Wai o Taiki Bay

Bordering Glen Innes, Glendowie and the Tamaki River estuary.

The statistical area of Glen Innes East-Wai O Taiki Bay covers 1.40 km2 (0.54 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 4,940 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 3,529 people per km2.

The results were 43.3% European (Pākehā); 18.6% Māori; 36.1% Pasifika; 15.6% Asian; 3.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

The name Taiki is a shortened form of Taikehu, the name of an ancestor of Ngāi Tai.

Tahuna Torea is a 25-hectare, wildlife reserve of mangrove lagoon and swampland sited on a long sandbank extending out into the Tāmaki Estuary.

[9] Rich in Māori history as well as home to native birds and vegetation, Tahuna Torea means 'gathering place of the oystercatcher'.