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- Māngere - Wikipedia
The Māngere area was primarily rural for the first half of the 20th century, except for the Māngere Bridge area, where the first suburban housing developed in 1875 after the construction of the first Māngere Bridge
- Mangere | NZ History
Fertile soils and good fishing created comfortable living conditions for Māori, who named the area Ngā Hau Māngere, meaning ‘gentle lazy winds’ Europeans planted crops and then turned to dairying From the mid-20th century Māngere attracted intensive market-gardening
- lt;i gt;Mangere: lt; i gt; An exclusive extract - NZ Herald
Being next to the sea, Mangere was one of the earliest parts of Auckland to be settled, so there is a smattering of villas and bungalows, often on the site of old farms or market gardens Much of
- Māngere facts for kids - Kids encyclopedia
The first school, Mangere Central School, opened in 1859, and churches were built in central Māngere in 1874 and 1894 Māngere had become known as a wheat-producing area, and by the 1880s became known for dairy farming
- A summary of Onehungas European settlement
The first early settlers arrived at the Manukau Harbour in 1835, purchasing land from native Maori and, in 1840 a fencible settlement was established This force of retired soldiers was brought in to strengthen the defences of Auckland because many colonists felt in danger from hostile Maori
- Saving Mangere’s agricultural history - New Zealand Geographic
Drawing on oral history accounts, Clough believes that Maori settled in the Otuataua stonefields up to 1000 years ago At that time, Maori were also beginning to build terraced gardens on some Tamaki isthmus volcanoes Clough speculates that several hundred Maori occupied the isthmus by 1300 A D
- Ambury Regional Park - Archaeopedia
The first Europeans to arrive on the Manukau were five missionaries led by the Reverend Samuel Marsden Travelling down from the Bay of Islands, they arrived at the harbour on November 9 1820 and explored the area for several days by canoe and on foot
- Land settlement - New Zealand - Auckland Region - National Library of . . .
Pakeha initially settled during the mid to late 1800s and, after forest and gum clearance, the area was slowly developed into dairy farms In 1915 nearly 5000 acres of scrubland at Kumeu North (renamed Huapai) were subdivided as orchards, mixed farms and weekend homes
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