Manukau
| Manukau City |
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| Population: | 332,900 (June 2005, provisional estimate) |
| Mayor: | Sir Barry Curtis |
| Territorial Authority |
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| Name: | Manukau City |
| Extent: | East to Hauraki Gulf;
South to Papakura;
West to Manakau Harbour. |
| Regional Council: | Auckland |
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Manukau City (orange). The darker orange shows the urban area within the (grey) greater Auckland conurbation's urban area |
Manukau City is a city in the
Greater Auckland region of
New Zealand. It is the third most populous city in New Zealand. While officially described as being a city unto itself, Manukau is a
de facto part of the city of Auckland, there not being any clear divisions between Manukau and the rest of the city other than administrative boundaries and some harbour inlets. The area is commonly referred to as
South Auckland, but this term does not possess any official recognition and does not encompass
East Auckland, which is within the official boundaries of Manukau City.
The name
Manukau is of
Māori origin, and may mean "wading birds", although it has been suggested that the name of the harbour after which the city is named was originally
Manuka, a type of
native tree.
The Manukau City area is concentrated immediately to the south of the
Otahuhu isthmus, the narrowest connection between Auckland City and the
Northland region and the rest of the north island. At its narrowest, between the Otahuhu Creek arm of the
Tamaki River (itself an
estuarial arm of the
Hauraki Gulf) in the east and the Mangere Inlet (an arm of the
Manukau Harbour) to the west, the isthmus is only some 1500 metres across.
The area to the south of the isthmus contains the heart of Manukau, sprawled on either side of
State Highways 1 and 20, the latter of which approaches from the west after crossing
Mangere Bridge. The area known as Manukau central is located close to the junction of these two highways, some 20 kilometres southeast of the centre of Auckland city.
Considerable rural and semi-rural land to the east of Manukau central is also within the city's limits. This extends towards the
Hunua Ranges close to the
Firth of Thames, and takes in such communities as
Clevedon and
Maraetai.
Beyond Manukau to the south lie
Papakura and the
Franklin district, which are less urban but still part of the
Auckland Region and to some extent regarded as an integral part of Auckland's urban area.
Auckland International Airport is located in Mangere, in the west of Manukau, close to the waters of the Manukau Harbour.
For some years before the
1989 reorganisation of local government, the then Manukau City had the highest population of any city or district in the country.
Like most of the rest of the region, Manukau is
ethnically diverse, and is home to many
cultures, especially
Māori and members of
Polynesian ethnicities, with a recent concentration of
Asians in and near
Howick. It is densely populated by New Zealand standards, despite having very few apartments.
Suburbs of Manukau
Inner suburbs, clockwise from the centre of Manukau Central, starting from due north
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East Tamaki, Clover Park, Manukau Heights, Totara Heights,
Manurewa, Wiri,
Papatoetoe,
Mangere,
Middlemore,
Otahuhu,
Otara.
Outer suburbs, clockwise from the centre of Manukau Central, starting from due north
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Pakuranga,
Bucklands Beach, Maraetai,
Beachlands, Botany Downs,
Howick, Whitford,
Takanini.
Complete List:
*Airport Oaks
*Alfriston
*Ardmore
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Beachlands*Brookby
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Bucklands Beach*Chapel Downs
*Clendon
*Clevedon
*Clover Park
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Cockle Bay*Dannemora
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East Tamaki*
Eastern Beach*
Farm Cove*Flamboro Heights
*Flat Bush
*Goodwood Heights
*Greenmeadows
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Half Moon Bay*Heron Point
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Highland Park*Hill Park
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Howick*Kawakawa Bay
*Mahia Park
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Mangere*
Mangere Bridge*
Mangere East*Manukau
*Manukau Heights
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Manurewa*Maraetai
*Meadowlands
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Mellons Bay*
Middlemore*Murphys Heights
*North Park
*Orere Point
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Otara*
Pakuranga*
Papatoetoe*Porchester Park
*Puhinui
*Randwick Park
*Redoubt Park
*Richmond Park
*Settlers Cove
*Shelly Park
*Silkwood Heights
*Sommerville
*The gardens
*Totara Heights
*Tuscany Estate
*Waimahia Landing
*Wattle Cove
*Wattle Downs
*Weymouth
*Whitford
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Wiri*
Jim Anderton, former city councillor, who rose to be the country's Deputy Prime Minister
*Sir
Barry Curtis, long-serving Mayor
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David Lange, former
Prime Minister of New Zealand and Member of Parliament for Mangere.
*Mayor
Sir Barry Curtis [Kt Bach, 1991], JP
*Cr Anne Candy QSO, JP (Deputy Mayor, Manurewa)
*Cr
Dick Quax (Botany-Clevedon)
*Cr Jan Sinclair (Botany-Clevedon)
*Cr Jami-Lee Ross (Howick)
*Cr Sharon Stewart QSM (Howick)
*Cr Alf Filipaina (Mangere)
*Cr James Papali'i (Mangere)
*Cr Arthur Solomon (Mangere)
*Cr Colleen Brown MNZM, JP (Manurewa)
*Cr Peter Kelly (Manurewa)
*Cr
John Walker (Manurewa)
*Cr
Arthur Anae (Otara)
*Cr
Su'a William Sio (Otara)
*Cr David Collings (Pakuranga)
*Cr Neil Morrison (Pakuranga)
*Cr Noel Burnside (Papatoetoe)
*Cr Bob Wichman (Papatoetoe)
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Manukau Directory and Info*
Profiles of relevant websites, including a separate subcategory for each electoral ward
