Goodwood Heights

History

On 21 July 1863 during the Invasion of the Waikato, St John's Redoubt was constructed in modern-day Goodwood Heights. Constructed in order to secure the supply line for troops along Great South Road, the redoubt never saw active engagement, and by the following year troops were withdrawn from the redoubt. In 1960, the site of the redoubt became a historic reserve. The first suburban housing developments along Redoubt Road began from 1952, when farmer Cameron Matthews began selling lots adjacent to Redoubt Road. In 1979, the Smyth family developed an area called Redoubt Park, in the vicinity of Everglade Drive. Auckland New Zealand Temple, the second temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, began construction in the suburb in June 2020.

Geography

Goodwood Heights is located near Manukau Central, east of the Auckland Southern Motorway and north of Totara Heights. It is located on a hilly area adjacent to Manukau Central. Redoubt Road, Goodwood Drive and Everglade Road are major roads that run through the suburb. Many streets in Goodwood Heights were named after ornamental tree species. Some streets in the development are named after aircraft or aircraft manufacturers, due to their location on the flight path of planes arriving at Auckland Airport.

Most-observed species

• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,391
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12,110
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9,997
• Tui

  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  9,459
• Kelp Gull

  Larus dominicanus M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves
  9,013
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  8,769
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,499
• Silver-eye

  Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  7,513

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2011-07-01
  5 km NNW of Tamaki, New Zealand
• M 4 — 2011-02-20
  9 km NNE of Waihi, New Zealand
• M 4 — 2007-03-13
  26 km NNW of Coromandel, New Zealand
• M 3.8 — 2007-02-21
  31 km NE of Murrays Bay, New Zealand
• M 4.5 — 2007-02-21
  30 km NE of Murrays Bay, New Zealand
• M 3.8 — 2005-07-08
  16 km SSW of Waihi, New Zealand