Ardmore, New Zealand

The New Zealand Women's Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the ALPG Tour. It was founded in 2009 and became a co-sanctioned event on the Ladies European Tour the following year. The 2017 edition was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and not the LET.

The Pukekiwiriki (alternatively spelled and pronounced Pukekoiwiriki), also known as Red Hill, is the northernmost volcano of the South Auckland volcanic field in New Zealand, located east of Papakura, which erupted an estimated one million years ago. The hill was the site of a major Tāmaki Māori pā, and the Te Ākitai Waiohua village Te Aparangi in the 19th century.

The 1835 Auckland earthquake was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred sometime during 1835 in the Auckland region of New Zealand. The earthquake was caused by movement along the Wairoa North Fault, which runs through the area. At the time, the settlement of Auckland was still quite small, and there are limited records of the specific damage caused by the earthquake. However, historical accounts suggest that the earthquake caused significant shaking and rumbling in the area, and it is possible that some buildings or structures may have been damaged or collapsed. Despite this, there are no records of major damage or casualties resulting from the earthquake. The 1835 Auckland earthquake remains an important event in the region's history, particularly as it highlights the seismic activity that can occur in the area due to the presence of faults such as the Wairoa North Fault.

Much of the volcanic activity in the northern portions of the North Island of New Zealand is recent in geological terms and has taken place over the last 30 million years. This is primarily due to the North Island's position on the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plates, a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and particularly the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. The activity has included some of the world's largest eruptions in geologically recent times and has resulted in much of the surface formations of the North Island being volcanic as shown in the map.

Keri Hill is a suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Located 32 kilometres to the southwest of Auckland CBD, under authority of the Auckland Council. The suburban area of Keri Hill pastoral lifestyle blocks overlooking Ardmore, Ardmore Airport, and Manukau Heights. The suburb is located between Red Hill and Ardmore incorporating a small residential and rural area.

Red Hill is a suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Located 34 kilometres (21 mi) to the southeast of Auckland CBD, under authority of the Auckland Council. The suburban area of Red Hill makes up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area, however the majority of the area is rural. The suburb is adjacent to Pukekiwiriki, an ancient volcano and Pā. Red Hill is located in the Manurewa-Papakura ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city.

Brookby is a rural suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Brookby is approximately 5 kilometres west of Clevedon and 5 km southeast of Whitford. Originally established as a farming community with few people living in the area, Brookby is now a fast-growing community. It has many newly built houses within the area. The suburb is in the Franklin ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland Council. It is situated in the Hunua Electorate. Brookby was originally named Turanga Creek, until early residents realised their mail was being sent to Tauranga instead. The original post-office was located near a Brook (Papakura Stream), and so was named by the brook, or Brookby.

Kelvin Road School is a medium-sized city school. Located in Papakura, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, south of the city's CBD (Downtown Auckland City). The school is located on the eastern side of Papakura, close to Ardmore Airport and near Red Hill. The school is a co-educational contributing state primary school, with a staff of twenty three full-time and four part-time teachers. The school is also part of a program that adds a social worker to its team several days a week in an effort to build stronger communities. Classrooms are in four blocks with facilities: library, speech clinic, reading and resource rooms, music/av room and swimming pool spread among them. The school has a strong focus on ICT in its curriculum and was the lead school in a Ministry of Education ICT Cluster from 2004 to 2006. The school also has a bilingual and two rumaki reo on site and is home to the Kelvin Road Whanau Centre a branch of the Great Potentials charity that helps support families and provides such as the HIPPY program as well as kindergarten care. The school provides optional after school care in the form of a homework center. sKids (Safe Kids In Daily Supervision) also provide safe after school supervision on the school site. Sports are also well catered for and supported by the staff. In 2007 SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) visited the school and helped run the schools own World Cup Tournament for Soccer which teams had been involved in over the space of two months. Each classroom represented a different country. Recently the school has been involved in the second Literacy professional development initiative run by the Ministry of Education and has achieved outstanding results. Currently the school is involved in the Papakura Achievement Initiative, which has a strong focus on Literacy. As part of the schools focus on ICT the school runs its own Radio Station called KRS FM which is broadcast on FM 107.1 throughout the school day.

Clevedon (Māori: Te Wairoa), previously known as Wairoa South, is a rural town to the south-east of Auckland, New Zealand, located in Franklin. The area is a part of the rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, who settled around the Wairoa River. The township was founded in the 1850s, and was named Clevedon in 1866. Over time, Clevedon developed into a centre for the dairy industry in south-eastern Auckland. Several popular beaches are located on the coast close to Clevedon, including Umupuia Beach and Kawakawa Bay. Between these two beaches lies the Duder Regional Park.

Papakura High School (PHS) is a co-educational state secondary school based in the Auckland suburb of Papakura in New Zealand, catering for students from Year 9 to Year 13. The school was established in 1954 and is now made up of a diverse student body, administering students from the greater southern Auckland area. The school is located on the southern boundary of the Auckland metropolitan area, located approximately 32 kilometres south of Auckland CBD. In 2021 a school enrolment zone was introduced and encompasses the Papakura, Clevedon and Hunua area.

Papakura District was a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that was governed by the Papakura District Council from 1989 until 2010. The area makes up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area. The area was originally a small independent city, until it became Papakura District in the 1989 reorganisation of New Zealand's local governments, and has now been overtaken by Auckland's urban sprawl. The district is flanked by beaches on the Manukau Harbour to the west, Manukau City to the north and east, and had Franklin District to the south.