Ōtara
Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Ōtara?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Ōtara is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand (formerly Manukau City), situated 18 kilometres to the southeast of the Auckland City Centre. Ōtara lies near the head of the Tamaki River, and is surrounded by the suburbs of Papatoetoe, East Tāmaki, Clover Park and Flat Bush. The area is traditionally part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, and the name Ōtara refers to Ōtara Hill / Te Puke ō Tara, a former Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki pā and volcanic hill to the north of the suburb. From 1851 to 1910 the area was part of the Goodfellow family farm, and during the 1910s the area was an agricultural college run by the Dilworth Trust.
Ōtara | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 36°57′39″S 174°52′28″E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Auckland |
Local authority | Auckland Council |
Electoral ward | Manukau ward |
Local board | Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board |
Area | |
• Land | 680 ha (1,680 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 24,520 |
After the construction of the Auckland Southern Motorway in the 1950s, Ōtara developed as a suburb, primarily as part of a state housing project by the New Zealand Government. The suburb is noted for its proportion of Māori and Pacific Islander residents, who make up 78% of the Ōtara population, and its unusually low number of European New Zealanders (Pākehā) residents (10%).