Manurewa Local Board


The Manurewa Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is overseen by the Manurewa-Papakura ward councillor.
The local board area includes the areas of Wiri, Hillpark, Manurewa East, Homai, Weymouth and Wattle Downs.

Geography

The area covered by the Manurewa Local Board includes a mixture of hills and Manukau Harbour coastline. It incorporates both the main suburb of Manurewa. and the surrounding suburbs of Manukau Heights, Totara Heights, Hillpark, Randwick Park, The Gardens, Alfriston, Wattle Downs, Weymouth, Clendon Park, Homai and Wiri.
There is an extensive range of shops along Great South Road, including Southmall Manurewa, while the Wiri industrial park is a major employment centre. Other features of the area include Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa Aquatic Centre and the Randwick Park.

Demographics

Manurewa Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
Manurewa Local Board Area had a population of 98,784 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 3,114 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 16,542 people since the 2013 census. There were 49,302 males, 49,233 females and 249 people of other genders in 25,938 dwellings. 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.0 years. There were 24,000 people aged under 15 years, 23,682 aged 15 to 29, 41,994 aged 30 to 64, and 9,105 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 24.5% European ; 25.2% Māori; 39.9% Pasifika; 27.6% Asian; 2.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 1.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 90.7%, Māori language by 6.4%, Samoan by 13.4%, and other languages by 24.8%. No language could be spoken by 3.0%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 38.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 44.0% Christian, 8.1% Hindu, 3.1% Islam, 2.6% Māori religious beliefs, 1.5% Buddhist, 0.2% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 5.0% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 29.1%, and 6.6% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 11,724 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 35,688 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 27,378 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $37,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 4,629 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 37,782 people were employed full-time, 6,786 were part-time, and 3,870 were unemployed.

2022-2025 term

The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the 2022 local elections, are:
In July 2025, Andrew Lesa announced his resignation from all public and governance roles, including his position on the Manurewa Local Board, following a Stuff investigation which found that parts of his publicly stated biography were inaccurate.**

2019–2022 term

The board members for the 2019-2022 term, elected at the 2019 local body elections, were:
  • Joseph Allan, Manurewa Action Team –
  • Anne Candy, Manurewa Action Team –
  • Rangi McLean, Manurewa Action Team –
  • Ken Penney, Manurewa Action Team –
  • Glenn Murphy, Manurewa Action Team –
  • Melissa Atama, Manurewa Action Team –
  • David Pizzini, Manurewa Action Team –
  • Tabetha Gorrie, Manurewa Action Team –

    2016–2019 term

The board members who served from the 2016 local body elections to the 2019 elections were:
  • Angela Dalton
  • Stella Cattle
  • Joseph Allan
  • Rangi McLean
  • Sarah Colcord
  • Angela Cunningham-Marino
  • Ken Penney
  • Dave Pizzini