Māngere
Māngere (Māori pronunciation: [ˈmaːŋɛɾɛ]) is a major suburb in South Auckland, New Zealand, 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 the Auckland city centre. It is the location of Auckland Airport, which lies close to the harbour's edge to the south of the suburb.
Māngere | |
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Māngere town centre | |
Mangere's location within the Auckland urban area | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′S 174°48′E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Auckland |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Electoral ward | Manukau ward |
| Local board | Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board |
| Area | |
| • Land | 904 ha (2,234 acres) |
| Population (June 2023) | |
| • Total | 24,060 |
| Postcode(s) | 2022 |
| Airports | Auckland Airport |
| Māngere Bridge | Favona | Māngere East |
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Māngere
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Māngere East |
| Airport Oaks | (Manukau Harbour) | Wiri |
The area has been inhabited by Tāmaki Māori since early periods of Māori history, including large-scale agricultural stonefields, such as Ihumātao, and Māngere Mountain, which was home to a fortified pā. Te Ākitai Waiohua communities in Māngere thrived in the 1840s and 1850s after the establishment of a Wesleyan Mission and extensive wheat farms, until the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863. Māngere remained a rural community until the mid-20th Century, when Māngere became one of the largest state housing developments in Auckland.