St Heliers Bay Village, St Heliers - Parking Changes

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on changes to St Heliers’ Village Parking Changes. St Heliers Bay Village is a bustling and vibrant area, where locals and other Aucklanders come to enjoy the beach, eat some delicious food, stroll through the shops and get a fantastic view of Rangitoto Island. 

Auckland Transport (AT), the local board and the business association wants everyone visiting to have a great time without worrying about finding a parking spot or getting a fine. 

Our main findings revealed occupancy on St Heliers Bay Road, Turua Street, Maheke Street and Goldie Street were above 90% occupancy. This means that finding a parking spot is difficult and frustrating for visitors and locals. Our data also showed that most infringements were issued for overstaying the varied parking restrictions in the Village.

In March 2025, we asked for feedback on proposed changes to parking in the St Heliers Village. We wanted to know if it would be helpful to extend the time restrictions in the Village and provide extra mobility and loading spaces. No paid parking proposals were recommended.

We proposed

• Introducing a 2-hour (P120) time restriction zone applicable from Monday to Sunday, 8am – 6pm covering the streets and roads outlined in the map.
• Loading zone / 10-minute (P10) short-stay parking on Turua Street, Tāmaki Drive and St. Heliers Bay Road.
• Changing the location of some of the mobility spaces and adding a 3-hour (P180) time limit that would apply at all time.

Feedback was requested from local businesses, residents and associations from Monday 3 March to Monday 31 March 2025.  

The response rate to our survey was robust. 125 people responded to our survey, and we heard from some local businesses and the resident’s association via email. 

Here is what people told us 

P120 proposals

• P120 in the Village: 
  • “St Heliers Village Association (SHVA) supports the introduction of timed (120 minute) parking on Goldie Street from Tamaki Dr to Polygon Street.”
  • “It's stressful coming to the village anticipating finding the right parking for the right time near to where I need to go.”
  • “The village is becoming a giant carpark and an unpleasant place to avoid.'”
• St Helier’s Bay Road: 
  • “Yes, the main street (St Heliers Bay Road) where the shops are should be 60 minutes only.'” 
  • “St Heliers Bay Road should NOT be more than 60 minute parking” 
• Goldie Street: 
  • “I support the proposals; it has always seemed odd how many cars there are and I hadn't realised Goldie St in particular was being used for all day parking.” 
  • “Goldie Street needs to be left alone.’”
  • “I have a concern about the availability of long-term parking for staff.” 

Mobility proposals

• Turua Street:
  • “I'd also like to see mobility parking on the side of Turua Street, that the chemist and medical center is on. Every day I watch older people struggle across that road to the medical facilities and it worse in winter.”
  • “Please consider the proposed Mobility park on Turua to be on the other side of the road.”
• St Helier’s Bay Road:
  • “Mobility park outside Four Square to be retained. This is the closest mobility park to the library and many elderly / mobility impaired people use the Four Square, who then assist them with the shopping to the car.” 

Loading zone proposals

• “The relocation of the loading zone on Turua St is also a good idea as we often see cars/buses having to wait or go around trucks which obstruct the road while parked in this zone.”
• “If loading zones are only Monday - Sat and business hours so can be used at other times that would be ideal.”
• “Delivery vehicle that mainly service 4 square double park in the middle of the street in St Heliers Bay Road, even if loading zone is free as they are too big to park.”
• “The one (loading zone) on Turua Street near Moreton's causes too much congestion.”
• “The loading zone outside the Four Square seems to work as it is - no need to be longer.”

P10 spaces

• “The 2 x 10-minute short stay parking spaces are a very good idea to help stop entrance ways on Turua Street being blocked by users of the NZ Post Office.”
   

How we’ve incorporated feedback

We’ve listened to the feedback we received and have made some changes to our proposals based on what we have heard from the community.

• We will modify the P120 Zone in the Village, 
  • excluding Goldie Street, where we will only include a P120 restriction for 29 parking spaces and keep 29 spaces unrestricted for all day parking. 
  • keeping the existing P60 on St Heliers Bay Road for quicker turnover.
  • modifying the time restrictions to Monday – Saturday only.
• We will keep mobility parking largely unchanged, including:
  • leaving mobility parking on Polygon Road and St Heliers Bay Road and Maheke in same location.
  • adding one extra mobility space on Turua Street to the opposite side.
  • applying a P180, AAT restriction to all mobility spaces in the Village.
• Keeping loading zones as is with one change to:
  • relocate the loading zone currently in an angled space on Turua St, to Tamaki Drive.
    
    

You can read the feedback report here.

What happens next

In the next couple of months, we will make changes to the signage in St Heliers Bay Village to reflect the above. 

Other suggestions we have received will be reviewed separately including bike/motorcycle parking and taking a look at creating a one-way system for busses.

If you would like to speak with the project team about any of this, please email ATengagement@at.govt.nz with ‘St Heliers Village – Parking Changes’ in the subject line.