Papakura District

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Papakura District
Former local council territory
Sign marking former Papakura District Boundary.
District Council Logo
Territorial Authority location
Coordinates: 37°05′S 174°57′E / 37.083°S 174.950°E / -37.083; 174.950
Country	New Zealand
Main town	Papakura
Other towns	Alfriston, Drury, Pahurehure, Ardmore, Redhill, Takanini
Government
• Mayor	Calum Penrose (final mayor at the time the position was abolished when the district was absorbed into Auckland Council in 2010)
Area  (in 2010)
• Total	123 km2 (47 sq mi)
	Extent was Takanini to Drury; Pahurehure to Ardmore/Alfriston
Population  (June 2018[1])
• Papakura (central)	28,010
• Takanini	10,870
Council address	35 Coles Cres, Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142
Website	www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
See also: Manukau City, Franklin

Papakura District was a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that was governed by the Papakura District Council from 1989 until 2010. The area makes up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area.

The area was originally a small independent city, until it became Papakura District in the 1989 reorganisation of New Zealand's local governments, and has now been overtaken by Auckland's urban sprawl. The district is flanked by beaches on the Manukau Harbour to the west, Manukau City to the north and east, and had Franklin District to the south.