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Henderson is a major suburb of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. 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. ==Description== The population was 4,026 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 123 from 2001. The suburb is in the Waitakere ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City. It was named after early colonial settler Thomas Henderson, who started a timber mill in the area in ca. 1847 to process the kauri trees which were cut from the Henderson Valley, and upstream from the eastern flanks of the Waitakere Ranges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/ArtCul/hr/hrtgtril_2.asp )〕 Henderson features a large shopping and theatre complex, the Australian-owned Westfield WestCity shopping centre, with numerous other shops and large-scale stores also in the area. On the outskirts of Henderson is the Corban's Wine Estate, a major New Zealand export wine brand. The Corban's Estate Arts Centre hosts the annual InterACT Disability Arts Festival. Henderson Train Station has recently been expanded to accommodate a second track and a bus depot is planned nearby. The public transport hub has been dubbed "Baby Britomart". The Local Member of Parliament for Henderson is Phil Twyford, the MP for Te Atatu who keeps an office in the suburb. At the northern end of Henderson, near the Lincoln Road motorway interchange, the ''Toroa'', a historical ferry being restored, is a well-known local landmark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henderson, New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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