Clevedon, previously known as Wairoa South, is a rural town in Auckland, New Zealand, located in the Franklin ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city. The town is governed by the Auckland Council. The town is the centre of an administrative ward of Franklin which takes in much of the largely rural area to the east of the urban heart of the city. Clevedon is located on the Wairoa River five kilometres from its estuary and outflow into the Tamaki Strait, an arm of the Hauraki Gulf. It is 14 kilometres from the centre of the suburb of Manukau, which lies to the northwest. To the south of Clevedon rise the rugged hills of the Hunua Ranges. Several popular beaches are located on the coast close to Clevedon, including Duder's Beach and Kawakawa Bay. Between these two beaches lies the Duder Regional Park. History and culture Pre-European history Prior to human settlement, the area was swampy, and Bush moa, Mantell's moa and North Island giant moa bones have been found in the vicinity. Clevedon and surrounding area is traditionally the territory of the Ngāi Tai or Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki people, who are descendants of the Tainui waka. In the 1300s, crew from the Tainui waka took shelter at Whakakaiwhara Peninsula. When they went ashore, they feasted on the fruit of the kiekie vine, giving the origin of the name, to eat (kai) the edible bracts (whara) of the kiekie vine. The peninsula and headland Pā providing shelter to the Tainui waka became the permanent home and Pā for many Ngai Tai . The area was named Te Wairoa (the Long River). Ngāi Tai traversed their tribal domain, including the inner islands of the Hauraki Gulf, in a seasonal cycle of harvesting, gathering and fishing. The peninsula is now managed by the Auckland Council as part of the Duder Regional Park. Ngā Tai maintained settlements in several places, including: Otau and Tuawa near present-day Clevedon, in Te Wairoa River valley At Tararua near the mouth of the Rautawhiti Stream, in Te Wairoa River valley At Takatekauere, Te Totara, Te Ruato and Pehuwai on the western side of Te Wairoa River Te Oue, Mawherawhera, Te Kuiti and Umupuia, on the Whakakaiwhara Peninsula Between the 1830s and 1863, the Te Hingawaka hapū of Ngāti Pāoa lived at the base of Te Oue pā. In 1982, Rachael Beamish gave a