Stanley Bay, New Zealand

Stanley Bay
Basic information
Local authority	North Shore City
Population	2,187 (2006)
Facilities
Surrounds
North	(Ngataringa Bay)
Northeast	(Ngataringa Bay)
East	Devonport
Southeast	(Waitemata Harbour)
South	(Waitemata Harbour)
Southwest	(Waitemata Harbour)
West	(Waitemata Harbour)
Northwest	(Shoal Bay)

Stanley Point, the westernmost part of Stanely Bay.

Stanley Bay on the North Shore, New Zealand is a small suburb near Devonport. It is mostly residential; the surrounding towns and shops are only a walk away. The Devonport Naval Base lies to the east of the bay on the south side of the Stanley Bay peninsula and is connected to storage facilities on the north side at Ngataringa Bay by a tunnel.^[1]

The population was 2,187 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 24 from 2001.^[2]

Name

The area is named after Owen Stanley, Captain of H.M.S. Britomart, who conducted a survey of the Waitemata Harbour in 1841.^[3]

Education

Stanley Bay School is a coeducational contributing primary school (years 1–6), with a decile rating of 10 and a roll of 313.^[4] The school celebrated its centenary on Labour Weekend 2009. Stanley Bay published a book called Supertastic Marvellistic, featuring stories written by the children and one from poet Kevin Ireland, with all profits going to charity. The school motto is "Those Who Do Their Best Do Well" which was updated from the gender specific version "He Who Does His Best Does Well" in the early 1980s.^[5]

Notes

1. Gregory's Auckland & Surrounds Street Directory (3rd ed.). 2008. maps 66–67. ISBN 978-0-7319-2048-8.
2. Quickstats about Stanley Bay
3. "Stanley Street". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
4. Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Stanley Bay School
5. "Centennial & Reunion". Stanley Bay School. Retrieved 2009-02-07.

External links

• Stanley Bay School website
• Chaos In The CBD - 78 To Stanley Bay
• Photographs of Stanley Bay held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.

Coordinates: 36°49′37″S 174°47′20″E / 36.827°S 174.789°E