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Takanini
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Takanini
Total population
17,840
Demographic figures from Stats NZ. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Takanini is a southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, 28 kilometres southeast of the Auckland CBD.
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History
The suburb is named after Ihaka Takaanini, a 19th-century Māori chief of the area. An old highway, the Great South Road, runs through Takanini, forming its main street. 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 Manurewa at Glenora Park (an area near the modern-day Southgate Shopping Centre). During the major reformation of local government in 1989, Takanini was included into the Papakura District boundaries. From October 2010, after a review of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance, the entire Auckland Region was amalgamated into a single city authority. As well as Papakura District, other territorial authorities such as North Shore City, Rodney District, Waitakere City, Auckland City, Manukau City and the Franklin District were abolished and the entire area amalgamated into a single Auckland city council. The suburb of Takanini is now in the Manurewa-Papakura Ward of the Auckland Council.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves7,164
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6,021
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves5,770
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves5,680
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,337
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823 · Aves4,984
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 · Aves4,936
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves4,794
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.6 — 2023-02-02North Island of New Zealand
- M 5 — 2023-01-03North Island of New Zealand
- M 2.9 — 2011-07-015 km NNW of Tamaki, New Zealand
- M 4 — 2011-02-209 km NNE of Waihi, New Zealand
- M 4 — 2007-03-1326 km NNW of Coromandel, New Zealand
- M 3.8 — 2007-02-2131 km NE of Murrays Bay, New Zealand
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Takanini
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image