Hingaia
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Hingaia is a rural coastal suburb of Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand
New Zealand
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. Located on the shores of the Pahurehure
Pahurehure
Pahurehure is a suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Located on the south-eastern shores of the Manukau Harbour, under authority of the Papakura District Council. The suburb makes up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area.-History:...

 Inlet
Inlet
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, to the southwest of the Papakura
Papakura
The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area....

 Town Centre, under local authority of the Papakura District Council. Hingaia is the smallest suburb and most eastern area in the Papakura District.

History

During the major reformation of local government in 1989, Hingaia was included into the Papakura District boundaries.

From October 2010, after a review of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance
Royal Commission on Auckland Governance
The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance was established by the New Zealand Government to investigate the local government arrangements of Auckland....

, the entire Auckland Region
Auckland Region
The Auckland Region was one of the sixteen regions of New Zealand, named for the city of Auckland, the country's largest urban area. With one third of the nation's residents, it was by far the biggest population and economy of any region of New Zealand, but the second-smallest land area.On 1...

 will be amalgamated into a single city authority. As well as the current Papakura District, all other territorial authorities will be abolished and the entire area will be dissolved into a single Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 city council. The suburb Pahurehure will now be in the Franklin Ward of the Auckland Council
Auckland Council
The Auckland Council is the council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the existing regional council and the region's seven previous city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city" governed by a mayor, 20...

.

People

The most common ethnic group in Hingaia is European as at 2006, with 77.6 percent. Maori residents only make up 7.1 percent of the suburb, and Asian residents consisting of 7.6 percent. According to the 2006 New Zealand census, (for residents aged 15 years and older) the most common occupational group in Hingaia is 'Managers', and the least common group is 'Community and personal service workers', with an unemployment rate of 1.6 percent of the Hingaia population.

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