Chatswood is a suburb in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, in the middle-eastern side of the North Shore.

The Royal New Zealand Navy's Kauri Point Armament Depot is located in Chatswood.

[4] The Chatswood area is primarily uplifted Waitemata Group sandstone, that was deposited on the sea floor during the Early Miocene, between 22 and 16 million years ago.

[5] Prior to human settlement, the inland North Shore was a mixed podocarp-broadleaf forest dominated by kauri and other conifer trees.

[7] Duck Creek is a stream that flows south south-east through Chatswood, entering the Waitematā Harbour near the Chelsea Sugar Refinery.

[13] The highest in the suburb is 100 metres (330 ft) above sea-level, located on Onetaunga Road north of Bragato Place.

[20] Land speculators purchased much of the isolated forests of Birkenhead in 1843,[21] and the first permanent settlers arrived in 1849.

The poor soil led to starvation, and the servants needing to share food with the de Jersey Grut family members, and cattle would often wander off into the bush.

[28] The refinery was chosen due to Auckland's relative proximity to the sugarcane plantations of Fiji, and south-eastern Birkenhead was chosen as it was one of the few deep water anchorages of the Waitematā Harbour, and due to its proximity to the fresh water Duck Creek.

[30] The factory continues to be the largest single site industrial facility on the North Shore.

[33] In 1938 on the eve of World War II, the New Zealand Government established the Kauri Point Armament Depot.

[3] In 1986, the Kauri Point Centennial Park was created to mark 100 years since the creation of the Birkenhead Borough Council.

Religious affiliations were 28.9% Christian, 2.3% Hindu, 0.8% Islam, 1.5% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.3% other religions.

After 90 years due to major growth in the mid-20th century, Birkenhead became a city on 15 March 1978, with a population of 20,000 people.