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Mangere is one of the larger suburbs of Manukau City, one of the four cities that make up the conurbation of Auckland, in northern New Zealand.
The suburb is located on flat land at the northeastern shore of the Manukau Harbour, to the northwest of the centre of Manukau city and 15 kilometres south of Auckland city centre. It is an important transportation node for the city, being on one of the two State Highways running south from Auckland (State Highway 20), and also being the location for Auckland International Airport, which lies close to the hoarbour's edge to the south of the suburb.
Close to Mangere, at Otahuhu, the isthmus of Auckland reaches its narrowest point. For this reason, there is an obvious transportation bottleneck. In order to alleviate this problem, a major bridge, the Mangere Bridge was built to accommodate traffic south from the city, especiall that traffic heading for the airport. Construction work on the bridge was cause of one of New Zealand's longest-running industrial disputes from 1978 until 1980. The bridge was finally completed in 1983, linking Mangere with the Auckland suburb of Onehunga to the north.
Mangere's most famous son is former Prime Minister of New Zealand David Lange, who was the Member of Parliament for Mangere from 1977 until 1996.
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