Manukau

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Manukau City
Country:	New Zealand
Population:	328,968 (2006 census)
Territorial Authority
Name:	Manukau City
Mayor:	Sir Barry Curtis
Extent:	East to Hauraki Gulf; South to Papakura; West to Manukau Harbour.
Land Area:	683km²
Website:	http://www.manukau.govt.nz
Regional Council
Name:	Auckland Regional Council
Website:	http://www.arc.govt.nz

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 Auckland region of New Zealand. It is the third most populous city in New Zealand. 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.

[edit] Origin of Name

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.

[edit] History

Manukau City was formed by the amalgamation of Manukau County and Manurewa Borough in 1965. The city expanded in 1989 with New Zealand-wide reorganisation of local government to include Papatoetoe City and Howick Borough. However, some land was lost in the formation of Papakura District at the same time.

[edit] Geography

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.

[edit] Population

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.

[edit] Secondary Schools in Manukau City

• Mangere College, Mangere
• Papatoetoe High School, Papatoetoe
• Edgewater College, Pakuranga
• Howick College, Howick
• Macleans College, Howick
• Sancta Maria College, Botany Downs
• De La Salle College, Manukau, Mangere
• Southern Cross Campus, Mangere
• Manurewa High School, Manurewa
• James Cook High School, Manurewa
• Aorere College, Mangere
• Tangaroa College, Otara
• Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, Otara
• Botany Downs Secondary College, Botany Downs
• Zayed College For Girls, Mangere

[edit] Wards of Manukau City

Manukau City is divided into 7 wards. Names of wards and lists of main suburbs/towns in each follow:

Botany-Clevedon Ward

• Ardmore
• Whitford
• Alfriston
• Tuscany Estate
• Brookby
• Orere Point
• Chapel Downs
• Clevedon
• Beachlands
• Dannemora
• Maraetai
• Beachlands
• Botany Downs
• Kawakawa Bay
• North Park
• Somerville
• Greenmeadows

Howick Ward

• Howick
• Eastern Beach
• Highland Park
• Meadowlands
• Mellons Bay
• Cockle Bay
• Shelly Park

Mangere Ward

• Airport Oaks
• Mangere Bridge
• Mangere East
• Mangere
• Middlemore

Manurewa Ward

• Manurewa
• Clendon
• Wiri
• Manukau Heights
• Manukau Central
• Weymouth
• Waimahia Landing
• Wattle Cove
• Wattle Downs
• Silkwood Heights
• The Gardens
• Totara Heights
• Randwick Park
• Redoubt Park
• Heron Point
• Murphy's Heights
• Mahia Park
• Hill Park
• Goodwood Heights
• Porchester Park
• Settlers Cove

Otara Ward

• 'South' Otahuhu
• Otara
• East Tamaki
• Clover Park
• Flat Bush

Pakuranga Ward

• Pakuranga
• Half Moon Bay
• Bucklands Beach

Papatoetoe Ward

• Papatoetoe
• Puhinui

[edit] Prominent people

• Jim Anderton, former city councillor, who rose to be the country's Deputy Prime Minister
• Sir Barry Curtis, long-serving Mayor
• David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Member of Parliament for Mangere.

[edit] Elected Members (October 2004)

• 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)

[edit] External links

• Manukau Directory and Info
• Manukau Street Map

Coordinates: 35°14′S, 173°13′E