Wattle Downs

Wattle Downs is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand.

Wattle Downs
Suburb
Wattle Downs
Coordinates: 37.0499°S 174.8816°E / -37.0499; 174.8816
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityAuckland Council
Local boardManurewa
Population
 (2019)
 • Total8,720
Postcode(s)
2103
Clendon Park Manurewa Manurewa East
Weymouth
Wattle Downs
 Waiata Shores
Kingseat, Auckland Karaka Takanini

The suburb is located on the Mahia Park peninsula on the Manukau Harbour. It includes the area of Wattle Cove.

It is 25 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD and 10 kilometres south of Manukau town centre.

Development

Originally the Mahia Park peninsula was farmland (belonging to Ian Ross) but has been developed in a number of phases. The area is almost exclusively residential, with only a few shops and schools.

Aerial imagery of Wattle Downs circa. 1960

Wattle Cove, a large development by Fletcher Building

was a $300 million subdivision that built 900 houses on the Wattle Downs peninsula. [1]

Wattle Park, a new development that started construction located on Mahia Road in 2019 still in development as of 2020 is a 112 home subdivision. [2]


Education

There are two primary schools and one daycare in the area:

Reremoana Primary School is a school which opened on 7 February 2006. It has been built to cater for the rapidly growing population in the local area.[3]

Clayton Park Primary School is another school in Wattle Downs.[4]

Wattle Downs Early Learning Centre is a day care centre for the under fives.[5]

Recreation

Wattle Downs Golf Course, a 9-hole golf course, is nestled between areas of housing and includes views over the harbour.

There are several reserves, including Kauri Point Reserve down Moor Park, Wattle Downs Esplanade Reserve, Wattle Farm Reserve on Wattle Farm Road, Wattle Farm Wetlands Reserve also on Wattle Farm Road.

There are many playgrounds in Wattle Downs including one in Wattle Downs Esplanade Reserve, Wattle Farm Reserve, Tington Park and St Annes Foreshore.


There are 2 shared paths which go around the coastline of Wattle Downs including the Wattle Downs South Path which follows the coastline on the south it connects Frangipani Avenue and Hadley Wood Drive. Also connected with several access ways.

The Wattle Downs North Path connects Bluewater Place and Aberdeen Crescent it runs through the Wattle Downs Esplanade Reserve as well as the coastline.

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References
  1. Gibson, ANNE GIBSON, Anne (11 January 2005). "Fletchers in $425m buy-up". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. "Wattle Park - Property Development & Investment in Wattle Downs, Auckland". www.neighbourly.co.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1247
  5. http://www.ero.govt.nz/ERO/reppub.nsf/City/A7E66685FB76499ECC256FFF000F5A4E/$File/25305.htm?OpenElement


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