Herne Bay, New Zealand School and Ponsonby Primary. Local secondary schools include Auckland Girls Grammar School, Western Springs College (Coed), St Paul's College (Catholic boys) and Saint Mary's College (Catholic girls). Herne Bay, New Zealand Herne Bay is an affluent suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the southwestern shore of the Waitematā Harbour to the west of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It is known for its extensive harbour views, marine villas and Edwardian age homes. Herne Bay has been a prosperous area since the 1850s due to its outlook over the Waitematā Harbour. It continues to be an exclusive suburb, as
Island Bay (New Zealand electorate) Island Bay (New Zealand electorate) Island Bay is a former New Zealand electorate, centred on Island Bay in the southern suburbs of Wellington. The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the "Electoral Amendment Act, 1945" reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27