Te Papapa

For the Museum, see Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Suburb: Te Papapa
City: Auckland
Island: North Island
Surrounded by

 - to the north
 - to the north-east
 - to the east
 - to the south
 - to the south-west
 - to the west
 - to the north-west
Penrose (1322 m)

Mount Wellington (2.5 km)
Southdown (1311 m)
Favona (3.1 km)
Mangere Bridge (3.3 km)
Onehunga (1.6 km)
Oranga (1433 m)

Te Papapa is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located nine kilometres to the southeast of the city centre, on the northern shore of the Mangere Inlet, an arm of the Manukau Harbour. The suburb's population of 3081 (2001 census) has a high proportion of Pacific Island residents (28%).

The residential and light-industrial suburb lies between the suburbs of Onehunga, Penrose, and Southdown, and is at the northern end of the Mangere Bridge which connects it with the South Auckland suburb of Mangere. Conveniently located State secondary schools include One Tree Hill College and St Peter's College.

The Onehunga Branch line runs through Te Papapa. Services at the new station commenced on 19 September 2010.[1]

Carter Holt Harvey's head office is located at 173 Captain Springs Road in the Te Papapa area.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://maxx.co.nz/information/travel-updates/onehunga-line-opening.html
  2. ^ "Contact." Carter Holt Harvey. Retrieved on January 28, 2009.