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Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board
The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is the only local board overseen by the council's Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward councillor (some wards administer more than one local board). The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki board, named after Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill and the Tamaki River estuary in the board area, covers the suburbs of Glen Innes, Mount Wellington, Onehunga, Oranga, Panmure, Penrose, Point England, Royal Oak, Southdown, Sylvia Park, Tamaki, Te Papapa, Wai o Taiki Bay, and Westfield. The board is governed by seven board members elected from two subdivisions: three from the Maungakiekie subdivision (board area west of the Southern Motorway, excluding Westfield), and four from the Tāmaki subdivision (Westfield and board area east of the Southern Motorway). The first board members were elected with the nationwide local elections on Saturday 9 October 2010. Demographics Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Boards Of Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, which established the council. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors, elected from 13 wards. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. It is the largest council in Oceania, with a $3 billion annual budget, $29 billion of ratepayer equity, and 9,870 full-time staff as of 30 June 2016. The council began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city". The council was established by a number of Acts of Parliament, and an Auckland Transition Agency, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onehunga
Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand and the location of the Port of Onehunga, the city's small port on the Manukau Harbour. It is south of the Auckland CBD, city centre, close to the volcano, volcanic cone of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill. Onehunga is a residential and light-industrial suburb. There are almost 1,000 commercial and industrial businesses in the area. Onehunga stretches south from Royal Oak, New Zealand, Royal Oak to the northern shore of the Manukau Harbour. To the east are the areas of Oranga and Te Papapa; to the west, Hillsborough, Auckland, Hillsborough. On the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour, and linked to Onehunga by Māngere Bridge (bridges), two bridges, is the suburb of Māngere Bridge (suburb), Māngere Bridge. Geography Onehunga lies on the Auckland isthmus, on the northern shore of Mangere Inlet, an arm of the Manukau Harbour, and just south of the volcanic cone of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill. The Port of Onehunga, on Manukau Harbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 New Zealand Local Elections
The 2010 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. All elections are conducted by postal ballot, with election day being Saturday 9 October 2010. Elected were: * Mayors and councillors for all 67 territorial authority councils * Councillors for 10 regional councils, (all regional councils had elections except Canterbury Regional Council, and the Auckland Regional Council which will be replaced by the Auckland Council) * Members of all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) * Members for all 21 local boards of the Auckland Council * Various local and community boards and licensing trusts. Except for all DHBs and six territorial authorities, officials were elected by the First Past the Post system. Members of DHBs and mayors and councillors in six territorial authorities, including Wellington City and Dunedin City, were elected using the Single Transferable Vote system. Dates Under section 10 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Southern Motorway
The Auckland Southern Motorway (also known as the Southern Motorway, and historically as the Auckland–Hamilton Motorway) is the major route south out of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is part of New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1. The motorway is 45 kilometres in length, with 28 junctions including termini. It runs from the Central Motorway Junction in central Auckland, through Manukau City, Papakura, and Drury, before terminating onto the Waikato Expressway at the top of the Bombay Hills. Route The Southern Motorway starts just north of the Central Motorway Junction (Spaghetti Junction) on the west side of central Auckland. The motorway is a direct extension of the Auckland Northern Motorway, Northern Motorway, which changes to the Southern Motorway just south of exits 424C and 424D. For the first kilometre, the road is two lanes each way due to the constraints of the Victoria Park Viaduct to the north. The motorway then delves deep into the Central Motorwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westfield, New Zealand
Westfield is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand For many years the abattoirs located here were discharging large amounts of untreated waste into Manukau Harbour. This had a detrimental effect on the ecology of the harbor, which at the turn of the 20th century had been a popular and attractive place to swim, sail, fish and gather shell fish. For most of the middle of the 20th century it was a health hazard and its shell-fish a probable source of food poisoning. Since the freezing works disappeared the water quality has improved greatly. There is a large railway marshalling yard located beside the Manukau Harbour. Portage Road, Ōtāhuhu, Portage Road is the location of Portages of New Zealand#Te Tō Waka, Te Tō Waka, one of the overland routes between the two harbours (and thus the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea), where the Māori would beach their waka (canoes) and drag them overland to the other coast, thus avoiding having to paddle around North Cape, New Zealand, North Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wai O Taiki Bay
Wai o Taiki Bay is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of Auckland Council. Location Bordering Glen Innes, Glendowie and the Tamaki River estuary. Demographics The statistical area of Glen Innes East-Wai O Taiki Bay covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Glen Innes East-Wai O Taiki Bay had a population of 3,447 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 90 people (−2.5%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 408 people (−10.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 915 households, comprising 1,725 males and 1,719 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 29.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 900 people (26.1%) aged under 15 years, 858 (24.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,434 (41.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 255 (7.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 39.7% European/Pākehā, 22.1% Māori, 46.0% Pacific peoples, 9.9% Asian, and 2.5% other ethnicities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Papapa
Te Papapa is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located nine kilometres to the southeast of Auckland city centre, on the northern shore of Māngere Inlet, an arm of the Manukau Harbour. The residential and light-industrial suburb lies between the suburbs of Onehunga, Penrose, and Southdown, and is at the northern end of the Māngere Bridge which connects it with the South Auckland suburb of Māngere. Train services on the Onehunga Line run through the suburb on the Onehunga Branch line, which reopened in 2010. Services at Te Papapa station commenced on 19 September 2010. Carter Holt Harvey's head office is located at 173 Captain Springs Road in the Te Papapa area. It has been suggested that the name of the suburb refers to a fortress built of rock slabs. However, at the time Te Papapa Railway Station first opened the area around was commonly known as "Pumpkin Flat" and a short article in the Auckland Star reported that the general manager of the railways had chosen to na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington in New Zealand. Less commonly known, the area around the centre (which includes some residential and other commercial developments) is also called Sylvia Park (the centre takes its name from the area, not vice versa, but Sylvia Park is not officially a suburb). The area is located adjacent to two major interchanges of the Auckland Southern Motorway – the South Eastern Highway (which passes directly above the shopping centre on a viaduct) and Mount Wellington Highway. Land and store space in the Sylvia Park development is let out to a wide variety of major retailers, one cinema complex and one supermarket. In addition, the centre has franchises of all major New Zealand banks and a wide variety of other retailers. The centre employs approximately 2,500 staff. In a rating of New Zealand shopping centres by a retail expert group in 2008, Sylvia Park received four stars, the maxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southdown, New Zealand
Southdown is an industrial suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The main company in the suburb was the former Southdown Freezing Works, part of a large industrial zone located near the North Island Main Trunk railway line. The buildings were decommissioned during the 1980s and 1990s, releasing large areas of land to be redeveloped as office parks. For many years the abattoirs located here were discharging large amounts of untreated waste into the Manukau Harbour. This had a detrimental effect on the ecology of the harbour, which at the turn of the 20th century had been a popular and attractive place to swim, sail, fish and gather shell fish. For most of the middle of the 20th century it was a health hazard and its shell-fish a probable source of food poisoning. Since the freezing works were fully closed in 1981,''New Zealand Historical Atlas'' - McKinnon, Malcolm (Editor); David Bateman, 1997, Plate 97 the water quality has improved greatly. The Waikaraka Cycleway ends at the botto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Oak, New Zealand
Royal Oak is a small suburb in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland. It is situated between the suburbs of Epsom (north) and Onehunga (south). Royal Oak is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. History It is named after the Royal Oak hotel that was located on the Royal Oak Roundabout. In 1909 the hotel lost its licence to sell alcohol. For many years it was a pharmacy before being used as the premises of Barfoot & Thompson Real Estate Agency. Royal Oak refers to the tree Charles II hid up during the Battle of Worcester to avoid capture. In the middle of the Royal Oak Roundabout was once located the Seddon Memorial. Designed by John Park, a local architect who was also mayor of Onehunga on two occasions, the structure was erected in memory of Prime Minister Seddon who died suddenly in office in 1906. Richard John Seddon (1845–1906) was immensely popular and there are several monuments to him around the country. The Royal Oak Monument was in the form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point England
Point England is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. Demographics Point England covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Point England had a population of 4,923 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 618 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 696 people (16.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,323 households, comprising 2,361 males and 2,559 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.92 males per female. The median age was 29.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 1,347 people (27.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,200 (24.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,872 (38.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 507 (10.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 27.0% European/Pākehā, 26.5% Māori, 52.8% Pacific peoples, 13.2% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 33.7, compared with 27.1% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
