Dairy Flat

Dairy Flat is a rural district 8 km south of Orewa and 28 km north of central Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. Until the early 1990s most of the district was in dairy farms of 40 to 60 hectares (100 to 150 acres). With the growth of Auckland and the extension of the Northern Motorway into the area, these are being gradually subdivided into lifestyle blocks of around 2 to 5 hectares (5 to 12 acres), many of which are grazing sheep, horses, beef cattle or deer. Although it still retains a rural character, it is counted as part of the Auckland urban area in official statistics.