Location of Howick.

1888 German map of Auckland showing Howick on the right edge.

Howick is an eastern suburb of Manukau City which is a part of south Auckland. At the 2008 general election, the suburb is to become part of a new electorate of the same name. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 504 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (589 × 701 pixel, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/png)Location of Howick, New Zealand I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 504 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (589 × 701 pixel, file size: 104 KB, MIME type: image/png)Location of Howick, New Zealand I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... 1888 German map of Auckland This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 1888 German map of Auckland This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Manukau City (orange). ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... The next New Zealand general election is expected to take place in late 2008, and must be held no later than 15 November 2008. ...

History

The local iwi (Māori tribe) was the Ngai Tai people of Tainui descent. They had lived here for over 1,000 years with pa (fortified villages) at Ohuia Rangi (Pigeon Mount), Te Waiarohia (Musick Point) and Tuwakamana (Cockle Bay). Iwi (pronounced ee-wee) are the largest everyday social units in Māori society. ... Tainui is a Maori Iwi Waka Confederation of New Zealand. ... A pā or pa (pronounced pah) was a type of Māori village or community fortified and built for defence. ...

Howick is named after Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey as Viscount Howick, who was Secretary for the Colonies in the British Parliament and was responsible for the Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps immigration scheme. His family home is Howick Hall, Northumberland, England. Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (December 28, 1802–October 9, 1894), was an English statesman. ... The title Earl Grey was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1806 for the 1st Baron Grey, a General in the British Army. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total...

The Howick, Pakuranga, and Whitford areas were part of the Fairburn claim. William Thomas Fairburn, with his wife and family, established a Church Missionary Society Mission Station at Maraetai in 1836. The local Māori insisted they buy the 40,000 acres (162 km²) between the Tamaki and Wairoa Rivers to prevent attack by the Ngapuhi and Waikato tribes. As an act of Christian peacemaking, Fairburn reluctantly bought the land with his life savings. Pakuranga is a suburb of Manukau city, one of the cities which form the conurbation of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. ... Two Mormon missionaries A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... Maraetai is one of the towns which make up Manukau city and is the easternmost suburb of greater Auckland in New Zealand. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ... The Tamaki River, despite its name, is actually an estuarial arm of the Hauraki Gulf, close to the city of Auckland in New Zealand. ... Ngapuhi form one of the major and (with over 100,000 members) the single most numerous of the Maori tribes or iwi in New Zealand, occupying much the Northland Peninsula, also known as Tai Tokerau, north of the city of Auckland. ... Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

In 1840, following the Treaty of Waitangi, the Government took 36,000 acres (146 km²) which it used for the Fencible settlements of Otahuhu and Howick and sold most of the remaining land to settlers, as well as paying Māori and returning most of the Wairoa Valley to them. One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. ... MCB 05:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Otahuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand under the local governance of the Auckland City Council. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ...

The Māori welcomed the Fencibles to Howick and recognised the advantages of co-operation and trade. Māori labourers built the Fencibles cottages under Royal Engineers supervision. There were about 250 Fencibles in Howick. 'Fencible' is derived from the word 'Defencible', meaning capable of defence. Howick's links to Auckland’s pioneering and Fencible past has influenced its development and is also evident in the names of many streets. Others are significantly named for British military heroes or battles. Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ... The Fencibles (from the word defencible) were army regiments raised in the United Kingdom during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars in the late 18th century for defence of the country against the threat of invasion by the French. ... Languages Māori, English Religions Māori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian peoples of New Zealand, and to their language. ... The Fencibles (from the word defencible) were army regiments raised in the United Kingdom during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars in the late 18th century for defence of the country against the threat of invasion by the French. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... MCB 05:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Bleakhouse (as in Bleakhouse Rd) was the name given to a Fencible officer’s house built in Bleakhouse Rd for Surgeon-Captain John Bacot who became a magistrate in Howick. Later, in the hands of the Macleans family it became the heart of the social scene in the 1850s and ’60s. The house was burnt down in 1910 but gave its name to the street. John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821 - 1888) was a New Zealand politician. ...

Other roads such as Bacot, Bell, Fencible Drive, Montressor Place and Sale St, plus many others, also have Fencible links, eg Sir Robert Sale was one of the ships which brought the Fencibles to Auckland in the 19th century. Montressor Place was named for Captain Charles Henry Montressor-Smith who arrived in Howick with the First Battalion of Fencibles in 1847. He later moved to a property in neighbouring Pakuranga, where his house, known as Bell House, still stands at the end of Bell Rd next to the Howick Historical Village. Sir Robert Henry Sale (born 1782; died 1845) was a British soldier. ... Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO military graphic symbols A battalion is a military unit usually consisting of between two and six companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. ... Pakuranga is a suburb of Manukau city, one of the cities which form the conurbation of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. ... Howick Historical Village is a recreation of a New Zealand colonial village using houses and cottages saved from the surrounding area of Howick, New Zealand. ...

Moore St was named after General Sir John Moore, a British military hero, who lived from 1761-1809. General Moore fought against Napoleon alongside Sir David Baird for whom Baird St was named and he (Moore) died at Corunna during the Peninsular War whilst serving under the Duke of Wellington. At Corunna he was attended by Dr J. Bacot, father of the Howick Fencible doctor, who lived in Bleakhouse. General John Moore Sir John Moore, KB (November 13, 1761 – January 16, 1809) was a British soldier and General. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... David Baird (soldier) David Baird (New Jersey), U.S. Senator This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For the battle near Madrid in the Spanish Civil War, see Battle of the La Corunna Road. ... Combatants Kingdom of Spain, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Portugal French Empire The Peninsular War or Spanish War of Independence (Guerra de la Independencia Española) was a war in the Iberian Peninsula. ... A Coruña , (in English Corunna, in Spanish La Coruña, and in Galician A Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain. ...

Moore St was part of the original Fencible village and was sub-divided into one acre (4,000 m²) allotments down to Rodney St. People will, no doubt, recognise that Wellington and Nelson Sts spring from the most famous of British war heroes, Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington and that Selwyn St takes its name from the first Bishop of New Zealand, George Augustus Selwyn. An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a English admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, a decisive British victory in the war, where he lost his life. ... Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ... The Archbishop of New Zealand is the head of the Anglican church in the Province of New Zealand and has under his direction nine dioceses. ... The Rt. ...

Then there are streets such as Granger Rd named for John Granger, manager of the brick works, which once stood at Bucklands Beach before moving to Whitford; or Litten Rd named after a former farmer and landowner. Bucklands Beach is an affluent suburb 13 kilometres west of Aucklands CBD in New Zealand. ... now. ...

To the north of Picton Street, the main street of Howick, is Stockade Hill. In 1863 a field work was constructed on what is now called Stockade Hill, for the purpose of defending Auckland from hostile Māoris who might advance overland from the south, or by canoes from the Firth of Thames. The ditches of the stockade can still be seen today. In the centre is a war memorial were services are held each ANZAC Day. The top of Stockade Hill provides uninterrupted views in all directions. Stockade Hill, Howick, New Zealand. ... A true-colour image showing the Hauraki Gulf (centre). ... ANZAC Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who in the Battle of Gallipoli landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. ANZAC Day is also a public holiday in the...

All Saints Church, Howick, New Zealand. Second oldest church in New Zealand.

Main Picton Street, with Stockade Hill in the distance.

Howick Beach.

Settlement in Howick centred around the domain, and the village developed as a service centre for the prosperous farming community. Later the centre of Howick shifted to Picton Street which is now the centre. It later became popular as a retirement and seaside holiday location. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x592, 70 KB) Summary All Saints Church, Howick, New Zealand Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x592, 70 KB) Summary All Saints Church, Howick, New Zealand Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x592, 53 KB) Summary Howick Main Strett (Picton Street) with Stockade hill in the distance. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x592, 53 KB) Summary Howick Main Strett (Picton Street) with Stockade hill in the distance. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x592, 57 KB) Summary Howick Beach looking east. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x592, 57 KB) Summary Howick Beach looking east. ...

In 1865 Howick became a road board district; in 1922 it was created an independent town district; and on 1 February 1952 it was constituted a borough with Elections for Mayor and Council being held on 22 March 1952.

The 1930s saw the construction of a concrete all weather road running all the way from Howick to Panmure. This allowed the rapid passage of people and goods to and from Auckland. This concrete road can still be seen, in parts, on the highway between Howick and Pakuranga. Panmure is a southern suburb of Auckland City, in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

From the late 1940s to the 1970s the Howick area experienced rapid growth. Up until the 1980's Howick was surrounded on all sides by farmland, but as Auckland grew and new subdivisions were created Howick has been consumed by the urban sprawl.

In 1990 the re-organisation of local body government in New Zealand saw Howick become a ward within Manukau City, with its Borough Council being replaced by a Community Board and Councillor representation. A move that was not popular with the local inhabitants of Howick, fearing the loss of identity and having to subsidise the poorer areas of Manukau City. As the Howick Borough Council was to all intents and purposes debt-free at the time, and looking forward to a solid future. Manukau City (orange). ...

Today Howick is one of the more affluent seaside suburbs of Manukau City. It has some of the oldest buildings in the Auckland area as well as the second oldest Church in New Zealand (All Saints Church). All Saints Church, Howick, New Zealand. ...

Howick is sometimes referred to as 'Chowick', due to the high proportion of people of Asian descent living there. This is considered a derogatory term.

Mayors of Howick

• 1952-1953 W E LaRoche
• 1953-1963 Sir William Stevenson
• 1963-1974
• 1974-1989 Morrin Cooper

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Also see

• Howick Intermediate

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External links

• Howick Little Theatre
• Howick Historical Village
• Howick College
• Howick Village
• Howick Intermediate School
• Howick Historic Walk
• Howick Primary School
• Howick Little Theatre

References

• La Roche A. The history of Howick and Pakuranga, The Howick & District Historical Society (Inc.), 1991. ISBN 0/473/01206/5