Westlake
City:	North Shore, New Zealand North Shore, New Zealand North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...
Island	North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
Surrounded by:
To the north:	Forrest Hill Forrest Hill, New Zealand Forrest Hill is a suburb of Auckland .Forrest Hill is under the local governance of the North Shore City Council. The population was 5,283 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 372 from 2001.-Association football:...
To the north-east:	Milford Milford, New Zealand Milford is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. Located on Auckland's North Shore and part of North Shore City, Milford is located on the northern side of Lake Pupuke. It also has a popular swimming beach, which runs some two kilometers from Black Rock in the south to Castor Bay in the...
To the east:	Lake Pupuke Lake Pupuke Lake Pupuke is a heart-shaped freshwater lake occupying a volcanic explosion crater between the suburbs of Takapuna and Milford on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The heart shape is a result of its formation by the linking of two circular craters - a larger one forming most of the lake...
To the south-east:	Takapuna Takapuna Takapuna is a central, coastal suburb of North Shore City, located in the northern North Island of New Zealand, at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour...
To the south:	Takapuna Takapuna Takapuna is a central, coastal suburb of North Shore City, located in the northern North Island of New Zealand, at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitemata Harbour...
To the south-west:	Hillcrest Hillcrest, Auckland Hillcrest is a suburb of North Shore City, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. It is surrounded by Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Northcote and Birkenhead. The Auckland Northern Motorway passes to the east...
To the west:	Marlborough Marlborough, Auckland Marlborough is a suburb of North Shore City, one of the four cities comprising New Zealand's Auckland urban area. It lies eight kilometres to the northwest of the Auckland CBD between the suburbs of Hillcrest and Glenfield....
To the north-west:	Wairau Valley Wairau Valley, Auckland Wairau Valley is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. The area is predominantly light industrial/commercial. New Zealand State Highway 1 passes to the east and the Wairau Park shopping complex extends to the north...

Westlake is a suburb of North Shore City

North Shore, New Zealand

North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...

, one of the four cities comprising New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

's Auckland urban area. It lies eight kilometres to the northwest of the Auckland CBD

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 between the major suburbs of Milford

Milford, New Zealand

Milford is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. Located on Auckland's North Shore and part of North Shore City, Milford is located on the northern side of Lake Pupuke. It also has a popular swimming beach, which runs some two kilometers from Black Rock in the south to Castor Bay in the...

 and Glenfield

Glenfield, New Zealand

Glenfield is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. It is located to the north of the Waitemata Harbour, nine kilometres northwest of the Auckland city centre....

. The name arises from its position on the western shoreline of Lake Pupuke

Lake Pupuke

Lake Pupuke is a heart-shaped freshwater lake occupying a volcanic explosion crater between the suburbs of Takapuna and Milford on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The heart shape is a result of its formation by the linking of two circular craters - a larger one forming most of the lake...

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Within Westlake are three secondary schools, Westlake Boys High School, Westlake Girls High School and Carmel College

Carmel College (New Zealand)

Carmel College is a Catholic secondary school for girls located in Milford on Auckland's North Shore. It was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1957 starting with a student roll of only fifteen girls.-School activities:...

, and also North Shore Hospital

North Shore Hospital

North Shore Hospital is a large public hospital in Takapuna, North Shore City, serving the northern part of the Auckland area. Located on Shakespeare Road near Lake Pupuke, it is administered by the Waitemata District Health Board, serving around 47,000 people a year.-Facilities:The hospital...

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