Onehunga

Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located eight kilometres to the south of the city centre, close to the volcanic cone of One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie).

The residential and light-industrial suburb lies between the suburbs of Royal Oak, Oranga, and Te Papapa, close to the Mangere Bridge and the north shore of the Manukau Harbour.

In 1893, Elizabeth Yates became mayor of Onehunga borough, thus becoming the first woman to hold the post of mayor anywhere in the British Empire.

Other meanings of Onehunga

• Onehunga is also a former name of Karaka Bay, on the Miramar Peninsula, Wellington.
• Onehunga Bay is located on the coast of the Tasman Sea near Porirua.

External link

Onehunga timeline