Dannemora, New Zealand Explained

Dannemora
City1:Auckland
Council:Auckland Council
Board:Howick Local Board
Ward:Howick ward
Area:264

Dannemora is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the east of the city, close to Pakuranga and Botany Downs, and in the Howick ward and local board area of Auckland Council.

Geography

Dannemora is an ill-defined area of East Auckland near Chapel Road and Kilkenny Drive, south of Shamrock Park. The area is close to the suburbs of Botany, East Tāmaki Heights and Flat Bush. Areas of Flat Bush such as Topland Drive are also known as Dannemora.[1] The highest point in the area is Puke-i-Āki-Rangi, a 142-metre hill also known as Point View.[2] [3]

History

Early history

The Dannemora area is part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, who descend from the crew of the Tainui migratory waka, who visited the area around the year 1300.[4] Puke-i-Āki-Rangi was a defended Ngāi Tai site. The name literally means "The Hill That Way Propelled Skyward".[2] [5] During the Musket Wars in the 1820s, Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki sought temporary refuge in the Waikato.[6] [7]

In 1836, English missionary William Thomas Fairburn brokered a land sale between Tāmaki Māori chiefs covering the majority of modern-day South Auckland and East Auckland.[8] The sale was envisioned as a way to end hostilities in the area, but it is unclear what the chiefs understood or consented to. Māori continued to live in the area, unchanged by this sale.[9] In 1854 when Fairburn's purchase was investigated by the New Zealand Land Commission, a Ngāi Tai reserve was created around the Wairoa River and Umupuia areas, and as a part of the agreement, members of Ngāi Tai agreed to leave their traditional settlements to the west.[10] [11]

In 1847, Howick was established as a defensive outpost for Auckland, by fencibles (retired British Army soldiers) and their families. During the late 19th and 20th centuries, Dannemora was East Tāmaki.

Development of the suburb

Dannemora is a housing development that was constructed in the 1990s and early 2000s.[12] [1] The name Dannemora was chosen by housing developer Wayne Francis, who named it after his horse stud farm in Christchurch. The name ultimately comes from Dannemora, a mining village in Sweden.[13] [14]

Point View School opened in 1997, when the surrounding area was primarily farmland. In 2001, Willowbank Primary School opened in Dannemora.[15] A strip mall called Chapel Road Village opened in Dannemora in 2004, as the first of five planned neighbourhood commercial centres in the wider Flat Bush area.[16]

Demographics

Dannemora covers 2.64km2[17] and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.

Dannemora had a population of 9,678 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 333 people (3.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 258 people (2.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,910 households, comprising 4,743 males and 4,932 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,785 people (18.4%) aged under 15 years, 2,064 (21.3%) aged 15 to 29, 4,752 (49.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,080 (11.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 34.6% European/Pākehā, 4.2% Māori, 4.4% Pacific peoples, 56.2% Asian, and 7.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 59.9, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 39.4% had no religion, 33.5% were Christian, 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 8.8% were Hindu, 4.8% were Muslim, 4.1% were Buddhist and 4.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,496 (31.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 864 (10.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,629 people (20.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,092 (51.8%) people were employed full-time, 1,074 (13.6%) were part-time, and 270 (3.4%) were unemployed.

Individual statistical areas
Name Area
(km2)
Population Density
(per km2)
Households !Median age Median
income
Redcastle 0.56 2,463 4,398 759 35.4 years $41,900
Botany East 0.78 1,914 2,454 576 42.4 years $31,900
Botany South 0.75 2,865 3,820 930 38.1 years $34,500
Dannemora North 0.55 2,436 4,429 645 35.2 years $30,900
New Zealand 37.4 years $31,800

Education

Botany Downs Secondary College is a secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of . The school opened in 2004.[18]

Point View School is a coeducational contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of as of The school opened in 1997.[19] Willowbank School is a contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of . It opened in 2001 and was named for the oldest remaining house in the East Tāmaki (now a part of Flat Bush), Willowbank Cottage, which was once used as a school.[20] All of these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New house, East Tāmaki, 2005. Footprints 06150 . Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections . 26 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Puke-i-Āki-Rangi . New Zealand Gazetteer . Land Information New Zealand. 18 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Point View Bush Path . . 18 May 2023.
  4. Book: Green, Nathew . From Hawaīki to Howick – A Ngāi Tai History . La Roche, Alan . 2011 . Grey's Folly: A History of Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands-Eastern Beaches, East Tamaki, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai . Auckland . Tui Vale Productions . 978-0-473-18547-3 . 1135039710 . en . 16–33.
  5. Web site: 7 November 2015 . Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims . . The Trustees of the Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Trust . . New Zealand Government. 18 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki and the Trustees of the Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Trust and the Crown. 7 November 2015. Deed of settlement schedule documents. live. 31 October 2021. NZ Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213154038/https://www.govt.nz/assets/Documents/OTS/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki/Ngai-Tai-ki-Tamaki-Documents-Schedule-Nov-2015.pdf . 13 February 2020.
  7. Web site: Te Naupata / Musick Point . . 25 June 2023.
  8. Web site: 13 June 1865 . MJ_0760 . Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections . 19 June 2023.
  9. Rangahaua Whanui National Theme A: Old Land Claims . D . Moore . B . Rigby . M . Russell . July 1997 . . 5 March 2023.
  10. 109 Beachlands Road, Beachlands, Auckland: Preliminary Archaeological Assessment . Tom. Clough. Aaron. Apfel. Rod. Clough . June 2020 . . 21 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Duder Regional Park – Our History . Heritage Department of the Auckland Regional Council . Auckland Council. 30 August 2021.
  12. Web site: December 1997. MJ_6482 . Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections . 26 June 2023.
  13. A History of Botany. Alan. La Roche. . 2011 . 7.
  14. 161-162.
  15. Web site: 31 January 2001. MJ_6762 . Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections . 26 June 2023.
  16. Web site: July 2004. MJ_7032 . Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections . 26 June 2023.
  17. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application. 9 August 2022. statsnz.maps.arcgis.com.
  18. Web site: An overview of our college. Botany Downs Secondary College. 9 September 2020.
  19. News: From bare paddocks to a community hub . Meghan . Lawrence . 31 March 2017 . . 26 June 2023.
  20. Web site: Willowbank History. Willowbank School. 9 September 2020.