South Auckland

South Auckland is a district of situated south and east of . For this travel guide, it includes Manukau, Howick and Papakura. South Auckland is one of the truly multi-cultural urban areas of the world, with Pacific Island nationalities being particularly strongly represented among its residents.
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  • Type: Locality with 362,000 residents
  • Description: former territorial authority district in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Manukau” and “Manukau City

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainbows End and Westfield Manukau City.

Theme park
Rainbow's End is a theme park in , , New Zealand. Rainbow's End has an area of 9.3 hectares and includes the main theme park and also Kidz Kingdom, a family entertainment centre for children 8 years and under.

Shopping center
Westfield Manukau is a major located in , a southern district of , New Zealand. Annual sales for the full year 2018 were $293.4 million.

Railway station
is a major railway station in , a suburb of , , and located in the campus of the Manukau Institute of Technology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clover Park and Manukau.

Suburb
is a suburb of , . It is governed by the , and is in the Manukau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city.

Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
, or Central, is a suburb of South Auckland, . Centred on the City Centre business district, it is located 23 kilometres south of the .

Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a mostly industrial-commercial focused suburb in , . It was formerly part of Manukau City until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the '' in 2010. The area was named after the chief Takaanini Wirihana.

South Auckland

Latitude
-36.99282° or 36° 59′ 34″ south
Longitude
174.87986° or 174° 52′ 48″ east
Population
362,000
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ MCY
Open location code
4VMP2V4H+VW
Geo­Names ID
2187404
Wiki­data ID
Q986198
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Satellite Map

Discover South Auckland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Waray—“South Auckland” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Manukau
  • Catalan: Manukau
  • Cebuano: Manukau City
  • Chinese: 曼努考
  • Chinese: 曼努考市
  • Chinese: 馬努考市
  • Dutch: Manukau
  • French: District de Manukau
  • French: Manukau City
  • French: Manukau District
  • French: Manukau
  • German: Manukau City
  • German: Manukau
  • German: South Auckland
  • Greek: Μανουκάου
  • Indonesian: Kota Manukau
  • Indonesian: Manukau City
  • Italian: Distretto di Manukau
  • Italian: Manukau
  • Japanese: マヌカウシティ
  • Korean: 마누카우 시
  • Korean: 마누카우 시티
  • Korean: 마누카우시티
  • Lithuanian: Manukau
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Manukau
  • Persian: مانوکا سیتی
  • Polish: Manukau
  • Portuguese: Manukau
  • Romanian: Manukau
  • Slovenian: Manukau City
  • Slovenian: Manukau
  • Slovenian: South Auckland
  • Spanish: Manukau
  • Volapük: Manukau
  • Waray (Philippines): Manukau

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “South Auckland”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.