Otahuhu

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Otahuhu
Māori: Ōtāhuhu
District of Auckland City
Geographical location
Otahuhu (New Zealand)
Otahuhu
Coordinates 36 ° 57 ′  S , 174 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 57 ′  S , 174 ° 51 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-AUK
country New Zealand
region Auckland
District Auckland Council
Ward Manukau Ward
Residents 13 524 (2013)
height 20 m
Post Code 1062
Telephone code +64 0 (9)
Photography of the district
Auckland State Highway One.jpg
Auckland State Highway 1 through Otahuhu (2007)
Remarks
Auckland City was independent until October 2010 and then became part of the Auckland Council on November 1, 2010

Otahuhu is a district of the former independent city of Auckland City on the North Island of New Zealand . From November 1, 2010, Auckland City was administratively assigned to the newly formed Auckland Council and the district of Otahuhu was assigned to the newly formed subdivision Manukau Ward .

geography

Otahuhu is located around 13 km southeast of downtown Auckland on the isthmus between Manukau Harbor in the west and the Tamaki River in the east. In the north the borough of Mount Wellington borders and in the south the borough Papatoetoe of the former city of Manukau City .

At the 2013 census, the district had 13,524 inhabitants.

history

The isthmus at Otahuhu connects the Northland Peninsula with the southern part of the North Island of New Zealand. The narrowest point between Otahuhu Creek and Mangere Inlet is only about 1200 meters wide. The Portage Road crosses the Isthmus at this point and was before the European colonization of the Māori to transport their canoes between the Manukau Habour and the Waitemata Harbor used.

Otahuhu itself was established in 1847 as a military base from which military operations in the Waikato region were organized and carried out in the 1860s . In the early 1900s, the flat and inexpensive land with its favorable transport links to roads, rail and ports became more attractive and made it an ideal location for industry. The district developed into a district with a pronounced working class community. However, from the 1990s onwards, parts of the district were gentrified .

With Foodtown in Otahuhu , the first US-style supermarket opened in New Zealand on June 28, 1958 .

Infrastructure

Road traffic

The district is directly connected to the centers of Auckland in the north and to the south-facing center of Manukau via the New Zealand State Highway 1 .

Rail transport

Otahuhu has with that for 28 million  NZ $ -developed Otahuhu station via a transport hub that connects the public transport by rail to the bus and private passenger transport. Starting with the planning phase in August 2014 and ending on October 29, 2016, the station was expanded to meet the future requirements of local public transport.

Education

The district has a recognized educational institution with Otahuhu College . The school was founded in 1931 as Otahuhu Junior High School , was called Otahuhu Technical High School two years later and was given its current name in 1947.

The college was attended by several New Zealand famous people including heavyweight boxer David Tua , Prime Minister David Lange and the Mayor of the former City of Manukau City , Sir Barry Curtis .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sources of population data for the districts: Otahuhu North, East, West and Fairburn :
  2. ↑ Manukau Ward . Auckland Council , accessed May 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed May 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Rawiri Taonui : Canoe traditions - Other northern canoes . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , February 8, 2005, accessed May 14, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Otahuhu . In: New Zealand History . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , accessed May 14, 2018 .
  6. ^ Margaret McClure : Auckland places - South-eastern suburbs: industrial heartland . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 5, 2016, accessed May 14, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Beck Vass : Supermarket change marks end of an era . In: New Zealand Herald . NZME. Publishing , September 22, 2009, accessed May 14, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Otahuhu Station . Auckland Transport , accessed May 14, 2018 .
  9. ^ History . (PDF 1.2 MB) Otahuhu College , p. 4 , accessed on May 14, 2018 (English).