massey is a north-western suburb in the city of auckland, new zealand. it was formerly a northern suburb of waitakere city, which existed from 1989 to 2010 before the city was amalgamated into auckland council. the suburb was named after former prime minister of new zealand william massey. massey is a relatively large suburb and can be divided into three reasonably distinctive areas, massey west, massey east (separated by the north-western motorway) and massey north (situated to the north of royal road). parts of massey east are also known as 'royal heights', which is home to the royal heights shopping centre.