Everything about Henderson New Zealand totally explained
Henderson is a major suburb of
Waitakere City, in the
Auckland metropolitan area in the
North Island of
New Zealand.
As at 2003, it has a population of about 15,000. It is located 13 kilometres to the west of Auckland city centre, and two kilometres to the west of the
Whau River, a southwestern arm of the
Waitemata Harbour.
The suburb is the centre of the Henderson ward, one of the four administrative divisions of Waitakere City. It was named after early colonial settler Thomas Henderson, who started a timber mill in the area in
1864 to process the
kauri trees which were cut from the Henderson Valley, and upstream from the eastern flanks of the
Waitakere Ranges.
Henderson features a large shopping and theatre complex, the Australian-owned Westfield West City shopping centre. Waitakere Central, the new multi-million dollar home of the
Waitakere City Council sits across the western train line from West City. Henderson train station has recently been expanded to accommodate a second railway track and a bus depot is planned nearby. The public transport hub has been dubbed baby
britomart.
Henderson High School is a co-educational secondary school, catering for students from Year 9 to Year 13.
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