The Goldie Bush Scenic Reserve is a wooded area of West Auckland, south-east of Muriwai and north of the Waitākere Ranges.

[2] The reserve forms much of the Mokoroa Stream valley catchment, which flows southwest towards the Waitākere River near Te Henga / Bethells Beach.

[4] The land was purchased by the mayor of Auckland, David Goldie, around the year 1900, and established a mill on the property.

[3] The mill was later relocated closer to the falls, and after the Kauri Timber Company acquired cutting rights in 1920, and the Mokoroa River catchments were dammed, in order to transport logs to the Waitākere River and Te Henga / Bethells Beach, from which they were transported by tramway to the Waitakere railway station.

[3] After his death, the property was gifted to the Auckland City Council, who developed the area into a scenic reserve.