The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the

Auckland Council Auckland Council () is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that also has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to t ...

. It is overseen by the

Manukau ward Manukau Ward is an Auckland Council ward that elects two councillors and covers the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board, Māngere-Ōtāhuhu and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board, Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Boards. The two councillors are currently Alf Filipain ...

councillors. The local board area includes the suburbs of Ōtara,

Papatoetoe Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest suburb in Auckland by population and is located to the northwest of Manukau, Manukau Central, and southeast of Auckland CBD. Papatoetoe was traditionally an important area fo ...

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, Puhinui and central Manukau.

Geography

The area includes the suburbs of main suburbs of Ōtara and

, and the neighbouring suburbs of

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and Clover Park.

Demographics

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Ōtara-Papatoetoe had a population of 86,949 in the

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, an increase of 1,827 people (2.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 11,286 people (14.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 43,389 males, 43,365 females and 195 people of other genders in 22,380 dwellings. 2.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 20,448 people (23.5%) aged under 15 years, 21,177 (24.4%) aged 15 to 29, 37,566 (43.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 7,755 (8.9%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 14.6% European (

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); 15.8%

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; 48.7% Pasifika; 35.4% Asian; 1.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 0.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 88.6%, Māori language by 3.8%, Samoan by 16.3%, and other languages by 30.9%. No language could be spoken by 3.1% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 46.5, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 46.6%

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, 11.9%

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, 5.3%

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, 1.5%

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 1.8%

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, 0.1%

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, and 6.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 20.0%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 10,149 (15.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 30,309 (45.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 26,046 (39.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $36,800, compared with $41,500 nationally. 2,868 people (4.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 33,858 (50.9%) people were employed full-time, 5,877 (8.8%) were part-time, and 3,333 (5.0%) were unemployed.

2022–2025 term

The current board members, elected at the 2022 local body elections, are: *Apulu Reece Autagavaia, Labour – (3662 votes) *Ofa Dewes, Labour – (3267 votes) *Albert Lim, INDEPENDENTLY PAPATOETOE – (3142 votes) *Vi Hausia, Labour – (3117 votes) *Swanie Nelson, Labour – (3106 votes) * Ashraf Choudhary, Labour – (3079 votes) *Topou Folau, (no affiliation) – (2152 votes)

2019–2022 term

Board members, elected at the 2019 local body elections, are: * Ross Robertson, Labour – (5443 votes) *Dawn Trenberth, Labour – (4116 votes) *Ofa Dewes, Labour – (3913 votes) *

Lotu Fuli Lotu Fuli is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor. In 2022, Fuli was elected as one of the two councillors for the Manukau ward. Early life Lotu was born in Samoa and came to New Zealand with her family in the 1970s, original ...

, Labour – (3848 votes) * Ashraf Choudhary, Labour – (3785 votes) *Swanie Nelson, Labour – (3687 votes) *Apulu Reece Autagavaia, Labour – (3613 votes)

2016–2019 term

The board members who served from the 2016 local body elections to the 2019 election were: * Lotu Fuli (Chair) * Ross Robertson (Deputy Chair) * Apulu Reece Autagavaia * Mary Gush * Donna Lee * Dawn Trenberth * Ashraf Choudhary

References

{{Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area Local boards of the Auckland Region