Parau

Parau is an Auckland suburb. It is under the local governance of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board within the Auckland Council. It is a coastal community close to Titirangi village. Parau is made up of Huia Road, one other looping street called Rauhuia Crescent and two cul de sacs, Staley Road and Shirley Road. It also consists of a safe clean beach called Armour Bay where locals can partake in tennis, and swimming in the Manukau Harbour which laps the beach.

For the places in Romania, see Părău and Pârâu.
For the ancient Persian city Farāva/Parau, see Serdar (city).

Parau
Suburb of Auckland Council
A view of the Lower Nihotupu Dam Lake, looking towards Parau and the Manukau Harbour
CountryNew Zealand
CityAuckland Council
Electoral wardWaitākere Ward
Sunnyvale (Waitākere Ranges) Woodlands Park
(Waitākere Ranges)
Parau
 Laingholm
Huia Cornwallis (Manukau Harbour)

Parau is close to the site of the 1740s battle between Te Taoū hapū of Ngāti Whātua and Kiwi Tāmaki of Waiohua (now underneath the Lower Nihotupu Reservoir).[1][2]

In the late 19th century, the settlement was known as called Brooklyn.[3] The name of the post office was changed to Parau in the late 1910s.[4]

References
  1. Fox, Aileen (1977). "Pa of the Auckland Isthmus: An Archaeological Analysis". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 14: 1–24. ISSN 0067-0464.
  2. "The Muddy Creeks Plan - a Local Area Plan for Parau, Laingholm, Woodlands Park and Waimā" (PDF). Auckland Council. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. "A Brothers' Quarrell". The Auckland Star. Vol. XVIII, no. 92. 20 April 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2022 – via Papers Past.
  4. "Over Forest Clad Ranges". The Auckland Star. Vol. L, no. 40. 15 February 1919. p. 14. Retrieved 30 April 2022 – via Papers Past.
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