Manukau City
Manukau City was a territorial authority district in Auckland, New Zealand, that was governed by the Manukau City Council.
Manukau City was a territorial authority district in Auckland, New Zealand, that was governed by the Manukau City Council. The area is also referred to as "South Auckland", although this term never possessed official recognition and does not encompass areas such as East Auckland, which was within the city boundary. It was a relatively young city, both in terms of legal status and large-scale settlement – though in June 2010, it was the third largest in New Zealand, and the fastest growing. In the same year, the entire Auckland Region was amalgamated under a single city authority, Auckland Council.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Manukau City
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple New Zealand
The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple of New Zealand is a temple and community centre of the Fo Guang Shan Chinese Buddhist movement in the East Tāmaki/Flat Bush suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The temple and complex were built over seven years.
4.8 km · Buddhist temple in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Auckland Botanic Gardens
Auckland Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden in the New Zealand city of Auckland. It is located in the suburb of Manurewa, in the Manurewa Local Board Area.
3.4 km · botanic garden owned by the Auckland Council · Wikipedia - 03Matukutūruru
Matukutūruru is a volcano in Wiri, Auckland. Part of the Auckland volcanic field; it is one of the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau.
2.5 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Matukutūreia / McLaughlins Mountain
Matukutūreia / McLaughlin's Mountain is one of the volcanic cones in the Auckland volcanic field. It has a peak 73 metres above sea level, and was the site of a pā.
3.8 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Auckland
The Swaminarayan Mandir in Auckland is the second Mandir of the Swaminarayan Sampraday in New Zealand. The Mandir comes under the ISSO of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi.
2.7 km · Hindu temple in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06Rainbow's End
Rainbow's End is a theme park in Manukau, Auckland, 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.
400 m · amusement park in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07Wiri Lava Cave
Matukutūruru is a volcano in Wiri, Auckland. Part of the Auckland volcanic field; it is one of the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau.
2.4 km · cave in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 08Auckland New Zealand Temple
The Auckland New Zealand Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the suburb of Goodwood Heights outside Manukau Central in Auckland, New Zealand. The intent to build the temple was announced on October 7, 2018, by church president Russell M. Nelson, during general conference.
900 m · LDS Church temple in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 09Baitul Muqeet Mosque
This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.
2.2 km · mosque in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10Nathan Homestead
Nathan Homestead is a historic site located in Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand. Developed from the remnants of the Nathan family farm, the Homestead and its surrounding park spans 3.7 hectares and features community buildings, playgrounds, landscaped gardens, a totara-kahikatea forest, and the aforementioned Nathan Homestead, a brick mansion built in 1925 for the Nathan Family.
3.2 km · historic house in Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Manukau City
- Airports
- Auckland (AKL), 9 km
- Stations
- Middlemore railway station, 4.9 km · Manurewa railway station, 3.5 km · Te Mahia railway station, 4.9 km · Mangere railway station, 5.8 km · Manukau railway station, 300 m
- Wellington → Manukau City478 km · quickest by air, 4h 1m · NZ$160–240
- Christchurch → Manukau City752 km · quickest by air, 4h 37m · NZ$200–310
- Queenstown → Manukau CityTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Manukau City
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Manukau City. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFullers run a ferry approximately once every two hours from Central Auckland to Half Moon Bay.
- Go nextFerries leave from Half Moon Bay for Hauraki Gulf islands and central Auckland.
From Wikivoyage: Auckland/South Auckland, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 011,034 km
- 022,436 km
- 032,441 km
- 043,185 km
- 053,350 km
If you know how people move in Manukau City – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Manukau City
Manukau City is 19 km from Auckland, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Papatoetoesuburb of Auckland, New Zealand2.9 km
- Manurewasuburb of Auckland, New Zealand3.8 km
- Middlemoresuburb of Auckland, New Zealand5 km
- Wirisuburb of Auckland, New Zealand1.6 km
- Alfristonlocality in Auckland, New Zealand5.9 km
- East Tāmakisuburb of Auckland, New Zealand5.1 km