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The road was constructed during the New Zealand Wars to transport supplies to the Waikato campaign. It was guarded by armed constabulary and was a designated military road. The first successful aeroplane flights in New Zealand were made in Takanini in February 1911, when Vivian Walsh and his brother Leo flew a Howard Wright 1910 Biplane named ...
The Great South Road is a major arterial road on the Auckland isthmus and South Auckland. Originally the northern section of the earliest highway between Auckland and Wellington , in the North Island of New Zealand, the road was the main route connecting Auckland to Hamilton.
In 2010, Papakura District boundaries covered 123 square kilometres and the centre of the district was located 32 km from downtown Auckland.. The geography of the district encompasses fertile plains, the inlets and foreshores of the Manukau Harbour, and the rolling foothills of the Hunua Range; a relatively narrow but strategically well positioned narrow span of land between the Hauraki Gulf ...
Papakura is a Māori language word typically translated to mean "Red Earth" or "Red Flats". [3] [4] While kura is usually interpreted to be a reference to the red soil of the area, [5] [3] [6] [7] ethnographer George Graham offers an alternative translation of Papakura, "Flat of the Moa".
Established in 1952 by brothers Haddon and Leslie Hawke, it was based on Great South Road, Takanini. It became a subsidiary of New Zealand Motor Corporation. In the late-1970s Australian bus manufacturer Pressed Metal Corporation acquired a minority stake in Hawke. [1] In 1983 Hawke merged with New Zealand Motor Bodies to form Coachwork ...
The Papakura Museum is a local museum created to recognise and honour the history of Papakura, Drury, and surrounding districts, in New Zealand.This has historically included Franklin, Manurewa, Clevedon, and Kawakawa Bay, as well as other neighbourhoods and districts nearby. [1]
The Southern Path (Māori: Ara Tonga) is a 4.5 km off-road shared path linking Takanini and Papakura. [1] The route runs along State Highway 1 . [ 2 ] It opened in 2021 and was built part of the Southern Corridor Improvements project.
Takaanini railway station, formerly spelt Takanini, [4] is on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. The station has an island platform layout and is accessed from Manuroa Road, Station Road and Taka Street in the Takanini suburb of Auckland.