Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the
Auckland Council
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, and is overseen by the council's
Manukau ward councillors. The board is governed by seven board members elected at-large. The board's administrative area includes the suburbs
Māngere Bridge,
Māngere
Māngere () or Mangere is one of the largest suburbs in Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on mainly flat land on the northeastern shore of the Manukau Harbour, to the northwest of Manukau City Centre and 15 kilometres south of ...
,
Ōtāhuhu
Ōtāhuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand – to the southeast of the CBD, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tamaki River estuary to the east. The isthmus is the narrowest connection between the ...
, and
Favona
Favona is a mostly industry-dominated suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and is part of the Māngere area. The suburb is in the Manukau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city, and is under governance of the Auckland Co ...
, and covers areas south of the
Manukau Harbour
The Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand by area. It is located to the southwest of the Auckland isthmus, and opens out into the Tasman Sea.
Geography
The harbour mouth is between the northern head ("Burne ...
.
Demographics
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Area covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Area had a population of 78,450 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 7,491 people (10.6%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 10,296 people (15.1%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 17,880 households, comprising 38,991 males and 39,459 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female. The median age was 29.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 20,700 people (26.4%) aged under 15 years, 19,686 (25.1%) aged 15 to 29, 31,419 (40.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 6,645 (8.5%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 19.1% European/
Pākehā
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, 16.4%
Māori
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, 59.4%
Pacific peoples, 19.0%
Asian
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, and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 39.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 18.9% had no religion, 60.7% were
Christian
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, 1.9% had
Māori religious beliefs, 5.7% were
Hindu
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, 5.1% were
Muslim
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, 1.1% were
Buddhist
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and 1.5% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 6,957 (12.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 12,747 (22.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $24,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. 4,758 people (8.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 28,164 (48.8%) people were employed full-time, 6,297 (10.9%) were part-time, and 3,627 (6.3%) were unemployed.
2019–2022 term
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The current board members, elected at the
2019 local body elections in October, are:
:Tauanu'u Nick Bakulich, Labour – (8044 votes)
:Christine O'Brien, Labour – (8015 votes)
:
Lemauga Lydia Sosene
Lemauga Lydia Sosene (born 14 April 1965) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician. She has been a member of the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board since the October 2010 local elections and became a Member of Parliament in 2022, succeeding Louisa ...
, Labour – (7982 votes)
:''
Anae Neru Leavasa, Labour – (7870 votes)''
:Walter Togiamua, Labour – (7797 votes)
:Harry Fatu Toleafoa, Labour – (7784 votes)
:Makalita Kolo, Labour – (6936 votes)
2016–19 term
The board members who served from the
2016 local body elections to the 2019 elections were:
:Lemauga Lydia Sosene (Chair) - Labour
:Togiatolu Walter Togiamua (Deputy Chair) - Labour
:Carol Elliot - Labour
:Makalita Kolo - Labour
:Tafafuna'i Tasi Lauese - Labour
:Christine O'Brien - Labour
:Tauanu'u Nick Bakulich - Labour
Notes
References
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Local boards of the Auckland Region