Editing Onehunga (section)

== Local government ==
The first local government for the settlement was the [[Hundred (county division)|Hundred of Onehunga]], formed in 1848. This was replaced with the Township of Onehunga Highway District in 1868, which in turn was replaced with the Borough of Onehunga in 1877. The borough expanded northwards via annexation of part of the [[One Tree Hill Road District]] in 1911–1916 and 1925 as well as an annextion of part of the [[Mount Roskill Road District]] in 1936.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bloomfield | first=Gerald Taylor | title=The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971 | publisher=Auckland University Press | publication-place=Auckland | date=1973 | isbn=0-19-647714-X |page=113}}</ref> The borough governed Onehunga until it was abolished as part of the [[1989 local government reforms]].<ref name=":2"/>

=== Mayors of Onehunga Borough Council === 
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* John Dickenson Jackson, 1877–1877
* James William Waller, 1877–1878
* Thomas George Blakey, 1878–1879
* George Codlin, 1879–1880
* Thomas George Blakey, 1880–1881
* George Codlin, 1881–1883
* Dr. William George Scott, 1883–1884
* John Dickenson Jackson, 1884–1885
* Dr. William George Scott, 1885–1886
* Dr. William Robert Close Erson, 1886–1887
* Charles Colville Fleming, 1887–1888
* Captain Michael Yates, 1888–1892
* Dr. William Robert Close Erson, 1892–1893
* [[Elizabeth Yates (mayor)|Elizabeth Yates]], 1893–1894
* Donald Alexander Sutherland, 1894–1897
* Frederick William Court, 1897–1898
* Dr. William Robert Close Erson, 1898–1901
* Donald Alexander Sutherland, 1901–1904
* Angus William Gordon, 1905–1905
* John Rowe, 1906–1917
* John James Boyd, 1917–1917
* John Stoupe, 1917–1919
* [[John Park (architect)|John Park]], 1919–1923
* James Edward Cowell, 1923–1927
* William Charles Coldicutt, 1927–1929
* Edward Morton, 1929–1935
* John Park, 1935–1938
* [[Archer Garside]], 1944–1959
* [[Leo Manning|Leon Abraham Manning]], 1959–1968
* Thomas Victor Gerrard Beeson, 1968–1974
* Leon Abraham Manning, 1974–1980
* [[Laurie Henderson|John Lawrence Henderson]], 1980–1986
* [[Graham Mountjoy|Graham Johnson Mountjoy]], 1986–1989