The Eastern Locality geographical area includes urban areas of Howick, Pakuranga, Dannemora, East Tāmaki and Flat Bush and extends to the rural areas of Beachlands, Maraetai, Clevedon, Kawakawa Bay and Ōrere Point. With a population of 145,000, Eastern Locality holds around 28.5% of the CM Population. Of this 28.5%, 114,000 or 24% of CM Health's population are registered with a general practice within the Eastern Locality. The Easter Locality has the oldest age average of CM Health's jurisdiction with over 16,000 residents over the age of 65. The majority of Eastern Locality is persons of Chinese and/or Indian descent; it is estimated that over two-thirds of CM Health's Chinese population and one-third of its Indian population live within the Eastern Locality. Manukau Manukau Locality is the largest by population with 35% representing 187,000 people. Manukau has the largest concentration of people representing 56% of CM Health's total Maori, 37% of its total Pacific population, 53% of its total Indian population, and 24% of Other populations. Governance The initial board was fully appointed. Since the 2001 local elections, the board has been partially elected (seven members) and in addition, up to four members get appointed by the Minister of Health. The minister also appoints the chairperson and deputy-chair from the pool of eleven board members. Current board (2019–2022) Elections for the board are held every three years. There are also four appointed members; Mark Gosche (chair), Patrick Snedden (deputy chair), George Ngatai and Kylie Clegg. Demographics Counties Manukau DHB served a population of 537,633 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 68,337 people (14.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 104,550 people (24.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 150,702 households. There were 267,261 males and 270,369 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female. The median age was 33.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 123,513 people (23.0%) aged under 15 years, 121,347 (22.6%) aged 15 to 29, 233,424 (43.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 59,349 (11.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 41.7% European/Pākehā, 16.3% Māori, 25.3% Pacific peoples, 28.2% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 39.2, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 34.7% had no religion, 42.7% were Christian, 6.4% were Hindu, 2.8% were Muslim, 1.8% were Buddhist and 6.0% had