Brooks Beach
Awhitu Regional Park
About
On the western shore of Manukau Harbour, Brooks Beach features safe swimming, camping, picnics, a golf course, and numerous walks through tidal flats regenerating forests and open fields. Visit the historic Brooks homestead, built in 1880 from local kauri. The Brooks family sold the land to the Auckland Regional Council in 1971. The park is still managed as a working farm and gives insights into the rural roots of modern New Zealand. Bird life like heron, pied oyster catcher, godwit and banded rail, abounds in the bush and on the shell-strewn foreshore.
