Konini

Konini is enclosed in lush bush at the western ends and tranquil suburban streets to the east. Konini Road is a long bending street that moves from the suburb of Glen Eden to the Waitākere Ranges and native rain forest. Konini forms a part of the Waitematā-Waitākere foothills ecological zone. Sheltered from the Tasman Sea by the Waitākere Ranges, the area was traditionally dominated by forests of kauri, Phyllocladus trichomanoides (tānekaha or celery pine) and rimu, with abundant nīkau palm and silver fern. The soils are a mix of Miocene Waitākere volcanic soil and Waitemata Group sedimentary rock.{{cite web |url=https://www.lucas-associates.co.nz/assets/Guidelines/Native-To-The-West.pdf |title=Native to the West: A Guide for Planting and Restoring the Nature of Waitakere City |publisher=Waitakere City Council |date= April 2005 |access-date=16 June 2022}}

The area is within the traditional rohe of Te Kawerau ā Maki, an iwi that traces their ancestry to some of the earliest inhabitants of the Auckland Region.{{Cite web| date=13 February 2014 | title = The Muddy Creeks Plan - a Local Area Plan for Parau, Laingholm, Woodlands Park and Waimā |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/docswaitakererangesheritagearea/waitakere-ranges-muddy-creeks-plan.pdf | publisher = Auckland Council| access-date = 28 June 2021}} West Auckland was known as Hikurangi, and the upper catchments of Te Wai-o-Pareira / Henderson Creek were known as Ōkaurirahi, a reference to the mature kauri forests of the area.{{Cite web| date=12 December 2013 | title = Deed of Settlement Schedule: Documents |url=https://www.tekawerau.iwi.nz/sites/default/files/TeKawerauaMakiiDOSDocuments.pdf | author1 = Te Kawerau ā Maki | author2 = The Trustees of Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust | author3 = The Crown | access-date = 26 April 2022}}

During the early colonial days of Auckland, much of Konini and Kaurilands was owned by Liverpool immigrant Hibernia Smythe, who aggregated 550 acres of land between 1854 and 1857 north of Titirangi. Smythe used the land for wood and logging, as well as farming sheep and cattle. Smythe had a reputation for being miserly, and after passing left his property to his nephew.{{Cite book| editor-first=Pauline| editor-last=Vela |title=In Those Days: An Oral History of Glen Eden |year=1989 |publisher=Glen Eden Borough Council |isbn=0-473-00862-9 |chapter=Hibernia Smythe |page=69}} Konini Road was built during the 1920s, when the neighbouring Kaurilands estate was being developed as a subdividison.{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/waitakere-street-names.aspx|title=Waitākere street names|publisher=Auckland Libraries|access-date=26 April 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260306.2.6.5 |title=Untitled |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |page=7 |volume=LXIII |issue=19269 |via=Papers Past |date=6 March 1926 |access-date=27 April 2022}} Southern Konini began to be subdivided along with Kaurilands between the 1920s and 1940s.{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-catalogq40-38450 |title=Kaurilands Estate, Titirangi Ranges [Konini] |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |access-date=27 April 2022}} Konini School opened in May 1976 on the site of a former orchard and dairy farm, when suburban housing was being constructed in the area.{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/a/konini.school.nz/konini-school/our-school/history |title=Konini History |publisher=Konini School |access-date=27 April 2022}}

Konini covers {{Convert|2.36|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=8 January 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Konini Road|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Glen Eden Konini|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Konini Road|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Glen Eden Konini|y}}|R}})/2.36|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|3,393|2013|4,689|2018|4,854|2023|4,926|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Konini (132500)|konini|Konini}}|footnote=The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 1.97 km².}}

Konini had a population of 4,926 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 72 people (1.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 237 people (5.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,433 males, 2,460 females and 33 people of other genders in 1,683 dwellings.{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.130902%2B132501.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}} 3.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 1,089 people (22.1%) aged under 15 years, 831 (16.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,460 (49.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 546 (11.1%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 74.2% European (Pākehā); 12.5% Māori; 11.6% Pasifika; 16.6% Asian; 2.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.1%, Māori language by 2.1%, Samoan by 2.2%, and other languages by 18.2%. No language could be spoken by 2.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 30.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 26.2% Christian, 3.3% Hindu, 1.9% Islam, 0.5% Māori religious beliefs, 1.2% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.9% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 57.9%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,308 (34.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,845 (48.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 687 (17.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 729 people (19.0%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,205 (57.5%) people were employed full-time, 558 (14.5%) were part-time, and 93 (2.4%) were unemployed.{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.130902%2B132501.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Glen Eden Konini (130902) and Konini Road (132501)}}

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Konini School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1335|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}{{TKI|1335|Konini School}} The school opened in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.konini.school.nz/konini-history|title=About us - A Bit of history of our unique school|publisher=Konini School|accessdate=18 July 2020}}

The local State secondary schools are Kelston Boys' High School and Kelston Girls' College.

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