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Māngere town centre
Basic information
Local authority Auckland Council
Electoral ward Manukau
Local board Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
Population 21363 (2018)
Postcode(s) 2022
Facilities
Railway station(s) Middlemore Railway Station
Airport(s) Auckland Airport
Surrounds
North Favona
East Māngere East
Southeast Wiri
Northwest Mangere Bridge

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 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 has three major sub-areas: Mangere Bridge Māngere Central and Māngere East, with Favona (in the east) sometimes counted as part of Mangere as well.

The suburb is named after Māngere Mountain, one of Auckland's largest volcanic cones. The cone's name comes from the Māori phrase hau māngere, meaning "lazy winds", after the shelter the mountain provides from the prevailing westerly wind. In 2019, the name of the suburb was officially gazetted as Māngere.

Society

Mangere Town Centre, Bit Car-Depressed
Māngere Town Centre, showing the very car-centric nature of Auckland's newer suburbs

Māngere is often described as a very multicultural area, with Europeans, Māori, Pacific Islanders and Asians living in the area, often with large families. Houses are a mixture of villas and bungalows, often located on former farms or market gardens developed by the state in the 1940s to 1960s.

Māngere's most famous son is David Lange, who was the Member of Parliament for Mangere from 1977 until 1996 and Prime Minister of New Zealand. Another local personality is former heavyweight boxing champion David Tua.

William Sio of the Labour Party has been the member of Parliament for the Māngere electorate since 2008.

Transport

The original Mangere Bridge was built to link Mangere with Onehunga to its north while the isthmus of Auckland reaches its narrowest point, further to the east at Ōtāhuhu. Later, it provided a more direct route for traffic to and from Auckland Airport. Construction of a new bridge was the subject of one of New Zealand's longest-running industrial disputes, from 1978 until 1980. The bridge was finally completed in 1983. The Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20), one of the two motorways running south from the isthmus, runs across the bridge and through Mangere.

Passenger train Southern and Eastern Line services run along the eastern edge of Mangere, stopping at Middlemore railway station. Further north at Massey Road is Mangere railway station, closed in 2011.

Frequent bus services (15 mins schedules) connect Māngere Town Centre to Sylvia Park via Otahuhu railway station (route 32) and to Botany Town Centre via Papatoetoe railway station and Ōtara (route 31). Connections can be made with Onehunga, Auckland Airport and Manukau Bus Station on (route 380) Note: The 313 runs on a more direct route between Onehunga, Māngere, Papatoetoe and Manukau but services are at 30 min frequencies.

Sport and recreation

The Māngere Arts Centre Ngā Tohu o Uenuku is an Auckland Council owned and operated performing arts venue and gallery space.

The Mangere East Hawks rugby league club is based in Mangere at the Walter Massey Park.

The Manukau Rovers RFC rugby union club is also based in Mangere and competes in the Auckland Premier Competition.

The Mangere United football club is also based in Mangere and competes in the Auckland Football and NZ Football National League Competitions.

Demographics

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
2006 18,750 —    
2013 19,296 +0.41%
2018 21,363 +2.06%

Māngere, comprising the statistical areas of Māngere North, Māngere West, Māngere Central, Māngere South, Māngere Mascot and Māngere South East, but not including Māngere Bridge, Māngere East, Favona or Auckland Airport, had a population of 21,363 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,067 people (10.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 2,613 people (13.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 4,317 households. There were 10,407 males and 10,950 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 5,997 people (28.1%) aged under 15 years, 5,703 (26.7%) aged 15 to 29, 8,010 (37.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,650 (7.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 11.6% European/Pākehā, 16.1% Māori, 68.1% Pacific peoples, 17.5% Asian, and 1.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 39.7%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 14.4% had no religion, 64.7% were Christian, and 16.3% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,452 (9.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 3,582 (23.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 7,236 (47.1%) people were employed full-time, 1,647 (10.7%) were part-time, and 975 (6.3%) were unemployed.

Education

Mangere College is a secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of 693 students.

Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School is an intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of 221 students.

Mangere Central School and Viscount School are full primary schools (years 1–8) with rolls of 421 and 533 students, respectively.

Jean Batten School and Nga Iwi School are contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of 319 and 314 students, respectively.

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mangere is a Māori-language area school (years 1–13) with a roll of 250 students.

Al-Madinah School is an area school (years 1–13) and Zayed College for Girls is a secondary school (years 7–13) with rolls of 543 and 164 students, respectively. They are state-integrated Islamic schools on adjacent sites.

All these schools except for Zayed College are coeducational. Rolls are as of April 2023.

Notable people

  • Valerie Adams – Olympic shot put champion
  • Frank Bunce – rugby union
  • Mark Hunt – mixed martial artist
  • David Lange – former Prime Minister
  • Jonah Lomu – rugby union
  • Colin Moyle – politician
  • Joseph Parker – boxer
  • Pene and Amitai Pati – tenors Sol3 Mio
  • Jason Taumalolo – rugby league
  • David Tua – heavyweight boxer
  • Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – rugby league

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