Our proud heritage goes back to pre-European times.
When the Panmure area (or Mokoi as it was known) was home to the Ngati Hura people, and was the largest Maori community in New Zealand.

Today, Panmure still carries that earlier pioneer spirit. Whilst some of the larger industries of the last century have moved out of the area to make way for more commercial and retail activity a considerable number of small and medium manufacturing, commercial and service business enterprises continue to prosper.

The community was destroyed in 1821, by marauding warriors from the north. Led by the chieftain Hongi Hika, the invaders had the technological advantage of modern weapons acquired through earlier contact with Europeans. The Ngati Hura never returned to the area, where a thousand of their number had been slain.

Twenty years later a European settler, James Hamlin, established Waipuna Farm in the area and within seven years, the 'hundred of Panmure' had found a settlement and the first administration body.

The community grew quickly as new settlers, mainly Irish military pensioners, arrived to establish a military base for defending Auckland.

The next 20 years saw the establishment of local services and in 1863 Panmure's first resident policeman, James Wren, was appointed.

As Auckland grew, the first bridge across the Tamaki River was built in 1865 with train services coming to Panmure in 1873. Business really started to grow in the 1890's and expanded rapidly in the early 1900's with businesses associated with the new technologies of the day being established (Telephone linesman, electricians, plumbers).

Panmure has developed into a unique and bustling community which prides itself on its cultural diversity and community spirit.

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