Long Bay, New Zealand Long Bay, New Zealand Long Bay is a suburb of North Shore, part of the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. The population was 885 in the 2013 census, an increase of 114 from 2006. The coastline is occupied by the Long Bay Regional Park, and the shoreline is in Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve, which opened in 1995. The beach is sandy and swimming is safe. It offers forest walks and scenic cliffs. This beach has low tide water. Smaller beaches to the north, accessible except at high tide, are used by nudists. The Vaughan Homestead is a historic
Hawke's Bay Airport was also named New Zealand Regional Airport of the Year 2013. A new $16 million terminal expansion of Hawke's Bay Airport taking the terminal footprint to 3400sqm started in April 2018 with completion scheduled for 2019. Hawke's Bay Airport is currently in discussion with airline partners which could see A320 jets introduced from 2020 and new routes likely to be direct services to Queenstown initiated. In the financial year ending June 2017, the airport saw record numbers pass through its doors, at 652,426. It remains the 7th busiest airport in New Zealand. A smaller airport is located 22 km to