Shakespear Regional Park facts for kids

Shakespear Regional Park is a nature park in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is located at the tip of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, and is named after the Shakespear family which bought the land in the 1880s from local Maori.

Tui in the harakeke (flax) at Shakespear Regional Park

The Park is home to three walkways, Heritage Trail, Lookout Track and Tiri Tiri Track.

Walking trails at Shakespear Regional Park

Sheep and lambs at Shakespear Regional Park

Another popular trail is ‘Waterfall Gully’ and after it has rained the waterfall does not disappoint.

Much of the coastline is lined by sandstone cliffs, which shelter the beach-lined Te Haruhi Bay.

Te Haruhi Bay at Shakespear Regional Park

At the Park's western border, a narrow lowland separates Okoromai and Army Bays.

The regional park largely lies within the Shakespear Open Sanctuary, the rest being taken up by the Tamaki Leadership Centre, a Royal New Zealand Navy base. A 1.7-kilometre (1.1 mi) pest/predator-proof fence (completed March 2011) across the peninsula between protects the park's wildlife. This includes resident invertebrates and lizards, along with birds migrating from the nearby Tiritiri Matangi island sanctuary. Brodifacoum poison airdrops were conducted in July 2011 to eradicate mammalian pests. The Shakespear Open Sanctuary Society has worked with the government landowners to establish and develop the sanctuary.

Kereru (New Zealand pigeon) at Shakespear Regional Park

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  Tui in the harakeke (flax) at Shakespear Regional Park