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Manukau City council building in Manukau, North Island, New Zealand.

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ward, Auckland, New Zealand
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Manukau, ward of Auckland, northern North Island, New Zealand. It lies on an isthmus separating Tamaki Strait (east) from Manukau Harbour (west). The latter is a shallow 150-square-mile (390-square-km) inlet of the Tasman Sea. Manukau’s population includes a notable concentration of Maori and other Pacific Islanders. In 1965 Manukau county and Manurewa borough were consolidated to form the city of Manukau within the Auckland Region (one of New Zealand’s 16 regions). Manukau was also part of the Auckland metropolitan area. In 2010 the government of Auckland Region was reorganized into a unitary authority, and Manukau became a ward of the ...(100 of 178 words)

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