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Howick (local Board Area)
Howick is a local government area in the eastern urban area of Auckland in New Zealand's Auckland Region, governed by the Howick Local Board and Auckland Council. It currently aligns with the council's Howick Ward. Howick is the fifth most populous local government area in New Zealand, after Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga. Geography The area includes the large communities of Pakuranga and Howick, the newer suburbs of Botany and Flat Bush, and the area of East Tāmaki. The swimming beaches of Cockle Bay, Waipaparoa / Howick Beach and Mellons Bay are located in this local government area. Other features include Howick Village, Mangemangeroa Reserve, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Te Tuhi, Botany Town Centre, Ormiston Road Bridge, Barry Curtis Park and Highbrook Business Park as well as Eastern Busway and Ormiston Town Centre Ormiston Town Centre is a large shopping centre located in the Auckland suburb of Flat Bush (also known as Ormiston) in New Zealand. The centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany, New Zealand
Botany is a suburb of the East Auckland in New Zealand. It developed in the early 2000s, and is centred around the Botany Town Centre commercial area. Since , a general electorate, , has reflected the name of the suburb. Etymology The suburb is named after Botany Road, which is in turn was named after Botany Bay in Australia, which has been visited by James Cook. Botany became used as a name for the area in 1999, and was popularised after the opening of the Botany Town Centre. History Botany Road likely began life as a moa track, and later developed into inland ''ara'' (walkways) by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. During the latter 19th and 20th Centuries, the area was predominantly farmland. In 1946, the area west of Botany was considered a potential location for the new international airport, which was eventually constructed in Māngere. The Botany Town Centre shopping precinct opened in 2001. This led to the area being established as a suburb, although its borders are ill-defi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormiston Town Centre
Ormiston Town Centre is a large shopping centre located in the Auckland suburb of Flat Bush (also known as Ormiston) in New Zealand. The centre was developed by Todd Property Group in partnership with Panuku Development Auckland and was officially opened in March 2021. The area is adjacent to Barry Curtis Park, and Te Irirangi Drive. Development The shopping centre is part of a 19-hectare development on Auckland Council property near Ormiston Road. In total the centres construction cost a total of $250 million. The shopping centre was constructed to serve the rapidly developing suburb of Flat Bush. Stage 1 of the development was completed in 2015 creating small retail premises and a supermarket. Stage 2 introduced a enclosed shopping centre with over 90 stores and started construction in October 2018. Stage 2 of the centre was scheduled to open in October 2020, however because of constraints linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, it would instead open in March 2021. Plans Barr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Busway, Auckland
The Eastern Busway, also known as AMETI (the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative), is Auckland's first urban busway under construction in the southeastern suburbs of Panmure, Pakuranga and Botany, in Auckland. Stage two of the Eastern Busway between Panmure and Pakuranga was opened in December 2021. Background In early 2018, preliminary demolition and removal of some properties in Panmure took place, and in October 2018, removal of 61 remaining properties began. Auckland Council's transport and property management CCO's, Auckland Transport and Panuku respectively, had worked to re-house affected owners and tenants. The removal of the 61 properties from Lagoon Drive and Pakuranga Road was completed in early 2019, allowing construction of the lanes of the Panmure-Pakuranga section to start. In March 2020 work on the Project was suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Auckland Council applied to Infrastructure Industry Reference Group for project fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Curtis Park
Barry Curtis Park is a park named after Barry Curtis in Flat Bush, Manukau City of which the first stage was opened in April 2009. At , it is one of New Zealand's largest parks, of a size as has not been established since the Auckland Domain in the 1840s. The park is currently (2010) only half-completed, with an investment of $17 million (as of 2009) having gone in the sections that are already open or are still being formed and landscaped. Completion is expected around 2022, while the new suburb grows around it. The park was created from a part of a large parcel of dairy farming land the Manukau City Council bought from the Anglican Church Trust Board, at $2.9 million for total. The park is the central piece of a 'Green fingers' network of parks that is being established (mostly aligned along around 45 km of streams and creeks draining the Flat Bush catchment). The ecological system involved consultation with groups such as Forest & Bird and the Auckland Regional Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany Town Centre
Botany Town Centre is a large shopping mall and lifestyle centre located in Auckland, New Zealand. It has more than 200 stores spread across three complexes, including restaurants and entertainment buildings such as cinemas. It is situated at the corner of Ti Rakau Drive and Chapel Road in the suburb of East Tāmaki, and was opened in 2001. The centre has faced competition since the 2006 opening of the nearby Sylvia Park shopping centre in Mount Wellington, which was built as an enclosed mall. However, Botany Town Centre sees its town centre format as its strength, and considers that elements such as doctors' premises and a library make Botany more attractive. History In the years after it opened, Botany Town Centre won awards for its design. Meanwhile, Manukau City Council opened an "idealibrary" in the centre in 2004. In 2005, a Ministry for the Environment study of the town centre and surrounding suburbs found that the area lacked integrated land-use planning with an "i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Tuhi
Te Tuhi, formerly known as Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Te Tuhi - The Mark, Te Tuhi Gallery and Pakuranga Arts Society is a public contemporary art gallery situated in Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand. Managed by Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust and the Contemporary Art Foundation, Te Tuhi presents significant exhibitions and projects by New Zealand and international artists. Te Tuhi also serves as a focal point for the community as an events venue and meeting place for our many users and community groups in Pakuranga. History Te Tuhi’s history traced back all the way to the early 1960s with the creation of the Pakuranga Arts Society. Pakuranga Arts Society founded by a group of local women, the first meetings were in a garden shed. It was only in 1975, it was opened as New Zealand’s first purpose-built arts centre. Te Tuhi was created in a partnership between the Fisher Gallery and the Pakuranga Community and Cultural Centre. The name ''Te Tuhi'' was gifted by the local iw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Elsmore Park
Lloyd Elsmore Park is an urban park in East Auckland, New Zealand. The park is one of the largest venues for sports clubs in the city, and is home to both the Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool and Leisure Centre and Howick Historical Village. Description Lloyd Elsmore Park is one of the largest parks for sports clubs in Auckland, and is located in Pakuranga Heights. The park is bound by Pakuranga Road, Cascades Road and the Pakuranga Stream. The Lloyd Elsmore Path is a walking track found within the park, and the park is adjacent to Cascades Path, an 8 kilometre cycling and walking track to the south-east along the Botany Creek, that ends in Somerville. Much of Pakuranga Stream, which flows along the eastern edge of the park, was converted into a concrete canal during the park's development. History During the 1940s, the Manukau County Council proposed that a green belt would be created between Pakuranga and Howick as the areas began to be developed for housing. In 1950, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangemangeroa Reserve
Mangemangeroa Creek is a tidal estuary and stream in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. The creek forms a border between metropolitan East Auckland and the rural countryside around Whitford. Etymology The name of the creek in Māori means "The Long Valley of the Mangemange Vine", referring to ''Lygodium articulatum'' (mangemange). The plant was traditionally used by Ngāi Tai to construct fishing nets, ropes, and as a part of burial practices, and is now rare in the area. The name of the creek had various spellings in English in the 19th Century, including Mungaroa and Maungamaungaroa. The name Mangemangeroa was made official in 1991, after consultation with the Ngāi Tai Trust Board. Geography The Mangemangeroa Creek is a drowned valley system. The creek begins to the east of Mission Heights, and flows northwards. As the creek reaches the Waitematā Harbour, it becomes a tidal estuary. Much of the surrounding land is farmland. Closer to the creek are areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellons Bay
Mellons Bay is an Auckland suburb. Mellons Bay is south of Eastern Beach and north of Howick. It consists of two ridges joined by a wide steep gully facing east. It has a small beach. Demographics Mellons Bay covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Mellons Bay had a population of 4,017 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 336 people (9.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 423 people (11.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,365 households, comprising 1,989 males and 2,031 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 44.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 711 people (17.7%) aged under 15 years, 711 (17.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,929 (48.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 663 (16.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 73.7% European/ Pākehā, 4.4% Māori, 1.3% Pacific peoples, 25.2% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waipaparoa / Howick Beach
Waipaparoa / Howick Beach is a beach in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in Howick. Description Waipaparoa / Howick Beach is located in East Auckland in Howick, adjacent to Mellons Bay in the west and Cockle Bay in the east. Waipaparoa / Howick Beach looks out towards the Tāmaki Strait, Waiheke Island, Motukaraka Island and Beachlands. History The Tāmaki Strait was visited by the ''Tainui'' migratory waka around the year 1300, and members of the crew settled around East Auckland and the Pōhutukawa Coast. These were the ancestors of the modern mana whenua of the area, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. The traditional names for the beach and surrounding bay are Paparoa and Waipaparoa, with Waipaparoa referring to the wider bay between modern-day Howick and Beachlands, including the Turanga Creek. The Howick area was extensively cultivated, but as the area was relatively exposed, two fortified pā were constructed: Paparoa Pā at the south-easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockle Bay, New Zealand
Cockle Bay is a suburb of East Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the 13 administrative divisions of Auckland city and currently under governance of the Auckland Council. Geography Cockle Bay is located on the eastern edges of metropolitan East Auckland, along the Hauraki Gulf coast. The bay itself is located to the east of the suburb, and looks out towards the Tāmaki Strait, Motukaraka Island and Beachlands. History The Cockle Bay area is part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, who descend from the crew of the ''Tainui'' migratory waka, who visited the area around the year 1300. The traditional name for the bay and surrounding area is Tūwakamana, a shortened version of Te Tūranga-waka-ā-Manawatere. The name recalls the story of the arrival of the ''Tainui''. When the crew arrived, they noticed that Tainui ancestor Manawatere had recently visited the bay, and left a red ochre marking on a pōhutukawa tree, as a sign that the bay w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
