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The town is located at the southern end of the Waiuku River which is in fact an estuarial arm of the Manukau Harbour. It is 40 kilometres southeast of Auckland city centre, and 12 kilometres north of the mouth of the Waikato River.
The town serves to support local farming, and is the residence of many employees of New Zealand Steel at Glenbrook, which is four kilometres to the northeast.
geography stubs Auckland Cities and towns of New Zealand