Papakura City

{{Short description|Former city in Auckland, New Zealand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2015}}

File:View from Pukekiwiriki, Papakura, 1984.jpg

Papakura City was a city near Auckland, New Zealand. It existed from 1975 to 1989.

History

Papakura City was constituted as a city on 1 January 1975. It existed until the 1989 local government reforms, when "Papakura City" was subsumed by "Papakura District".{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/archives/docspapakuracouncilarchives/papakura-archives-list.pdf|accessdate=25 December 2017|title=Papakura District Archives|date=|publisher=Auckland Council|archive-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130319/https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/archives/docspapakuracouncilarchives/papakura-archives-list.pdf|url-status=live}} In the 1989 reform, Drury and Karaka were added to Papakura from the Franklin area, and Ardmore, Alfriston and Takanini (including Conifer Grove) were added from Manukau City.{{cite web|title=A brief history of local government in Papakura |url=http://www.manukau-libraries.govt.nz/EN/ManukauOurHistory/ManukauTopics/Pages/LocalGovtInPapakura4.aspx |publisher=Manukau City Council |accessdate=20 October 2010 }}

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