Bucklands Beach is a suburb east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland Council. Demographics Bucklands Beach covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Bucklands Beach had a population of 9,042 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 225 people (2.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 444 people (5.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,919 households, comprising 4,446 males and 4,593 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 1,662 people (18.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,812 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 4,317 (47.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,257 (13.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 51.1% European/Pākehā, 3.3% Māori, 2.2% Pacific peoples, 45.3% Asian, and 3.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 55.2, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 48.2% had no religion, 35.3% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.6% were Hindu, 2.1% were Muslim, 3.2% were Buddhist and 3.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,385 (32.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 756 (10.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,599 people (21.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,489 (47.3%) people were employed full-time, 1,119 (15.2%) were part-time, and 252 (3.4%) were unemployed. History Māori This area of Auckland was populated by Māori of the Ngai Tai iwi until the start of the Musket Wars (sometimes called the Potato Wars) which started in 1807. The old pā at Musick point was called Te Waiarohia and was used perhaps as far back as 1450. The last chief to command this pā was Te Rangi-Tauhia from about 1790. The old Māori name for Eastern Beach was Okokino; for big Bucklands Beach Te Komiti and for little Bucklands Beach Waio-otaiki. All these areas show signs of being used for Māori crops of kumara and bracken fern. These same areas had extensive hangi (earth oven) sites. The Auckland area came under regular attack by Taua or war parties from the Ngāpuhi iwi in Northland. In 1821 a large musket armed Ngapuhi war party devastated the eastern