ONEHUNGA
a community with heart!

From its earliest beginnings, Onehunga, one of the oldest settlements in the region, has occupied a special place in Auckland's history.

The northern shore of the Manukau Harbour was an ideal place for a trading port, and the village quickly grew up around the waterfront. From this site, the pioneers set up trading with Maori. Industries such as timber milling and shipbuilding flourished, to be followed by others, and from the mid-1800s many substantial homes were built, some of which can still be seen today. Created a Borough in its own right in 1877, a status which lasted until amalgamation under Auckland City in 1989, Onehunga has enjoyed the benefits of a wide range of well-administered amenities, together with a strong sense of community.

Schools, churches, parks, the swimming pool complex, cafés and restaurants, a gymnasium, the library and Community Centre, great local theatre, easy access to the waterfront - all these and more have attracted many families looking for affordable suburban living, yet with easy access to the city. Proximity to the airport is also a plus, and in addition makes Onehunga an ideal first port-of-call for visitors arriving here.

Onehunga Mall, the town's main street, runs the length of the suburb from north to south. Here and in the neighbouring streets, you'll find a huge variety of shops and businesses, not least in the recently extended DressSmart complex, home to a vast range of designer outlets and specialty stores. A flourishing Business Association meets regularly, with the aim of developing and promoting businesses in the town. And that's where we came in! The Onehunga Community News was originally founded in 1992 by the Onehunga Business Association as part of its Mainstreet Programme to provide both a focus for the community and a forum for news and views.

From these small beginnings the News has gone from strength to strength, and in 2000 this in-house publication of the Association was sold to a private company, The Auckland Newsletter Co. Sheryn Werner, owner and Editor since 2003, has since built up the Onehunga Community News into the many-paged, colour edition that is delivered to 12,000 business and residential letter boxes and selected outlets, in and around Onehunga, Oranga, Royal Oak, Mangere Bridge and Hillsborough. And in this web-site, we are now committed to bringing the same standard of news and information about this great little community to YOU!