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Onehunga was the first village for Fencibles in New Zealand. Grey chose the site in 1846 [15] and the Fencibles arrived in 1847. [16] European settlement of the Manukau Harbour area was begun from and long focused on Onehunga. When the New Zealand Wars later occurred, it was mostly fought with regular soldiers rather than Fencibles. [14]
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The metropolitan urban limits of Auckland in 2009. This is a list of suburbs in the Auckland metropolitan area, New Zealand, surrounding the Auckland City Centre.They are broadly grouped into their local board areas, and only include suburbs within the metropolitan urban limits of the Auckland urban area.
The Onehunga Branch railway line is a section of the Onehunga Line in Auckland, New Zealand. It was constructed by the Auckland Provincial Government and opened from Penrose to Onehunga on 24 December 1873, [5] and extended to Onehunga Wharf on 28 November 1878. It is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) in length [2] and is single-track only.
Dress Smart Onehunga opened in 1995 as New Zealand's first factory outlet shopping centre. Onehunga was chosen for its central location and direct access from the city and the airport. [ 3 ] Initially, Dress Smart started with 20 outlet stores on the former premises of the 3 Guys supermarket and other surrounding retail spaces. [ 4 ]
Royal Oak became the site of New Zealand's first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in 1971. It is located on the Manukau Road side of the Royal Oak Roundabout. [4] It is still in operation as of June, 2024. [5] Royal Oak Mall was expanded significantly in the 1980s to become a significant source of commerce in the area.
The first section of what would become the Southwestern Motorway was the Onehunga Bypass from Queenstown Road in Hillsborough to Neilson Street in Onehunga in 1977, which terminated at the Old Mangere Bridge, a low-lying concrete structure built in 1915. [5]
The Onehunga Harbour Road Bridge is a walking and cycling bridge over Onehunga Harbour Road, a heavily trafficked road at the southwestern edge of Onehunga, New Zealand.The bridge provides easy and safe access from Onehunga to both the Waikaraka Cycleway running west–east, and Old Mangere Bridge to the south, which in turn links over the Mangere Inlet mouth of the Manukau Harbour. [2]