Maungauika / North Head Historic Reserve

Amazing views of the harbour, touching and seeing remnants of ww2 guns, bunkers etc over 100 years old.

Always a good time to walk around the hill, you will be rewarded with a neat view of the region and beyond! The extra bonus is to walk along the coast, at low tide preferably, to reach a small beach for the love of peacefulness.

Good eye sight of whole city centre. But before we came this car is parked as the gate locked already around 8:30pm the time we arrived. But after our walk 3- 4 cars parked that is locked. which seen on board 06:00am open 10:00pm closed.This is very inconvenience and hoping some improvement in near future.

While on the Auckland north shore visit this elevated site for a great view of Waitemata harbour and Auckland City. Drive up and complete the visit with 20-30 stairs.

Beautiful place to go for a walk or a picnic. Fun exploring the tunnels (with a bit of historical appreciation thrown in). Friends or family visiting Auckland, need to get a tour and the best part is that it's free. Parking can be a challenge on a good day as it's limited, that just means a bit more of a walk from the bottom.

North Head or Maunguika (NZ native Māori name) is located on a hillock with a 360-degree spectacular view including Auckland harbour, Hauraki Gulf and its islands. There are couple of walking tracks too, some of which extend to other tramping tracks in the Devonport area.It has a long history, first with Māori occupation, before the arrival of Europeans. Māori settled on the Devonport peninsula for its rich volcanic soils and rich marine environment. Soon after the settlement of the British, Auckland was established as the capital of the country and in 1840 North Head became the site of the first pilot station, for guiding ships into the Auckland harbour. And also the place was developed as a strategic military location base too, to attack rival forces in a possible enemy attack. It is considered the most significant coastal defense site in New Zealand which span nearly 120 years because of the size and variety of its defense installations. It has a network of accessible old bunkers and tunnels as its legacy which are open to the public to view.The site was protected as part of Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park in 1972 and listed as a Category I historic place in 2001.

What a day for it. The sun was out, the views and a great day.Highly recommend to go here if you have the chance. Lots of history and signs to tell you about it.

Beautiful view of Rangitoto Island! No blue sky today but I can imagine it being very beautiful when it’s not overcast! The climb up here is not bad. You can drive to the parking lot and walk up the hill!

Beautiful views and walks. Nice historical sites with the old gun bays.

Easy walk from main gate to summit - around 1.3km round trip. Great views of the bay!