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The fire station in Waitakere, near Waitakere railway station. Waitākere had a population of 1,812 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 6 people (−0.3%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 138 people (8.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 906 males, 900 females and 9 people of other genders in 612 dwellings.
Place in New Zealand Waitakere City Coat of arms Country New Zealand Area • Total 367 km 2 (142 sq mi) The darker orange shows the urban area within the (grey) greater Auckland conurbation. Waitakere City was a territorial authority in West Auckland, New Zealand ; it was governed by the Waitakere City Council from 1989 to 2010. It was New Zealand's fifth-largest city, with an annual growth ...
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, or simply MetService (Māori: Te Ratonga Tirorangi, lit. 'satellite service'), is the national meteorological service of New Zealand. MetService was established as a state-owned enterprise in 1992. It employs about 300 staff, and its headquarters are in Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to becoming a ...
The Whau River has often been used as a border between western and central Auckland. West Auckland is not a strictly defined area. It includes the former Waitakere City, which existed between 1989 and 2010 between the Whau River and Hobsonville, [2] [3] an area which includes major suburbs such as Henderson, Te Atatū, Glen Eden, Titirangi and New Lynn.
The name Wai-tākere originally came from a rock located in Waitākere Bay near Te Henga (Bethells Beach). [4] In Māori the name Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa ("The Great Forest of Tiriwa"), referred to all of the forested areas south from Muriwai and the Kaipara Harbour portage to the Manukau Harbour, while the name Hikurangi referred to the central and Western Waitākere Ranges, south of the ...
Waitākere is a locality name in West Auckland, New Zealand. It most commonly refers to: Waitākere, Auckland, a rural town north-west of Auckland; Waitakere City, a former territorial authority which existed from 1989 to 2010; Waitākere Ranges, a mountain range in West Auckland; Waitākere may also refer to: Waitakere City FC, a football club
On 25 July 2011, New Zealand was gripped by its coldest winter snap in fifteen years. [5] The lowest temperature set during the month was −10.2 °C (13.6 °F) at Manapouri (in the southwest corner of the South Island) on 26 July, which was a new record for the town. Christchurch Airport recorded its second-coldest day on 25 July.