Manukau City

Manukau is with about 330,000 inhabitants according to Auckland City and Christchurch, the third largest city in New Zealand. It lies on the North Island on the isthmus between North Auckland Peninsula and the main part of the island. Although Manukau officially an independent city, it is still relatively unknown, since they, along with the city districts Auckland City, Waitakere and North Shore for the most part only as Greater Auckland (English: Greater Auckland or Auckland Metropolitan Area ) is called. Here, the urban area of ​​Manukau is often referred to as "South Auckland ".

Geography

Manukau City is bordered to the north equal to Auckland City and shares the border in the southeast with the Franklin District and the Southwest with the Papakura District.

The actual town Manukau is located just south of the Isthmus of Otahuhu, which marks the border with the District of Auckland City. This narrowest point of the entire isthmus of Auckland is only 1200 to 1500 feet wide in some places and therefore has a huge traffic engineering importance for the entire region. This isthmus is formed by the Tamaki River, which is not really a river, but an estuary ästuarer of the Hauraki Gulf, in the East and Mangere Inlet, an offshoot of the Manukau Harbour to the west.

As the actual center of Manukau the junction of the New Zealand State Highways SH 1 and SH 20 is called. The vast lands east of the city proper and north of the Hunua Ranges are essentially rural in nature for Aucklander conditions. These areas bordering partly to the Firth of Thames. The two main settlements outside Manukaus are Clevedon and Maraetai.

Residents and Boroughs

Only about half of the approximately 330,000 people were of European origin, the national share is over 80 percent. But are the shares of the population of Māori, Asian and especially of people of the Pacific islands to far above the national average. About 26 percent of the population is expected to Pacific ethnic group and are predominantly Polynesian. This Manukau is an extremely multi-cultural - if not the most multicultural - city in New Zealand. The proportion of people of Asian origin are particularly high, especially in the eastern area of Manukau (especially in the district of Howick ). This area is often called East Auckland.

Although the average income even slightly higher than the national average, there are above average in Manukau many socially disadvantaged households. Especially near the industrial center of Auckland there are many houses owned by the state (see State Housing; comparable: Social housing ).

The following is a listing of the inner suburbs clockwise around Manukau Central around ( from the north ):

  • East Tamaki, Clover Park, Manukau Heights, Totara Heights, Manurewa, Wiri, Papatoetoe, Mangere, Middlemore, Otahuhu, Otara.

Below the outer boroughs clockwise around Manukau Central ( from the north ):

  • Pakuranga, Bucklands Beach, Maraetai, Beachlands, Botany Downs, Howick, Whitford, Takanini.

Culture and sights

Manukau is a multicultural city with people living in it 50 different population groups. Interesting the many markets, festivals and churches are of different ethnicities.

The city offers the most varied shopping, from the more normal " Manukau Shopping Centre " to the " Otara Market " Polynesian style. Worth a visit is also the " Rainbow's End amusement park" with a variety of entertainment options.

As in many poorer neighborhoods all over the earth, a hip-hop culture, which is one of the most important in New Zealand also developed in South Auckland, so in parts of Manukau. Better known representative of hip-hop in the region are the rapper Savage and the trio playSmashproof.

Economy and infrastructure

In the surrounding area of the city, rich red volcanic soil of Mangere spreads further south of the Bombay Hills. Manukau is therefore also known as the nursery of Auckland.

The two State Highways SH 1 and SH 20 through the town. The latter is true of the West, more specifically from the Mangere Bridge on the probably the busiest highway in New Zealand. Nearby is to lead in the future, a further bridge over the Mangere Inlet. On this vast peninsula west of the center is also the International Airport of Auckland.

Twinning

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