Swanson, New Zealand

Suburb in Auckland, New Zealand

Swanson
Suburb
Wholesale wine-Maker in Swanson
Coordinates: 36°52′S 174°35′E / 36.867°S 174.583°E / -36.867; 174.583
Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Waitākere ward
Local board	Waitākere Ranges Local Board Henderson-Massey Local Board
Area [1]
• Land	209 ha (516 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[2]
• Total	3,450
Train stations	Swanson railway station

Waitākere	Taupaki	Massey
(Waitākere Ranges)	Swanson	Rānui
(Waitākere Ranges)	Henderson Valley	Sunnyvale

Swanson is an outlying suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand and is located west of Henderson, surrounded by the Waitākere Ranges. Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Swanson Stream. In the 1940s, the park became a training centre for soldiers in World War II, and in 1970 hosted Redwood 70, the first modern music festival in New Zealand.