Botany Downs is an eastern suburb of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. This residential area previously formed part of the East Tāmaki area.
Botany Downs was the name of a farm leased by Vern Carr from James Wilson. Carr named the farm after Botany Road. The “Downs” in the name was not a reference to the geography of the area, instead a reference to the economics of farming in the 1950s and 1960s. The area was developed into suburban housing in the mid-1970s, and Botany Downs Primary School opened in 1975. The school decided to name itself after Carr’s former farm, a fact that displeased Carr.
Botany Downs provides full amenities and has the vibrant and well serviced Botany Downs Town Centre with a variety of shops and supermarkets.
