Hobsonville is a suburb of Auckland , New Zealand . Hobsonville is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force airfield ( as well as a range of nearby rural areas ) which are currently ( 2007 ) being redeveloped as a new suburb of Waitakere City , New Zealand . The Hobsonville area ( or Hobsonville Corridor ) lies between the North Western Motorway and State Highway 16 in the west and the Hobsonville Peninsula and Upper Harbour Bridge in the east .