st. heliers is located at the eastern end of tamaki drive, and used to be the place where the tamaki estuary formally divided auckland from manukau city, until the entire auckland region was amalgated under a single city authority, the auckland council, in 2010. local government of st. heliers is the responsibility of the orakei local board, which also covers the suburbs of orakei, kohimarama, mission bay, glendowie, st johns, meadowbank, remuera and ellerslie.