East Auckland is an area of

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, characterised in the popular mind as a socio-economically mixed urban area with a relatively large multi-cultural population. The name "East Auckland" is not an official placename, but is in popular use by some organisations. It is also used in the names of some organisations and companies. Coverage and connotations of the name are not precisely defined and vary with context. Certain bodies within Auckland believe the Eastern Bays are not part of East Auckland; these tend to be those with reading deficiencies. The East Auckland area includes some south-eastern suburbs within the boundaries of the old

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and

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, typified by Howick, and including

Pakuranga Pakuranga is an eastern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Pakuranga covers a series of low ridges and previously swampy flats, now drained, that lie between the Pakuranga Creek and Tamaki River, two estuarial arms of the Hauraki Gul ...

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and

Botany Downs Botany Downs is an eastern suburb of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. This residential area previously formed part of the East Tāmaki area. In terms of local-body administration, the suburb lies in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen adm ...

. Many other definitions also include Panmure to the east and also Dannemora in the south and

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towards central and

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in the south.

Extents

Broadly speaking, East Auckland is often the urban area stretching from the Auckland City suburb of Mount Wellington moving south-east past Pakuranga, southwards through to Greenmount, just north of

East Tāmaki East Tāmaki is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is a largely industrial area adjacent to a rapidly growing population. Prior to the 1960s it was largely a dairy farming area. A landmark is Smales Mountain which in 2010 has the remains of ...

, and also including the more rural Manukau City townships such as Whitford, Beachlands,

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, Brookby,

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, Highland Park, and

Bucklands Beach Bucklands Beach is a suburb east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland Council. Demographics Bucklands Beach covers and had an estimated population of ...

. East Auckland does not include the more southern suburbs such as Ardmore,

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and

Papakura Papakura is a southern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately 32 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council. Papakura is a M� ...

. Panmure forms the boundary and south of Panmure, Ellerslie and

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is considered Auckland City, which have long been known as Auckland's "Eastern Suburbs" – although this term commonly refers to the more affluent suburbs north of Meadowbank and Glendowie. What was known as the Howick-Pakuranga area greatly expanded from the 1990s, as many new residential subdivisions were developed, and it is this expanded area that is known as East Auckland. The northern boundary is now in the Mt Wellington area to the north of Pakuranga – where the more central Eastern Suburbs end – and essentially incorporates East Tāmaki to the south-west. Some of the suburbs, such as Dannemora, contain predominantly new housing. The area also contains the widely-recognized shopping area and mall

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. '' Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' establishes the area to include Bucklands Beach, East Tāmaki, Howick, Pakuranga, Botany and Flat Bush area. This roughly matches the area covered by the Howick Ward and Howick Local Board. This is similar to the area defined as 'East Auckland' by

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