PEST CONTROL AUCKLAND KUMEU

The area was historically important to Tāmaki Māori, as it formed a section of Te Tōangaroa, the portage linking the Kaipara Harbour with the Waitematā Harbour via the Kumeū River. The area is a part of the traditional rohe of Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara and Te Kawerau ā Maki, and was traditionally known as Tūrakiawatea.

During early European settlement, the area was an important transport corridor between the Kaipara Harbour and Waitematā Harbour. In 1875, the Kumeu–Riverhead Section of railway was opened. In July 1881, the North Auckland Line linking Auckland to Helensville opened, causing significant growth in the Kumeū area. Huapai grew as a community from 1915 onwards, when it was promoted as an area well suited for fruit growing.[The name Huapai was coined during the 1910s, and means "good fruit" in Māori.

The locality is part of the  Kumeū wine growing district, with grapes first planted at Huapai by Nikola Nobilo in 1943.

Kumeu

The name Kumeū in Māori language originally referred to the north-east of Taupaki village, to the south of modern-day Kumeū. The name is associated with one of the earliest ancestors of the modern Te Kawerau ā Maki iwi, Te Kauea, who was of the early iwi Tini ō Toi (the people of Toi-te-huatahi). During the battle that preceded the peace accord, a wahine toa (woman warrior) pulled at her breast when calling her warriors to revenge an insult, giving rise to the name "Kume-ū" ("Pull Breast"). The traditional name for where the Kumeū village is found is Waipaki-i-rape.

The area was historically important to Tāmaki Māori, as it formed a section of Te Tōangaroa, the portage linking the Kaipara Harbour with the Waitematā Harbour via the Kumeū River.The area is a part of the traditional rohe of Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara and Te Kawerau ā Maki. In the early 19th century, a small Ngāti Whātua settlement was found at Kumeū, which was seasonally inhabited until the Musket Wars in the 1820s.

During early European settlement, the area was an important transport corridor between the Kaipara Harbour and Waitematā Harbour. In 1875, the Kumeu–Riverhead Section of railway was opened. Isolated from the rail networks of the rest of the Auckland Region, the line linked Kumeū to the Waitematā Harbour south of Riverhead until its closure in 1881. In July 1881, the North Auckland Line linking Auckland to Helensville opened,causing significant growth in the Kumeū area.

After World War I, the district was settled by immigrants from the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, many of whom were part of traditional winegrowing families.