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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 ]
The Onehunga Blockhouse is a historic blockhouse located in the suburb of Onehunga in Auckland, New Zealand within the bounds of Jellicoe Park. Built in 1860 as a defence strongpost during the New Zealand Wars , it is currently owned by the Onehunga Fencible and Historical Society.
Oranga had a population of 2,772 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 426 people (−13.3%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 180 people (−6.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,326 males, 1,431 females and 15 people of other genders in 786 dwellings. [6] 3.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.6 years ...
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]
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]
In 2024 the Onehunga Community News reported that three marked graves had been uncovered at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. [15] The two other graves were found next to Bishop John Edmund Luck's grave and belong to original parish priest of Onehunga, Monsignor James Paul (d. 31 March 1905) and builder of the church, William John Kemp ...
The causeway connected the two halves of the Ngāti Whātua Māngere-Onehunga kāinga complex in the early 19th Century. [3] [4] In 1847, the first ferry service between Onehunga and Māngere was established, where passengers would need to raise a flag on the Māngere shore to signal the ferry operator. [5]
Te Hopua a Rangi, also known as Gloucester Park, is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field in Auckland, New Zealand, and is located in Onehunga. Its 300 m wide, sediment-filled explosion (maar) crater was used as a boat harbour in early European times and known first as Onehunga Basin then as Geddes Basin.