TUAKAU
Tuakau is a thriving country community, less than 30 minutes from
Auckland.
Tuakau is located 50kms south west of Auckland and is ‘off’ the main
highway routes. Tuakau is a small town that services a rural community
of the Franklin District. Unlike Pukekohe and Waiuku, Tuakau is not
backed by strong elements of wealth. That said, the community is
clearly proud of what they have developed. 
Tuakau has a museum that is open at weekend, a number of churches plus
the traditional facilities. 
There are the beginnings of some new developments that suggest, given
lower housing costs, the town is being discovered and urbanized.
The town serves
to support local farming, and is the residence of many employees of
New Zealand Steel at Glenbrook.
The main primary
school is Tuakau Primary, where the late Sir Edmund Hillary was
educated.

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