| Manukau City | |
| Mapsize: | 200px |
| 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. |
| Motto: | Latin: Ante Alios Prosili (Be ahead of the times) |
| Nickname: | South Auckland |
| Settlement Type: | Territorial authority of New Zealand |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coordinates: | -36.9833°N 227°W |
| 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 Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | NZST |
| Utc Offset: | +12 |
| Timezone Dst: | NZDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +13 |
| Area Code: | 09 |
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.[1] 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 west of the city, is of Māori origin, and means "wading birds",[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
In 1923, Manukau County covered 195mi2 and had a population of 6,146, with 163miles of gravel roads, 90miles of mud roads and 115miles of tracks.[5]
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.
In 2009, work started on the Manukau Branch passenger railway line from the North Island Main Trunk at Puhinui.[6] The branch line opened on 15 April 2012[7] 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.[8]
For some years before the 1989 re-organisation of local government, 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 people, 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 or other forms of attached housing.
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.[1]
Prior to being merged into Auckland Council on 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.):
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.
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