Manukau City was a territorial authority district in Auckland, New Zealand, that was governed by the Manukau City Council.
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10 Facts About Manukau City
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Manukau City was formed by the amalgamation of Manukau County and Manurewa Borough in 1965.
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On 1 November 2010, Manukau City Council was abolished, and the governed area was amalgamated into the Manukau, Howick, Manurewa-Papakura, and Franklin wards of the new Auckland "super city".
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Manukau City area is concentrated immediately to the south of the Otahuhu isthmus, the narrowest connection between Auckland City and the Northland region and the rest of the North Island.
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The area known as Manukau Central is located close to the junction of these two highways, some 20 kilometres southeast of the centre of Auckland city.
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Manukau City includes the theme park Rainbow's End, and one of the oldest shopping malls in the country, now called Westfield Manukau City.
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Some years before the 1989 re-organisation of local government, Manukau City had the highest population of any city or district in the country.
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Manukau City was divided into seven wards; each of them consisting of the following suburbs, towns, localities, settlements and communities:.
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Manukau City Council was the elected local authority of the city from 1965 until November 2010 when the Auckland Council was created.
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Manukau City had an elected Youth Council which primarily acted as an advisory committee and advocate for youth in the city.
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