Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is an isthmus between Shoal Bay, arm of the Waitematā Harbour, and the Hauraki Gulf. Lake Pupuke, a volcanic maar a
Takapuna Beach with Takapuna visible in the background
Takapuna was originally the name of a spring on the southwestern slopes of Maungauika / North Head at Torpedo Bay (watercolour by Caroline Harriet Abraham in the 1850s).
Lake Pupuke is a volcanic maar located in Takapuna, and one of the oldest known features of the Auckland volcanic field
The most recent eruption of Lake Pupuke led to the creation of Takapuna Reef and the Takapuna Fossil Forest
Pamela Stephenson, Lady Connolly is a New Zealand-born Australian and British psychologist, writer, actress and comedian. She moved with her family to Australia in 1953 and studied at the National Ins
Takapuna
…Stephen Sinclair – playwright and screenwriter Pamela Stephenson – TV personality, psychologist, comedian Kody Nielson – musician and producer…
Billy Connolly (pictured in 2016) and Stephenson were married in 1989.