Manurewa

The name Manurewa is a variant of the Māori word for "kite", manu aute, used by in local Waiohua dialect. The translation "soaring bird" gained popularity in the 1920s among English speakers.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=9}} The name is a shortened form of Te Manurewa o Tamapahore ("The Drifted-away Kite of Tamapahore"), a name which recalls a story involving Waiohua ancestor Tamapahore. One day the men who lived at Matukutūruru and Matukutūreia decided to fly kites, and Tamapahore's was the kite that flew the highest. His brother Tamapahure caused the chord of Tamapahore's kite to break. Tamapahore left the area in search of his valuable kite, eventually finding it at Whenuakite on the Coromandel Peninsula.{{cite web|url=https://www.manurewamarae.co.nz/local-history--korero-o-nehera.html |title=Tales of Manurewa: Nga Matukurua – The Two Bitterns |website=Manurewa Marae |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/28709 |title=Manurewa |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=30 March 2023}}

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Manurewa is located in South Auckland, inland from the south-eastern Manukau Harbour, north of the Pahurehure Inlet. Manurewa is south of the Puhinui Creek,{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/36892 |title=Puhinui Creek |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=30 March 2023}} and north of the Papakura Stream.{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/35256 |title=Papakura Stream |website=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=Land Information New Zealand|access-date=30 March 2023}} Manurewa is at the southern border of the Auckland volcanic field. Two volcanoes are located to the north in Wiri: Matukutūreia (also known as McLaughlins Mountain), which erupted an estimated 48,000 years ago, and Matukutūruru (Wiri Mountain), which erupted an estimated 30,000 years ago.{{cite journal |last1=Hopkins |first1=Jenni L. |last2=Smid |first2=Elaine R. |last3=Eccles |first3=Jennifer D. |last4=Hayes |first4=Josh L. |last5=Hayward |first5=Bruce W. |last6=McGee |first6=Lucy E. |last7=van Wijk |first7=Kasper |last8=Wilson |first8=Thomas M. |last9=Cronin |first9=Shane J. |last10=Leonard |first10=Graham S. |last11=Lindsay |first11=Jan M. |last12=Németh |first12=Karoly |last13=Smith |first13=Ian E. M. |title=Auckland Volcanic Field magmatism, volcanism, and hazard: a review |journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |date=3 July 2021 |volume=64 |issue=2–3 |pages=213–234 |doi=10.1080/00288306.2020.1736102|s2cid=216443777 |hdl=2292/51323 |hdl-access=free }} Matukutūruru was quarried, primarily by the New Zealand Railways Corporation.{{Cite report| publisher = Regional Archaeology Unit, Auckland| last = Foster| first = Russell| title = Archaeological Survey of the Remnant of Wiri Mountain (Matukutururu), Manukau City| date = 1988 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/SRIR4.pdf |access-date=30 March 2023}}

Manurewa has been inhabited since at least the 13th century. Matukutūreia and Matukutūruru were home to two hilltop pā, collectively known as Matukurua. The names of the mountains commemorate a story of two chiefs. The chief of Matukutūruru ("the bittern standing at ease") was captured while eel fishing. The chief of Matukutūreia ("the vigilant bittern") saved the pā and the people of Matukutūruru. Over 8,000 hectares of stonefield gardens were tended by Tāmaki Māori peoples on the lower slopes of the volcanoes,{{cite web|url=https://www.maunga.nz/maunga/matukutururu/ |title=Matukutūruru |publisher=Tūpuna Maunga Authority |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=10}} where crops such as kūmara and bracken fern root were grown.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=3}}

The Manurewa area was settled by Ngā Riki, who were one of the three Tāmaki Māori groups who joined together to form the Waiohua in the 17th and 18th-centuries.{{cite web|title=The tribes of Tāmaki |first=Rāwiri |last=Taonui |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/tamaki-tribes/page-3|website=Te Ara |date=8 February 2005 |access-date=17 March 2021}} During this time, the two pā were home to the Ngāi Huatau hapū of Waiohua, settled by Huatau, daughter of Huakaiwaka.{{cite report|url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/districtplanmanukau/changes/pa76/pa76vol2appi.pdf |title=Redoubt Road – Mill Road Corridor Project Maori Values Assessment for Auckland Transport |date=December 2012 |author=Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua |publisher=Auckland Transport |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{cite book|title=Te Manurewa o Tamapahore |first1=Kerry |last1=Marshall-Harding |first2=Teariki |last2=Tuiono |isbn=9780473594176 |date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Ono Ariki Solutions |url=https://auckland.overdrive.com/media/7877851}} The chief Huarangi was based at Matukutūruru with his wife Takawai of Ngāi Tahuhu. After her death, he married Kohe, a high ranking woman from Ngāti Pāoa, a union that was widely disapproved by the hapū. This dissent eventually led to a division in the family, with the children of Takawai settling at Matukutūruru, and Huarangi moving with Kohe to Matukutūreia.

Around the year 1740, a conflict between Ngāti Whātua and Waiohua led to the death of paramount chief Kiwi Tāmaki, who became the main occupants of the Tāmaki isthmus and Māngere to the north.{{Cite web| first=Malcolm |last=Patterson | title = Ngati Whatua o Orakei Heritage Report for State Highway 20; Transit Manukau Harbour Crossing |url=https://www.epa.govt.nz/assets/FileAPI/proposal/NSP000038/Evidence/8168b606f5/EWL-Rebuttal-Ngati-Whatua-O-Orakei-Onehunga-Report-MPatterson.pdf |date=21 March 2008 | publisher = Environmental Protection Authority | access-date = 21 October 2021 |pages=6–7}} Ngāti Whātua was significantly smaller than the Waiohua confederation and chose to focus life at Onehunga, Māngere and Ōrākei, meaning that Waiohua were able to re-establish a presence in South Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/4305/ |title=ca 1765 |work=Manukau's Journey |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=30 March 2023}}

The Manurewa area has significance for Waiohua iwi, especially Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua, who descent from Te Ata i Rehia, the daughter of Huatau who was born on Matukutūreia,{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/3754/ |title=ca 1680 |work=Manukau's Journey |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=30 March 2023}} and Te Ākitai Waiohua.{{cite web|url=https://www.tkm.govt.nz/iwi/te-akitai-waiohua/ |title=Te Ākitai Waiohua |work=Te Kāhui Māngai (Directory of Iwi and Māori Organisations) |publisher=Te Puni Kōkiri |access-date=30 March 2023}}

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In January 1836 missionary William Thomas Fairburn brokered a land sale between Tāmaki Māori chiefs, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and Turia of Ngāti Te Rau, covering the majority of modern-day South Auckland between Ōtāhuhu and Papakura. The sale was envisioned as a way to end hostilities in the area, but it is unclear what the chiefs understood or consented to. Māori continued to live in South Auckland, unchanged by this sale.{{cite report|url=https://waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/wt-theme-a-old-land-claims.pdf |title=Rangahaua Whanui National Theme A: Old Land Claims |first1=D |last1=Moore |first2=B |last2=Rigby |first3=M |last3=Russell |date=July 1997 |publisher=Waitangi Tribunal |access-date=5 March 2023}} Fairburn was criticised for the sheer size of the purchase, and in 1842 the Crown significantly reduced the size of his land holdings,{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=3}} and the Crown partitioned much of the land for European settlers. 10,000 acres of the Fairburn purchase was given to James Reddy Clendon in return for land at Russell where the new capital of New Zealand was established.{{cite web|title=Clendon, James Reddy |first=Jack |last=Lee |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1c19/clendon-james-reddy |website=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=February 2014 |access-date=30 March 2023}} Clendon never lived or visited the area,{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/1356/rec/9 |title=18 October 1842|work=Manukau's Journey |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=30 March 2023}} but sold 2,000 acres to the Martin brothers, who subdivided the land in the mid-1900s.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}} Much of the Martin brothers' land became modern-day Manurewa.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=11}}

Work on the Great South Road began in 1843, reaching as far south as Drury in 1855.{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/papatoetoe-heritage-trail.pdf |title=Papatoetoe Heritage Trail |date=2013 |publisher=Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board |access-date=31 March 2023}} In the early 1860s, Great South Road was used as a military supply route between Auckland and the frontier of the Invasion of the Waikato.{{cite web|last1=O'Malley|first1=Vincent|author-link1=Vincent O'Malley|title=‘The great war for NZ broke out less than 50 km from Queen St’: Vincent O’Malley on the Waikato War and the making of Auckland|url=http://thespinoff.co.nz/society/06-12-2016/the-great-war-for-nz-broke-out-less-than-50-km-from-queen-st-vincent-omalley-on-the-waikato-war-and-the-making-of-auckland/|website=The Spinoff |date=6 December 2016 |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{cite Q|Q58623334}} Manurewa was only sparsely populated in the 1860s and 1870s. The main stop on the Great South Road for coach services was the Raglan Hotel at Woodside (modern-day Wiri). The Manurewa Highway District was formed in 1867,{{cite book |last1=Bloomfield |first1=G.T. |title=The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840–1971 |publisher=Auckland University Press, Oxford University Press |date=1973 |isbn=0 19 647714 X |pages=56–57, 110, 125}} and in 1875 the first Manurewa railway station opened.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}} The station led to growth in the area; 81 people lived in Manurewa by 1879, and a post office opened in 1884.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}} By the 1900s, much of Woodside village had moved to Manurewa, including the school that moved by 1906,{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}} and joined by the Methodist Church in 1909. {{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}} Manurewa became a centre for the dairy industry in the early 20th century,{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=11}} with the first creamery opening in 1905.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}}

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By 1915, Manurewa had grown large enough to become a town district, created from parts of the former Manurewa and Papakura road districts.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=17}} The area was promoted as a commuter suburb for Auckland in the early 1920s.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=17}} Local farmer Charles Henry Lupton was instrumental in developing the Manurewa community, serving on the town board, school and church committees, and became known as "The Father of Manurewa".{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=17}}{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=5}} By 1937, the population of Manurewa had increased to over 1,500 people, allowing Manurewa to become a borough.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=17}} In 1939, a fire destroyed the Manurewa Picture Theatre, and the adjoining shops and boarding house.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=5}} During World War II, parts of Manurewa were used as military camps for United States Army soldiers bound for the Pacific.{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/4336/rec/10|title=12 June 1942 |work=Manukau's Journey |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=30 March 2023}}

Manurewa experienced rapid growth in the 1950s and early 1960s after the development of the Auckland Southern Motorway,{{cite web|url=https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1393/brief-history-of-aucklands-urban-form-arc-apr-2010.pdf |title=A brief history of Auckland's urban form |date=April 2010 |publisher=Auckland Regional Council |access-date=4 April 2023}} developing from a semi-rural locality into a suburb of Auckland.{{cite web|title=Auckland places – South Auckland |first=Margaret |last=McClure |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/auckland-places/page-16 |website=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=5 August 2016 |access-date=30 March 2023}} Southmall Manurewa, the third American-style mall in Auckland, was opened in 1967. The mall was initially very successful, but struggled from October 1976 onwards after the opening of the Manukau Shopping Centre.{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/streets/id/214/rec/6 |title=Southmall |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=30 March 2023}}

By the 1970s, Manurewa East and Weymouth had developed as suburban areas, and after the construction of Manukau Central in the 1980s, Manurewa became connected to the urban sprawl of Auckland. In 1982, the Auckland Botanic Gardens opened in Manurewa.

By the 2010s, Manurewa had developed a significant Pasifika population, and had the highest proportion of Māori residents in the city.{{cite report|url=https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1618/tr2013-012-ethnicity-and-migration-in-auckland.pdf |title=Ethnicity and Migration in Auckland |date=February 2013 |publisher=Auckland Council |isbn=978-1-927216-34-7 |access-date=4 April 2023}}{{cite report|url=https://www.knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/2515/auckland-council-group-maori-outcomes-report-2021-2022-nov-2022.pdf |title=Te Pūrongo a Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau Ngā Huanga Māori 2021/2022. Auckland Council Group Māori Outcomes Report 2021/2022 |date=November 2022|publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=30 March 2023}}

Manurewa covers {{Convert|8.41|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)|access-date=10 February 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Burbank|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Homai East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Homai West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Homai Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Rowandale West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Rowandale East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Leabank|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa South|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Burbank|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Homai East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Homai West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Homai Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Rowandale West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Rowandale East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Leabank|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Manurewa South|y}}|R}})/8.41|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|27,339|2013|29,229|2018|34,074|2023|35,739|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Burbank (158800), Homai East (159100), Homai West (159200), Rowandale West (159900), Rowandale East (160000), Manurewa Central (160100), Leabank (160600), Manurewa East (160800) and Manurewa South (160900)|burbank|Burbank|homai-east|Homai East|homai-west|Homai West|rowandale-west|Rowandale West|rowandale-east|Rowandale East|manurewa-central|Manurewa Central|leabank|Leabank|manurewa-east|Manurewa East|manurewa-south|Manurewa South}}}}

Manurewa had a population of 35,739 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,665 people (4.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 6,510 people (22.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 17,844 males, 17,793 females and 105 people of other genders in 9,111 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%2Bdo1.52100%2B158800%2B159101%2B159201%2B159202%2B159900%2B160000%2B160100%2B160601%2B160800%2B160901%2B160902.2023&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}} 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 29.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 9,264 people (25.9%) aged under 15 years, 9,225 (25.8%) aged 15 to 29, 14,544 (40.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,706 (7.6%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 18.6% European (Pākehā); 28.1% Māori; 46.3% Pasifika; 24.6% Asian; 1.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 0.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 90.0%, Māori language by 7.2%, Samoan by 16.1%, and other languages by 23.0%. No language could be spoken by 3.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 37.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 46.4% Christian, 7.8% Hindu, 2.9% Islam, 3.0% Māori religious beliefs, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.2% New Age, and 4.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 27.4%, and 6.4% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 3,021 (11.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 12,621 (47.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 10,827 (40.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $35,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 894 people (3.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 13,032 (49.2%) people were employed full-time, 2,229 (8.4%) were part-time, and 1,617 (6.1%) 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%2Bib7%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.52100.2013%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=Manurewa (52100)}}

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The Manurewa Rugby Football Club is based at Mountfort Park Manurewa. They were founded in 1921 and now play within the Counties Manukau Rugby Union Club competition and are one of the biggest and most successful Rugby clubs within the region. They have a large junior section plus and string Golden Oldies Section made up of many past players. They also have associated sports of AFL, Netball & Softball operating within the club. They were originally based at Jellicoe Park in Manurewa and had a club room affectionately known as the "Old Black Shed". They built the new clubrooms at Mountfort Park and moved to this site officially in 1978. Notable current Super 15 Chiefs players Tim Nanai-Williams, Viliami Taulani and Bundee Aki are former Manurewa Rugby Club players.

The football (soccer) club Manurewa AFC who play in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1A are based in Manurewa.

The Manurewa Marlins are based in Manurewa.

The first local government in the area was the Manurewa Highway District, which formed in 1867. It dissolved either 1916 or 1917. By 1915, Manurewa had grown large enough to become a town district within the Manukau County, and by 1937 it became a borough.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=5}} On 3 September 1965, the Manukau County and Manurewa Borough merged to form Manukau City. In November 2010, all cities and districts of the Auckland Region were amalgamated into a single body, governed by the Auckland Council.{{Cite journal| doi = 10.26686/pq.v11i4.4572| issn = 2324-1101| volume = 11| issue = 4| last = Blakeley| first = Roger| title = The planning framework for Auckland 'super city': an insider's view| journal = Policy Quarterly| date = 2015| doi-access = free}}

Manurewa is a part of the Manurewa local board area. The residents of Manurewa elect a local board, and two councillors from the Manurewa-Papakura ward to sit on the Auckland Council.

Below is a list of the six people who served as the chairman of the Manurewa Town Board.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=155–158}}

• 1916–1918 Thomas James Corin
• 1918–1920 Charles Henry Lupton
• 1920–1922 Thomas James Corin
• 1922–1928 Arthur Clifton Axford Sexton
• 1928–1930 George Gallaher
• 1930–1932 William Johnston Ferguson
• 1932–1937 William Thomas Cox

Below is a list of the six people who served as the mayor of the Manurewa Borough Council.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=159–162}}

• 1937–1944 William Johnston Ferguson
• 1944–1946 Frederick Herny Barnard
• 1946–1948 John Augusta Kelly
• 1948–1953 Reginald Frank Judson
• 1953–1956 Cecil Millington Crawford
• 1956–1965 Harry Beaumont

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• Auckland Botanic Gardens
• Jellicoe Park, home to Manurewa Amateur Athletics & Harriers Club and Jellicoe Park Tennis Club
• Gallaher Park, home to the Manurewa Scout Hall, Gallaher Park Touch and Alfriston Road Playcentre
• Manurewa Pool and Leisure Centre
• Manurewa Marae in Clendon Park
• Nathan Homestead is a historic homestead constructed in 1924. The building was designed by Daniel B Patterson with Basque influences. The homestead served as the offices for the Manurewa Borough Council after purchasing the property in 1964. The home's garden has been a park since 1974.{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Andrew |title=Historic Buildings in Manukau City |date=February 1980 |publisher=Manukau City Council}} The building has served a community centre following the vacation of the building by the Borough Council and in 2024 it started a $6.3 million renovation for earthquake strengthening.{{cite news |last1=Orsman |first1=Bernard |title=Auckland Council set to approve $22m to earthquake-strengthen four heritage buildings |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-council-set-to-approve-22m-to-earthquake-strengthen-four-heritage-buildings/44J4HNQ6OVGL5M3MW2LWMOZDAY/ |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=24 July 2024}}
• Southmall Manurewa, and the surrounding Manurewa town centre.
• Te Pae Maumahara / Manurewa War Memorial Park, home to Manurewa AFC and the Homai Bowling Club

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• Baitul Muqeet Mosque, an Ahmadi Muslim mosque that was built in 2013.{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Scott|date=31 October 2013|title=Prayers for opening|work=Stuff|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9341648/Prayers-for-opening}}
• Manurewa Methodist Church, which moved from Witi to Manurewa in 1909.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/2296842/Church-to-celebrate-centenary |title=Church to celebrate centenary |first=Karen |last=Mangnall |date=8 April 2009 |website=Stuff |access-date=5 April 2023}}
• The Manurewa Nanaksar gurdwara, a large Sikh temple.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125912156/investigation-as-migrants-complain-about-treatment-by-wealthy-temple |title=Investigation as migrants complain about treatment by wealthy temple |first=Steve |last=Kilgallon |date=3 August 2021 |website=Stuff |access-date=5 April 2023}}
• St Andrews Presbyterian Church, established in 1927.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=6}}
• St Anne's Catholic Church, established in 1927.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=6}}
• St Lukes Anglican Church, which was established in 1910.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=6}}
• Wat Khemaraphirataram, a Cambodian Buddhist temple that opened in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/3758/rec/40 |title=2 February 2018 |website=Kura |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=5 April 2023}}

The first school in Manurewa was the Manurewa Central School, which began as the Woodhill School in Wiri, and was moved in 1906.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|1990|pp=4}}

Manurewa High School was opened in 1960, as the first high school located in the Manurewa area.{{sfn|Wichman, Gwen|2001|pp=46-47, 49-52}} James Cook High School is a secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|100|y}}.{{TKI|100|James Cook High School}} Manurewa Intermediate is an intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1353|y}}.{{TKI|1353|Manurewa Intermediate}} Greenmeadows Intermediate is an intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1300|y}}.{{TKI|1300|Greenmeadows Intermediate}}

Finlayson Park School, Leabank School, Manurewa Central School, Manurewa East School, Manurewa South School, Manurewa West School and Rowandale School are contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of {{NZ school roll data|1275|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|1339|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|1354|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|1352|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|1355|y}}, {{NZ school roll data|1356|y}} and {{NZ school roll data|1474|y}} students, respectively.{{TKI|1275|Finlayson Park School}}{{TKI|1339|Leabank School}}{{TKI|1354|Manurewa Central School}}{{TKI|1352|Manurewa East School}}{{TKI|1355|Manurewa South School}}{{TKI|1356|Manurewa West School}}{{TKI|1474|Rowandale School}} In 2020 Finlayson Park School in Auckland became the first school in New Zealand to set up a Kiribati language unit, where Erika Taeang was employed as the teacher.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-08|title=Auckland school establishes Kiribati language unit {{!}} RNZ|website=Radio New Zealand|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018736350/auckland-school-establishes-kiribati-language-unit|access-date=2021-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008144520/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018736350/auckland-school-establishes-kiribati-language-unit|archive-date=8 October 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2021-10-08|title=Kiribati / Pacific languages / Home – Pasifika|url=https://pasifika.tki.org.nz/Pacific-languages/Kiribati|access-date=2021-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008144858/https://pasifika.tki.org.nz/Pacific-languages/Kiribati|archive-date=8 October 2021}}

St Anne's Catholic School is a state-integrated full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1486|y}}.{{TKI|1486|St Anne's Catholic School}} Notable alumni includes libertarian politician Stephen Berry.{{cite news |last1=Berry |first1=Stephen |title=Manurewa-Papakura Ward: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections |url=https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/21/manurewa-papakura-ward-an-absolutely-biased-guide-to-auckland-local-elections/ |access-date=4 April 2021 |publisher=The BFD |date=21 September 2019}}

Manukau Christian School is a private composite school (years 1–13) with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|466|y}}.{{TKI|466|Manukau Christian School}}

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

• Decepticonz, hip hop group{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/6297/rec/20 |title=April 2002 |work=Manukau's Journey |publisher=Auckland Libraries |access-date=30 March 2023}}
• Stephen Berry (born 1983), politician and political commentator{{cite news |last1=Berry |first1=Stephen |title=Manurewa-Papakura Ward: An Absolutely Biased Guide to Auckland Local Elections |url=https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/09/21/manurewa-papakura-ward-an-absolutely-biased-guide-to-auckland-local-elections/ |access-date=22 March 2021 |publisher=The BFD |date=21 September 2019}}
• Jawsh 685 (born 2002), musician{{Cite web|date=26 June 2020|title=WATCH: Auckland teen Jawsh 685 is #1 on the iTunes chart|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018752411/watch-auckland-teen-jawsh-685-is-1-on-the-itunes-chart|access-date=12 July 2020|website=RNZ|language=en-nz}}
• Erika Taeang, teacher

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite Q|Q117327773 |author=Wichman, Gwen |date=1990}}
• {{cite Q|Q117421984 |author=Wichman, Gwen |date=2001}}

• [https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/Manurewa Photographs of Manurewa] held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections.
• [https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections-online/search?pht=True&c=ecrm%3aE84_Information_Carrier&k=Manurewa Photographs of Manurewa] held in Auckland War Memorial Museum heritage collections.

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