Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
Te Poari ā-Rohe o Devonport-Takapuna
Local board for theAuckland Council
The former North Shore City Council Building, housing the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Office on the ground floor
Location of  within Auckland
Ward	North Shore Ward
Region	Auckland
Population	61,100, June 2025[1]
Electorate	Devonport-Takapuna
Major settlements	Bayswater Belmont Castor Bay Devonport Forrest Hill Milford Narrow Neck Stanley Point Sunnynook Takapuna
CurrentLocal board
Created	2010
Number of members	6
Parties	A Fresh Approach (4)  C & R North Shore (2)
Board Members	Peter Allen Gavin Busch Terence Harpur Melissa Powell Toni van Tonder George WoodCNZM
Chairperson	Toni van Tonder
Deputy Chairperson	Terence Harpur
Last Election	2022
Next Election	2025
Meeting Place	1 The Strand, Takapuna

TheDevonport-Takapuna Local Board covers from Castor Bay andSunnynook south to the end of the Devonport Peninsula; it is separated from theKaipātiki board area by the Northern Motorway.^[2] This local board sits in theAuckland Council office buildings on The Strand in Takapuna. These were theNorth Shore City Council offices until the North Shore City Council was merged into Auckland Council in 2010. It is part of theNorth Shore Ward of Auckland Council, which also includes the Kaipātiki Local Board.

The local board area includes the major suburbs ofDevonport andTakapuna. It also includes the smaller suburbs ofCastor Bay,Forrest Hill,Milford,Lake Pupuke,Belmont,Narrow Neck,Stanley Bay,Bayswater andShoal Bay.^[3]

The area extends from Sunnynook and Castor Bay in the north, to Stanley Bay and Devonport in the south, toState Highway 1. It featuresMt Victoria,North Head, and the large volcanic crater ofLake Pupuke.^[3]

The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the2022 local elections, are:^[4][5]

Board members are currently paid

• Chairperson, $94,728
• Deputy Chairperson,$56,837
• Member,$47,364^[6]

The board chair is the head of the six-person board elected by the board in their first meeting. Often the chair and deputy chair alternate 18 month periods of the three-year term.^{[citation needed]} Grant Gillon was chair followed by George Wood from early 2018.

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area covers 20.09 km² (7.76 sq mi)^[11] and had an estimated population of 61,100 as of June 2025,^[1] with a population density of 3,041 people per km².

Devonport-Takapuna had a population of 58,005 in the2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 30 people (0.1%) since the2018 census, and an increase of 2,535 people (4.6%) since the2013 census. There were 28,125 males, 29,691 females and 189 people ofother genders in 21,378 dwellings.^[14] 3.2% of people identified asLGBTIQ+. The median age was 40.8 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 9,954 people (17.2%) aged under 15 years, 10,839 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 26,847 (46.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 10,362 (17.9%) aged 65 or older.^[13]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 66.4%European (Pākehā); 6.2%Māori; 2.9%Pasifika; 29.0%Asian; 3.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.6%, Māori language by 1.1%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 30.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.7% (e.g. too young to talk).New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 44.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.^[13]

Religious affiliations were 31.0%Christian, 1.5%Hindu, 1.6%Islam, 0.2%Māori religious beliefs, 1.6%Buddhist, 0.3%New Age, 0.3%Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they hadno religion were 56.8%, and 5.8% of people did not answer the census question.^[13]

Of those at least 15 years old, 20,553 (42.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 18,864 (39.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 8,622 (17.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 10,323 people (21.5%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 24,648 (51.3%) people were employed full-time, 6,819 (14.2%) were part-time, and 1,143 (2.4%) were unemployed.^[13]

• Official website
• https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/organisation/devonport-takapuna-local-board

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