Swanson

Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream.

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Type: Suburb with 3,120 residents
Description: locality in Auckland Region, New Zealand
Also known as: “Swanson, Auckland”, “Swanson, New Zealand”, and “Waiwhauwhaupaku”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swanson Oaks and St Mark’s Anglican Church.

Swanson Oaks

Park

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Swanson Oaks is a park.

St Mark’s Anglican Church

Church

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Calverts Butchery

Butcher

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rānui and Western Heights.

Rānui

Suburb

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Rānui is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand, which is under the local governance of Auckland Council. The area is densely populated but close to the western fringe of the Auckland urban area. The word 'rānui' in Māori means 'midday'.

Western Heights

Quarter

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Western Heights is a neighbourhood of Henderson, in West Auckland, New Zealand. Western Heights School and the nearby shops are the centre of the community. Western Heights is situated 3 km southeast of Swanson.