Papakura CityPapakura City was a city near Auckland, New Zealand. It existed from 1975 to 1989.HistoryPapakura 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". In the 1989 reform, Drury and Karaka were added to Papakura from the Franklin [District, New Zealand|Franklin] area, and Ardmore, Alfriston and Takanini were added from Manukau City.