Konini
Suburb
Coordinates: 36°55′37″S 174°38′42″E / 36.927°S 174.645°E / -36.927; 174.645
CountryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Local authorityAuckland Council
Electoral wardWaitākere ward
Local boardWaitākere Ranges Local Board
Area
[1]
 • Land197 ha (487 acres)
Population
 (June 2022)[2]
 • Total3,600
Oratia Glen Eden Glen Eden
Waiatarua
Konini
 Kaurilands
Waima Titirangi Titirangi

Konini is a suburb in West Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of Auckland Council. (Kōnini is the Māori-language name for the fruit of the tree fuchsia.)[3]

Geography

Konini is enclosed in lush bush at the western ends and tranquil suburban streets to the east. Konini Road is a long bending street that moves from the suburb of Glen Eden to the Waitākere Ranges and native rain forest. Konini forms a part of the Waitematā-Waitākere foothills ecological zone. Sheltered from the Tasman Sea by the Waitākere Ranges, the area was traditionally dominated by forests of kauri, Phyllocladus trichomanoides (tānekaha or celery pine) and rimu, with abundant nīkau palm and silver fern. The soils are a mix of Miocene Waitākere volcanic soil and Waitemata Group sedimentary rock.[4]

History

The area is within the traditional rohe of Te Kawerau ā Maki, an iwi that traces their ancestry to some of the earliest inhabitants of the Auckland Region.[5] West Auckland was known as Hikurangi, and the upper catchments of Te Wai-o-Pareira / Henderson Creek were known as Ōkaurirahi, a reference to the mature kauri forests of the area.[6]

During the early colonial days of Auckland, much of Konini and Kaurilands was owned by Liverpool immigrant Hibernia Smythe, who aggregated 550 acres of land between 1854 and 1857 north of Titirangi. Smythe used the land for wood and logging, as well as farming sheep and cattle. Smythe had a reputation for being miserly, and after passing left his property to his nephew.[7] Konini Road was built during the 1920s, when the neighbouring Kaurilands estate was being developed as a subdividison.[8][9] Southern Konini began to be subdivided along with Kaurilands between the 1920s and 1940s.[10] Konini School opened in May 1976 on the site of a former orchard and dairy farm, when suburban housing was being constructed in the area.[11]

Demographics

Konini covers 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 3,600 as of June 2022,[2] with a population density of 1,827 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20063,393—    
20133,492+0.41%
20183,555+0.36%
Source: [12]

Konini had a population of 3,555 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 63 people (1.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 162 people (4.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,203 households, comprising 1,758 males and 1,800 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 37.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 789 people (22.2%) aged under 15 years, 609 (17.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,770 (49.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 390 (11.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 83.5% European/Pākehā, 10.4% Māori, 7.6% Pacific peoples, 10.4% Asian, and 3.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 28.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.4% had no religion, 30.0% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 1.1% were Buddhist and 2.3% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 891 (32.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 297 (10.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $42,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 750 people (27.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,584 (57.3%) people were employed full-time, 435 (15.7%) were part-time, and 72 (2.6%) were unemployed.[12]

Education

Konini School

Konini School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of 408 as of April 2023.[13][14] The school opened in 1976.[15]

The local State secondary schools are Kelston Boys' High School and Kelston Girls' College.

References

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "kōnini". Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary. Te Ipukarea Research Institute.
  4. ↑ "Native to the West: A Guide for Planting and Restoring the Nature of Waitakere City" (PDF). Waitakere City Council. April 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Muddy Creeks Plan - a Local Area Plan for Parau, Laingholm, Woodlands Park and Waimā" (PDF). Auckland Council. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Te Kawerau ā Maki; The Trustees of Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust; The Crown (12 December 2013). "Deed of Settlement Schedule: Documents" (PDF). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Vela, Pauline, ed. (1989). "Hibernia Smythe". In Those Days: An Oral History of Glen Eden. Glen Eden Borough Council. p. 69. ISBN 0-473-00862-9.
  8. ↑ "Waitākere street names". Auckland Libraries. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Untitled". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIII, no. 19269. 6 March 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 27 April 2022 – via Papers Past.
  10. ↑ "Kaurilands Estate, Titirangi Ranges [Konini]". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Konini History". Konini School. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Konini (132500). 2018 Census place summary: Konini
  13. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  14. ↑ Education Counts: Konini School
  15. ↑ "About us - A Bit of history of our unique school". Konini School. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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