Airport and the Manukau Sewage Purification Works. From 2014, the former site of the quarry has been the site of a Watercare Services project to recreate the quarried volcanic cones using biosolids from the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant. After the project's completion, the island will become a regional park and cultural centre. Gallery Politics Māngere Bridge is a part of the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local government area in Auckland, which elects seven board members to serve on the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board, The board is currently chaired by Lemauga Lydia Sosene, and all seven members are affiliated to the New Zealand Labour Party. The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local government area is within the Auckland council's Manukau ward, and is currently represented on the Auckland Council by two councillors: Fa'anānā Efeso Collins and Alf Filipaina. Māngere Bridge is located within the Māngere general and Tāmaki Makaurau Māori parliamentary electorates. Since the 2008 New Zealand general election, the Māngere electorate has been represented by Aupito William Sio, while Peeni Henare has been the Member of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau since . In the 2014 New Zealand general election, the voters of the suburb narrowly preferred the New Zealand National Party, despite the electorate overall voting strongly for the Labour Party. Māngere Bridge voters gave a relative majority to the Labour Party in 2017. Among Māngere Bridge polling stations in 2017 and 2020, support for the New Zealand National Party and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand was higher compared to the overall average for the Māngere electorate. Education The Māngere Bridge area was originally served by the Māngere Central School, which opened in Māngere in 1859. The first school in the suburb was Māngere Bridge School, which opened in 1890. This was followed by Waterlea Public School (originally called Māngere Bridge No. 2 School) and Mountain View School (originally known as Miller Road Primary School) in 1955 and 1963, respectively. These three schools are contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of , and students, respectively. Ambury Park Centre is a private secondary school (years 9–13) for students with disabilities. It has a roll of students. Horse riding and care of horses are an important feature of their educational programme. Auckland Seventh-day Adventist High School is a state-integrated secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of students. All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of Transportation Māngere Bridge is accessible by the Southwestern Motorway, which first