Māngere-Ōtāhuhu | |
Type: | Local board area |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | New Zealand |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Auckland |
Subdivision Type2: | Territorial authority |
Subdivision Name2: | Auckland |
Subdivision Type3: | Ward |
Subdivision Name3: | Manukau Ward |
Subdivision Type4: | Local board |
Subdivision Name4: | Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board |
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu is a local government area in Auckland, in New Zealand's Auckland Region. It is governed by the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board and Auckland Council. It is within the council's Manukau Ward.[1]
The area includes the suburbs of Māngere and Ōtāhuhu, and the neighbouring suburbs of Māngere East, Favona and Māngere Bridge.
The landscape is dominated by Māngere Mountain.
Another volcanic cone, Robertson Hill / Sturges Park / Mount Robertson, is also located in the area.
Te Tō Waka and Karetu, two historic portage routes through the area was used by Māori to transfer waka between Manukau Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf.
The Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve is a site of early Māori settlement.
Auckland Airport, New Zealand's largest airport, dominates the south-eastern part of the area.
Ambury Regional Park is located in the north-west.