Panmure is an east Auckland suburb, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 11 kilometres southeast of the Auckland CBD, close to the western banks of the TÃÂmaki River and the northern shore of the Panmure Basin (or Kaiahiku). To the north lies the suburb of TÃÂmaki, and to the west is the cone of Maungarei / Mount Wellington.
Panmure covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Panmure West is mostly commercial and industrial. Panmure East is mostly residential.
Panmure had a population of 3,723 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 72 people (2.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 465 people (14.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,881 males, 1,824 females and 18 people of other genders in 1,338 dwellings. 3.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 558 people (15.0%) aged under 15 years, 789 (21.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,848 (49.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 525 (14.1%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 38.8% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 14.4% MÃÂori; 21.6% Pasifika; 37.2% Asian; 2.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 89.0%, MÃÂori language by 3.0%, Samoan by 4.0%, and other languages by 33.9%. No language could be spoken by 2.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 47.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 41.8% Christian, 3.6% Hindu, 3.1% Islam, 1.5% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 2.8% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 39.2%, and 6.0% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 945 (29.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,251 (39.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 960 (30.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 357 people (11.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,752 (55.4%) people were employed full-time, 300 (9.5%) were part-time, and 111 (3.5%) were unemployed.
The MÃÂori name for the area from Panmure south-west towards the Manukau Harbour area was Tauoma Te TÃ Â Waka and Karetu, two of the traditional portages between the WaitematÃÂ Harbour and the Manukau Harbour were near here. 4.6 km up the TÃÂmaki River MÃÂori would beach their waka (canoes) at the end of a small creek (that now passes under the southern motorway) and drag them overland (where Portage Road is now) to the Manukau Harbour.
In the mid to late 18th century, land along the Western shores of the TÃÂmaki River were given as a tuku (strategic gift) by Te Tahuri, daughter of Te Horetàof the NgÃÂti WhÃÂtua à ÂrÃÂkei hapà « NgàOho, to the Hauraki Gulf iwi NgÃÂti PÃÂoa. Te Tahuri's sister Te Kehu had been married to Te Putu, an important figure within NgÃÂti PÃÂoa, for which Te Tahuri was derided and called foolish by people concerned by what the outcomes of such a tuku would cause. NgÃÂti PÃÂoa leader Tangi-te-ruru built MauinÃÂina pà(also known as Maunga-inaina and Taumata-inaina) at the headland between the Panmure Basin and TÃÂmaki River, and along the TÃÂmaki River was an extensive kÃÂinga (unfortified village) called Mokoia. In the late 18th century, war broke out between NgÃÂti WhÃÂtua and NgÃÂti PÃÂoa after a joint shark hunting trip, and both Te Tahuri and her husband Tomoaure were killed in the resulting skirmishes, with hostilities ending around the year 1793. By the time missionaries Samuel Marsden and John Gare Butler visited the isthmus in 1820, there were thousands of inhabitants living along the shores of the TÃÂmaki River at Mokoia.
During the Musket Wars in late September 1821, Mokoia and MauinÃÂina pÃÂ were attacked by a NgÃÂpuhi taua led by Hongi Hika, PÃ Âmare I (Ngati Manu) and Tuhi (Te Ngare Raumati of PÃÂroa), during a time when the TÃÂmaki isthmus was relatively unprotected, as many NgÃÂti WhÃÂtua warriors were touring the lower North Island on the ÃÂmiowhenua war party expedition. Defenders of the pÃÂ placed stakes into the landing areas to slow the NgÃÂpuhi taua's progress, and over the course of two days, the taua was pelted with stones. When the pÃÂ was under siege, the taua found that the muskets were ineffective due to the defenders sheltering behind an earthen wall, so built a platform which overlooked the pÃÂ, and shot at those who were inside. The fighting devastated what had been the NgÃÂti PÃÂoa population centre of the Auckland isthmus during pre-European times which had a population of about 7,000. Three thousand men with up to 100 muskets took part in the defense of the pÃÂ but after a close and bitter battle were defeated by the combined northern alliance who had between 500 and 1000 muskets. Mokoia and MauinÃÂina pÃÂ were destroyed, and the land became tapu for NgÃÂti PÃÂoa due to the large number of deaths, and was not resettled.
Panmure was then instead created as a fencible settlement, where retired soldiers were contracted to defend the settlement in return for land. The soldiers had to give 12 days military service per year and parade on Sunday in full military equipment. The only time they were called to arms was in 1851 when a flotilla of 20 waka took about 350 warriors to Mechanics Bay to attack Auckland. The Panmure fencibles were issued ammunition to defend the Tamaki River and stop any armed Maori attack. Only the Onehunga fencibles were marched to the hill overlooking Mechanics Bay to join a British line regiment. In the 1863 attack on Auckland the government used mainly professional soldiers instead.
Panmure prospered partly due to being on the route between Auckland and the much larger fencibles settlement of Howick in the 1800s. People and goods used the ferry at the narrow point below Mokoia Pa.
Until about the middle of the 20th century, Panmure remained a prosperous but mostly pastoral setting, and described as "a quarter of a square mile of farmlets surrounding a sleepy village that boasted little more than a church, post office, a handful of shops, and a two-storey hotel that was widely known from horse and buggy days". Panmure Township Road District merged with Mount Wellington Borough in 1955.
It was only with the explosive growth of suburbia around it after World War II, and better bridges to Pakuranga that Panmure relatively suddenly started to grow significantly, and become a commercial centre.
The Panmure Highway District was established 8 January 1863 and included the area of Mount Wellington. On 13 January 1865 the Panmure Township Road District was formed from this district but did not start operation for 3 years. The Panmure Township Road District was amalgamated with the Borough of Mount Wellington in 1955.
Work was completed on the Panmure section (Stage 1) of the Auckland Transport project called AMETI (Auckland-Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative) which aims to improve the connections of eastern Auckland towards the south-east (Manukau central). As part of this, Panmure railway station underwent a major upgrade, increasing capacity and frequency of trains into the city (now a 17-minute travel time to Britomart station). The new Te Horeta Rd, the last major milestone, opened on 2 November 2015. Other related upgrades included the building of three new bridges, new cycle paths and foot paths.
Stage 2 of AMETI will see the completion of the 7 km Eastern Busway which will link Panmure railway station with Pakuranga and Botany. This is expected to cut public transport journey times significantly and relieve congestion on roads. The busway is expected to attract 5.5 million passengers a year. The Panmure Roundabout will become an intersection, a change that will see new investment in the redevelopment of the land adjacent to and north of the rail station.
The Tamaki Transformation Programme was announced in early 2012 by Housing Minister Phil Heatley. This will be the country's first urban regeneration programme. Heatley said that east Auckland was chosen because it was an area with "significant potential". "It is close to the Auckland and Manukau central business districts. It has a young population, a sense of history and community, green spaces and near-coastal location". Following this announcement, Auckland Council and the New Zealand government formed the Tamaki Redevelopment Company to deliver the Tamaki Transformation Programme with the aim of creating a "thriving, attractive, sustainable and self-reliant community through a series of interlinking and economic, social, urban space and housing projects". Substantial Central and Local Government partnership investment into the Tamaki Regeneration Programme will see change over the next 25 years, aiming to improve the overall quality of life to the residents of Tamaki with an expected doubling of the population in this area.
Panmure Bridge School and Panmure District School are full primary schools (years 1âÂÂ8) with rolls of and students, respectively.
St Patrick's School is a state-integrated Catholic full primary school (years 1âÂÂ8) with a roll of .
Atea College is a private Christian composite school (years 1âÂÂ13) with a roll of .
All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of