Wattle Downs

Suburb:	Wattle Downs
City:	Manukau
Island:	North Island
Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the west	Manurewa Takanini Manukau Harbour Wattle Cove

Wattle Downs is a suburb of Manukau City, one of the four cities that make up the conurbation of Auckland, New Zealand, in northern New Zealand.

The suburb is located on the Mahia peninsula on the Manukau Harbour, along with Wattle Cove.

It is 25 kilometres south of Auckland city centre and 10 kilometres south of Manukau city centre.

Development

Originally the Mahia peninsula was farmland (Wattle farm) but has been developed in a number of phases. The area is almost exclusively residential, with only a few shops and schools.

Education

Reremoana Primary School is a new school which opened on 7 February2006. It has been built to cater for the rapidly growing population in the local area. [http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=21083]

[http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1247 Clayton Park] is another primary school in Wattle Downs.

Wattle Downs Early Learning Centre [http://www.ero.govt.nz/ERO/reppub.nsf/City/A7E66685FB76499ECC256FFF000F5A4E/$File/25305.htm?OpenElement] is a day care centre for the under twos.

Recreation

There is a 9 hole golf course which is nestled between areas of housing and including views over the harbour.

There are several reserves, including Kauri Point Reserve, Wattle Farm Reserve and Wattle Farm Wetlands Reserve.

Location

A map of Wattle Downs can be seen using [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=-37.047813,174.888525&spn=0.027607,0.057678&om=1 Google Maps] and a [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=14&ll=-37.047813,174.888525&spn=0.027607,0.057678&t=k satellite image] which illustrates the housing development in the area.