Otahuhu
Ōtāhuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand – 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the southeast of the CBD, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tāmaki River estuary to the east.
Ōtāhuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand – 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the southeast of the CBD, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tāmaki River estuary to the east. The Auckland isthmus is the narrowest connection between the North Auckland Peninsula and the rest of the North Island, being only some 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) wide at its narrowest point, between the Ōtāhuhu Creek and the Māngere Inlet. As the southernmost suburb of the former Auckland City, it is considered part of South Auckland.
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Worth seeing in and around Otahuhu
5 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.
- 01Shri 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.
3.6 km · Hindu temple in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Sylvia Park
Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington in New Zealand. Less commonly known, the area around the centre is also called Sylvia Park.
3.3 km · Offices and shopping mall in Mount Wellington, Auckland · Wikipedia - 03Tāmaki Bridge
The Tāmaki Bridge is a bridge along the Great South Road crossing the Tāmaki River in Auckland, New Zealand, connecting the suburbs of Ōtāhuhu and Papatoetoe. The first bridge opened in 1851, and was significantly widened in 1932.
1.2 km · bridge in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Robertson Hill
Robertson Hill is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field in New Zealand. It erupted approximately 24,300 years ago.
400 m · hill in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Mutukaroa / Hamlins Hill Regional Park
Mutukāroa / Hamlins Hill Regional Park is a regional park situated in the Auckland suburb of Penrose, north-east of the Manukau Harbour and west of the Tāmaki River. The park is owned and operated by Auckland Council.
3 km · regional park in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Otahuhu
- Airports
- Auckland (AKL), 9 km
- Stations
- Middlemore railway station, 2.1 km · Ōtāhuhu railway station, 1.1 km · Sylvia Park railway station, 3.4 km · Papatoetoe railway station, 3.7 km · Mangere railway station, 1.5 km
- Wellington → Otahuhu484 km · quickest by air, 4h 3m · NZ$160–250
- Christchurch → Otahuhu757 km · quickest by air, 4h 39m · NZ$200–310
- Queenstown → OtahuhuTrain, 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 Otahuhu
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 Otahuhu. 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.
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Next door to Otahuhu
Otahuhu is 6 km from Manukau City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Papatoetoesuburb of Auckland, New Zealand3.9 km
- Middlemoresuburb of Auckland, New Zealand2 km
- Mount Wellingtonsuburb of Auckland, New Zealand3.8 km
- Māngere Eastsuburb of Auckland, New Zealand3.8 km
- Favonasuburb of Auckland, New Zealand3.2 km
- Ōtarasuburb of South Auckland, New Zealand3.1 km