earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 6,927 (49.2%) people were employed full-time, 1,515 (10.8%) were part-time, and 996 (7.1%) were unemployed. Sport and recreation Rugby union The Manurewa Rugby Football Club is based at Mountfort Park Manurewa. They were founded in 1921 and now play within the Counties Manukau Rugby Union Club competition and are one of the biggest and most successful Rugby clubs within the region. They have a large junior section plus and string Golden Oldies Section made up of many past players. They also have associated sports of AFL, Netball & Softball operating within the club. They were originally based at Jellicoe Park in Manurewa and had a club room affectionately known as the "Old Black Shed". They built the new clubrooms at Mountfort Park and moved to this site officially in 1978. Notable current Super 15 Chiefs players Tim Nanai-Williams, Viliami Taulani and Bundee Aki are former Manurewa Rugby Club players. Association football The football (soccer) club Manurewa AFC who play in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1A are based in Manurewa. Rugby league The Manurewa Marlins are based in Manurewa. Local government Manurewa had a local government just like other suburbs of Auckland at that time. The local government was called Manurewa Borough Council, which started in 1937 and merged into Manukau City Council in 1965, eventually amalgamated into Auckland Council in November 2010. Mayors during Manurewa Borough Council 1937–1944 William Johnston Ferguson 1944–1946 Fred Barnard 1946–1948 John Augusta Kelly 1948–1953 Reginald Frank Judson 1953–1956 Cecil Millington Crawford 1956–1965 Harry Beaumont Education James Cook High School is a secondary school (years 9–13) with a roll of . Manurewa Intermediate is an intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of . Finlayson Park School, Leabank School. Manurewa Central School, Manurewa South School, Manurewa West School and Rowandale School are contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of , , , , and students, respectively. In 2020 Finlayson Park School in Auckland became the first school in New Zealand to set up a Kiribati language unit, where Erika Taeang was employed as the teacher. St Anne's Catholic School is a state-integrated full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of . Notable alumni includes libertarian politician Stephen Berry. Manukau Christian School is a private composite school (years 1–13) with a roll of . All these