[3] Situated on the Weiti River immediately south of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula in the Rodney District, it is part of the area known as the Hibiscus Coast.
The pack horse tracks from Dairy Flat are still clearly visible on the Weiti Station property.
[citation needed] The earliest European name for the area was Five Fingers, in reference to the many sandspits found along the Weiti River.
[citation needed] Several houses were built on the river's edge in the early days as more land was cleared and made available for farming.
Some live stock was introduced, but fruit from orchards seemed to be the major produce transported to Auckland from Stillwater.
[citation needed] Other early settlers included the Percy, Blackshaw and McPike brothers families.
[citation needed] In 1950 the McPike brothers subdivided their farm to form what has become the Stillwater settlement known today.
By the year 2000, most of the power and telephone cables were put underground and footpaths formed the length of Stillwater Crescent.
Houses were built on almost all the original sections developed and Stillwater could no longer be called a holiday resort; it had become a well established marine suburb.