schedule 14.1 Schedule of Historic Heritage |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=20 September 2023}}
By the 18th century, the Marutūāhu iwi Ngāti Paoa had expanded their influence to include the islands of the Hauraki Gulf and the North Shore.{{Cite web| date=20 March 2021 | title = Ngāti Pāoa and the Trustees of the Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust and The Crown Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Paoa/2021-03-20-N-Paoa-Deed-of-Settlement-Historical-Claims.pdf |author1=New Zealand Government |author2=Ngāti Paoa | publisher = New Zealand Government| access-date = 1 September 2021}} After periods of conflict, peace had been reached by the 1790s.{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/wenderholm-regional-park-history-walk.pdf |title=Wenderholm Regional Park: Our History |date=2015 |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=4 May 2023}} The earliest contact with Europeans began in the late 18th century, which caused many Tāmaki Māori to die of {{lang|mi|rewharewha}}, respiratory diseases.{{Cite web| date=May 2017 | title = Cultural Values Assessment for the Warkworth North Structure Plan and Associated Development |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/UnitaryPlanDocuments/pc25-appendix-7-2-ngati-manuhiri-cia.pdf | first=Fiona |last=McKenzie |work=Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust |publisher=Auckland Council | access-date = 4 July 2023}} During the early 1820s, most Māori of the North Shore fled for the Waikato or Northland due to the threat of war parties during the Musket Wars. Most people had returned by the late 1820s and 1830s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngati-Manuhiri/Ngati-Manuhiri-Deed-of-Settlement-21-May-2011.pdf |title=Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims |author1=Ngāti Manuhiri |author2=The Crown|date=21 May 2011|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=18 May 2022}}
=European settlement=
File:Shops at Castor Bay (1960s).jpg
In 1841, the Crown purchased the Mahurangi and Omaha blocks; an area that spanned from Takapuna to Te Ārai. The purchase involved some iwi with customary interests in the area, such as Ngāti Paoa, other Marutūāhu iwi and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, but not others, such as Te Kawerau ā Maki or Ngāti Rango.{{cite report|url=https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_93961548/Wai%20674%2C%20F001.pdf |title=The Crown, Maori and Mahurangi 1840-1881 |first=Barry |last=Rigby |date=August 1998 |publisher=Waitangi Tribunal |access-date=4 July 2023}}{{sfn|Stone|2001|pp=188}}{{Cite web| date=22 February 2014 | title = Deed of Settlement of Historical Claim |url=https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Te-Kawerau-a-Maki/Te-Kawerau-a-Maki-Deed-of-Settlement.pdf | author1 = Te Kawerau ā Maki | author2 = The Trustees of Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust | author3 = The Crown | access-date = 4 July 2023}} The Crown spent until 1873 rectifying this sale, by making further deals with stakeholders.{{sfn|Stone|2001|pp=188}}
Castor Bay was originally known as Castor Oil Bay, after an early settler planted castor bean trees on the hillsides of the area.{{sfn|Verran, David|2010|pp=37}} The name Castor Bay started to be used from the 1910s, and from the mid-1910s the area was subdivided by the Castor Oil Bay Land Company.{{cite web|url=https://channelmag.co.nz/channel/columnist/early-castor-bay-to-the-1950s/ |title=Early Castor Bay, to the 1950s |first=David |last=Verran |website=Channel Magazine |date=December 2017 |access-date=13 July 2023}} By the early 20th century, the bay had become a popular destination for daytrippers and holiday makers, and holiday baches were constructed here.{{sfn|Verran, David|2010|pp=111}} In the 1920s, the bay became a popular with New Zealand literary figures, after resident Jane Stronach made her bach available to people including poet D'Arcy Cresswell, novelist Jane Mander and poet R. A. K. Mason.
During World War II, the Castor Bay Battery and Camp was built during World War II, to protect the Rangitoto Channel. The site was originally purchased by the Army in 1934,{{sfn|Verran, David|2010|pp=104}} and the military buildings were disguised as a state housing project. The site was decommissioned in 1957, and given to the Takapuna City Council in 1966, becoming the JF Kennedy Memorial Park.{{sfn|Verran, David|2010|pp=104}}
After the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in 1959, the area developed further, and the first convenience stores opened in Castor Bay. The Rahopara pā archaeological site was almost destroyed in 1965, as the earthworks were planned to be excavated and used as fill for a marina. Plans for this were cancelled after lobbying by archaeologists and local residents.
Demographics
Castor Bay covers {{Convert|1.44|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)|access-date=2 January 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Castor Bay North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Castor Bay South|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Castor Bay North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Castor Bay South|y}}|R}})/1.44|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|4,116|2013|4,305|2018|4,509|2023|4,548|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Castor Bay (123700)|castor-bay|Castor Bay}}}}
Castor Bay had a population of 4,548 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 39 people (0.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 243 people (5.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,232 males, 2,310 females and 9 people of other genders in 1,629 dwellings.{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.50820%2B123701%2B123702.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}} 2.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 43.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 786 people (17.3%) aged under 15 years, 798 (17.5%) aged 15 to 29, 2,175 (47.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 789 (17.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 71.9% European (Pākehā); 4.9% Māori; 1.6% Pasifika; 24.5% Asian; 2.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.3%, Māori language by 0.7%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 27.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.4% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 30.1% Christian, 0.7% Hindu, 1.0% Islam, 0.2% Māori religious beliefs, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 60.2%, and 4.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,650 (43.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,524 (40.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 585 (15.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $55,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 1,029 people (27.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,968 (52.3%) people were employed full-time, 540 (14.4%) were part-time, and 69 (1.8%) were unemployed.{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.50820.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Castor Bay (50820)}}
Education
The local primary school is Campbells Bay Primary School located on Aberdeen Road, nearby the Pupuke Golf Course. It has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1242|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}{{TKI|1242|Campbells Bay School}} The school opened in 1925.{{cite journal|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|title=Jubilees & reunions - Campbells Bay School|volume=78|issue=11|date=5 July 1999}}
Local government
From 1876 until 1954, the area was administered by the Waitemata County, a large rural county north and west of the city of Auckland.{{cite book |last1=Reidy |first1=Jade |chapter=How the West Was Run |pages=238-239 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}} In 1954, Castor Bay was added to the Borough of Takapuna,{{sfn|Verran, David|2010|pp=253}} which became Takapuna City in 1961.{{cite report|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritagesurveys/north-shore-heritage-thematic-review-volume-2.1.pdf |title=North Shore Heritage, Volume 2: North Shore Area Studied & Scheduled Items List |date=1 July 2011 |publisher=Auckland Council |isbn=978-1-927169-23-0 |author= Heritage Consultancy Services |access-date=13 July 2023}} In 1989, the city was merged into the North Shore City.{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/browns-bay-heritage-walk.pdf |title=Browns Bay Heritage Walk |first=Tania |last=Mace |publisher=North Shore City Council |date=October 2006 |access-date=4 July 2023}} North Shore City was amalgamated into Auckland Council in November 2010.{{Cite journal| doi = 10.26686/pq.v11i4.4572| issn = 2324-1101| volume = 11| issue = 4| last = Blakeley| first = Roger| title = The planning framework for Auckland 'super city': an insider's view| journal = Policy Quarterly| date = 2015| doi-access = free}}
Within the Auckland Council, Castor Bay is a part of the Devonport-Takapuna local government area governed by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board. It is a part of the North Shore ward, which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.
Notable people
- Sam Hunt, one of New Zealand's most well known poets, was born in Castor Bay.
- Robin Hyde, South African-born New Zealand poet.{{sfn|Verran, David|2010|pp=266}}
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Stone |first1=R. C. J. |author-link1=Russell Stone (historian) |title=From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland |publisher=Auckland University Press |date=2001 |isbn=1869402596}}
- {{cite q|Q120520385}}
- {{cite book|last=Willis|first=Jenny|title=Early History of East Coast Bays|edition=Second|year=2018}}
External links
- [http://www.campbellsbay.school.nz/ Campbells Bay School website]
- [https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/Castor%20Bay/field/title/ Photographs of Castor Bay] held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
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