Hobsonville

Hobsonville is a rural suburban district of the Auckland metropolitan area in the North Island of New Zealand. Home to the former Royal New Zealand Air Force airfield, Hobsonville Point is currently being redeveloped as a new suburb of Auckland, in the area of the former Waitakere City. Hobsonville Village next to Hobsonville Point is also being developed by Auckland Council and the area known as Hobsonville Corridor joins the peninsula with Westgate, a new regional town being created by the council. The peninsula is joined by the North Western Motorway and State Highway 16 in the west and the Hobsonville Peninsula and Upper Harbour Bridge in the east.

History

In December 2012 a tornado swept through the small town killing 3 people after concrete tilt slabs fell on a transport truck, the tornado also left hundreds homeless. The centre of the Tornado passed over the new school at Hobsonville Point and tore off roofs in RNZAF housing.

RNZAF emergency response was activated post tornado as well as NZ Fire Service and NZ Police.