served the suburb after the opening of the motorway bridge in 1983. The motorway was gradually extended northwest and southeast, and completed in July 2017. In October 2016, a new bus network was implemented for South Auckland by Auckland Transport, involving three bus routes that served Māngere Bridge: the 309 between Māngere Town Centre and the Auckland CBD; the 313 service connecting Onehunga town centre to Manukau via Māngere and Papatoetoe; and the 380 connecting to Auckland Airport. In July 2021, the 36 and 38, frequent bus services to Manukau and Auckland Airport, replaced the 313 and 380. Māngere Bridge is a planned stop for the City Centre-to-Māngere light rail project. Amenities Māngere Bridge is home to Onehunga-Mangere United football club. Originally formed in Onehunga, the club moved its ground to Māngere Mountain in 1965. The disused Taylor Road quarry was redeveloped in 1965 as a sporting grounds, and became home to the Bridge Park Tennis Club, the Bridge Park Bowling Club in the 1990s, and the Māngere Bridge Scouts Hall. The scouting group, who have operated in Māngere Bridge since 1920, moved to the location after a fire in May 2007 destroyed the scouting hall at Ambury Regional Park. The Chinese Community Sports Centre was opened in October 1978. Notable people Alf Filipaina – former Māngere Bridge community constable, and Manukau ward councillor from 2010 David Lange – former prime minister Willie Jackson – politician, broadcaster Mike King – comedian, mental health advocate Mahuta Tāwhiao – third Māori king Tumate Mahuta – Ngāti Mahuta (Tainui) tribal leader Tonga Mahuta – Ngāti Mahuta tribal leader Peter Murdoch – All Black and former member of the Mangere Rugby Football Club Waka Nathan – All Black and former member of the Mangere Rugby Football Club Tāmati Ngāpora – St James Anglican Church preacher, adviser to the Māori King Pōtatau Te Wherowhero – first Māori King William Sio – politician Tāwhiao – second Māori King Jon Zealando – magician, who won the Grand Master of Magic Award with his wife Janet in 1985 Notes References Print references External links It's All About Māngere Bridge community website and newsletter Māngere Bridge community Website (active 2007-2017) Photographs of Māngere Bridge held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. Photographs of Māngere Bridge held in Auckland Museum's heritage collections. Photographs of Māngere Bridge held in the National Library of New Zealand's heritage collections. 1840s establishments in New Zealand