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Manukau City

Field	Value
name	Manukau City
image_skyline	Manukau Skyline In Twilight.jpg
image_size	265px
image_caption	The Manukau skyline looking northwest.
image_map	Manukau Territorial Authority.png
mapsize	200px
map_caption	Manukau City within New Zealand
image_map1	NZ-ManukauCity.png
mapsize1	200px
map_caption1	Manukau City (in orange) within the Auckland metropolitan area. The darker orange indicates the urban area.
image_shield	Manukau CoA.svg
motto	Ante Alios Prosili (Be ahead of the times)
nickname	South Auckland
settlement_type	Territorial authority of New Zealand
total_type	Total
coordinates
subdivision_name	New Zealand
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name1	North Island
subdivision_type1	Island
subdivision_name2	Auckland
subdivision_type2	Region
parts_type	Wards
parts_style	para
p1	Botany-Clevedon
p2	Howick
p3	Māngere
p4	Manurewa
p5	Otara
p6	Pakuranga
p7	Papatoetoe
leader_name	Barry Curtis (1983–2007)
Len Brown (2007–2010)
leader_title	Mayor
area_total_km2	683
population_as_of	30 June 2010
population_footnotes
population_total
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	NZST
utc_offset	+12
timezone_DST	NZDT
utc_offset_DST	+13
area_code	09
website

the former territorial authority district

Len Brown (2007–2010)

Manukau City was a territorial authority district in Auckland, New Zealand, that was governed by the Manukau City Council. The area is also referred to as "South Auckland", although this term never possessed official recognition and does not encompass areas such as East Auckland, which was within the city boundary. It was a relatively young city, both in terms of legal status and large-scale settlement – though in June 2010, it was the third largest in New Zealand, and the fastest growing. In the same year, the entire Auckland Region was amalgamated under a single city authority, Auckland Council.

The name Manukau, originating from the Manukau Harbour to the west, is of Māori origin, and means "only birds" ("manu kau"), although it has been suggested that the original name of the harbour was Mānuka, meaning a marker post with which an early chief is said to have claimed the area.

In 1965, the name "Manukau" won a public poll of the residents of Manukau County and Manurewa Borough as the new district's name, which the New Zealand Geographic Board approved for "Auckland's new southern city".

History

Manukau City was formed by the amalgamation of Manukau County and Manurewa Borough in 1965. The council originally housed their offices at the Nathan Estate (now the Auckland Botanic Gardens, until permanent offices were constructed. The initial proposal for amalgamation included the boroughs of Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Howick, and Papakura but the aforementioned boroughs opposed amalgamation.

Manukau County

Manukau County was reduced in size on the 1st April, 1912, with the southern portion of the county forming the new Franklin County.

In 1923, Manukau County covered 195 mi2 and had a population of 6,146, with 163 mi of gravel roads, 90 mi of mud roads and 115 mi of tracks.

Geography

The Manukau City area is concentrated immediately to the south of the Ōtāhuhu 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 Māngere 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 Māngere 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 was within the city council district. This extended towards the Hunua Ranges close to the Firth of Thames, and took in such communities as Clevedon and Maraetai.

Beyond Manukau City to the south is 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 Airport is located in Māngere, in the west of Manukau, close to the waters of the Manukau Harbour. Manukau City includes the theme park Rainbow's End, and one of the oldest shopping malls in the country, now called Westfield Manukau City.

Transport

In 2009, work started on the Manukau Branch passenger railway line from the North Island Main Trunk at Puhinui. The branch line opened on 15 April 2012 with Manukau railway station as the terminus for Eastern Line services. The Manukau Institute of Technology university campus building is built over the top of the station, which serves the Manukau city centre. On 7 April 2018, a 23-bay bus station (Manukau bus station) was opened on a lot adjacent to the train station to create a transport hub serving most of the southern Auckland Region.

Population

As of the late 2000s, slightly less than 50% of the city's population identified as European, with 17% as Māori, 27% as Pacific, and 15% as Asian, with the balance made up of other groups.

Schools

Main article: List of schools in Auckland#Manukau City

Administrative divisions

Prior to being merged into Auckland Council in November 2010, Manukau City was divided into seven wards; each of them consisting of the following populated places (i.e.: suburbs, towns, localities, settlements, communities, hamlets, etc.):

Currently in Manurewa and Manukau Wards (post-2010)

Manurewa Ward
- Manurewa
- Manurewa East
- Clendon Park
- Wiri
- Manukau
- Manukau Heights
- 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
- Greenmeadows
Māngere Ward
- Māngere East
- Favona
- Māngere Bridge
- Māngere
- Airport Oaks
- Ihumatao
Papatoetoe Ward
- Papatoetoe
- Puhinui
- Middlemore
Otara Ward
- Ōtara
- Clover Park
- Chapel Downs
- East Tāmaki (south portion)
- Flat Bush (west portion)

Currently in Howick Ward (post-2010)

Pakuranga Ward
- Bucklands Beach
- Eastern Beach
- Half Moon Bay
- Farm Cove, New Zealand
- Sunnyhill
- Pakuranga
- Pakuranga Heights
Howick Ward
- Mellons Bay
- Howick
- Cockle Bay
- Highland Park
- Botany Downs
- Somerville
- Shelly Park
- Meadowlands
Botany-Clevedon Ward
- Botany Community Board
  - East Tāmaki (north portion)
  - Flat Bush (east portion)
  - Burswood
  - Golflands
  - Hungtingdon Park
  - North Park
  - Shamrock Park
  - Dannemora
  - East Tāmaki Heights
  - Botany
  - Greenmount
  - Ormiston
  - Mission Heights
  - Regis Park
  - Tuscany Estates
  - Donegal Park
  - Fairborn
  - Bremner Ridge
  - Donegal Glen
  - Vista Estate
  - Baverstock
  - Hilltop
  - Tuscany Heights
  - Botany Junction
- Clevedon Community Board
  - Whitford
  - Brookby
  - Beachlands
  - Maraetai
  - Clevedon
  - Kawakawa Bay
  - Orere Point
  - Ardmore (partially)
  - Alfriston (partially)

;Notes:

Prominent people

Len Brown, former Mayor, and former Mayor of Auckland
Jim Anderton, former city councillor, who rose to be the country's Deputy Prime Minister
Sir Barry Curtis, former long-serving Mayor, from 1983 to 2007
David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Member of Parliament for Māngere
Award-winning rapper and former member of The Deceptikonz, Savage

Local government

The Manukau City Council was the elected local authority of the city from 1965 until November 2010 when the Auckland Council was created.

Manukau City had an elected Youth Council which primarily acted as an advisory committee and advocate for youth in the city.

Coat of arms

Sister city

Japan Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

References

link. (25 April 2008)
"Naming the Manukau (Manuka) Harbour".
"ca 1350 - Manukau's Journey".
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Auckland/AucklandPlaces/16/en Manukau – Naming the harbour] {{Webarchive. link. (10 April 2008 (from [[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]. Accessed 22 June 2008.))
"27 August 1965 - Manukau's Journey (Naming Manukau City)".
{{cite Q. Q117421984
Bloomfield, Gerald Taylor. (1973). "The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971". [Auckland] : Auckland University Press.
Derbyshire, Noel William. (2016). "Serving the Community: a history of the Pukekohe Anglican Parish". Wily Publications.
(3 Aug 1923). "KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER Main Highways – Conference at Hamilton".
Dearnaley, Mathew. (18 September 2009). "Work starts on $90m rail link". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
(15 April 2012). "New Auckland rail line opens". [[Radio New Zealand]].
(7 April 2018). "$49m bus station opens in Manukau". RNZ News.
"Footprints 06210". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.

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