History
PetitionPetition by the Kennedy Park WWII Installations Preservation Trust, for the public acquisition of the heritage building, and land, at 139 and 141 Beach Road Castor Bay (lots 12/13 dp 38175), this land and building to then be added to Kennedy Park for public use and enjoyment. These two pieces of land are being offered for sale by Housing New Zealand and are of great interest to developers! If sold, the most likely outcome will be the demolition of a Heritage Building and the erection of up to six multi story dwellings - protruding right into the park! To add your name to the petition, please click here >> DonationsEntrance to the tunnels (including tours), is by optional gold coin donation. Read more >> Membership$10 per annum. Read more >> |
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The gun emplacements and tunnels you now see at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park are the remnants of a 6-inch” gun battery constructed during 1941 and 1942 as part of Auckland’s World War II defences. Castor Bay was one of three gun batteries whose purpose was to defend the northern approaches to the Rangitoto Channel; the others were at Whangaparaoa and Motutapu. The eastern approaches were covered by batteries located at Motuihe and Rangitoto and from 1945 Stony Batter. The batteries at North Head, Fort Takapuna and Bastion Point were the last line of defence.