Murrays Bay is a small suburb in the East Coast Bays region, located in the North Shore of Auckland. The suburb is roughly the same size as Rothesay Bay, the suburb to the immediate north. It is primarily a residential area but does have a community centre, restaurant and café. Murrays Bay is regularly serviced by buses which go to Takapuna and the Auckland city centre.
Looking down on Murrays Bay beach at low tide
Waitemata Group sandstone cliffs at Murrays Bay
A holidayer at Murrays Bay beach in 1922. The Murrays Bay Wharf and the steamship Omana can be seen in the background
Boats and cars at Murrays Bay beach in the 1960s
East Coast Bays is a string of small suburbs that form the northernmost part of the North Shore, part of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. The suburbs line the north-east coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel. They include, from north to south, Long Bay, Torbay, Waiake Bay, Browns Bay, Rothesay Bay, Murrays Bay, Mairangi Bay, Campbells Bay and Castor Bay. Most of the East Coast Bays are covered under the East Coast Bays subdivision of the Hibiscus and Bays local board area.
View of the East Coast Bays south from Browns Bay in 1959
Eroding Waitemata Group sandstone cliffs at Campbells Bay
Until the 1850s, Long Bay (Te Oneroa ō Kahu) was one of the most densely settled areas of the North Shore by Tāmaki Māori
Steamer ferry at Waiake Beach, ca 1910