The Puketapapa Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, which replaced the previous eight Auckland councils on 1 November 2010. The Puketapapa board, named after the Māori name for Mount Roskill, covers the suburbs of Hillsborough, Lynfield, Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Waikowhai, and Wesley. The total population residing in the Puketapapa Local Board area, as of June 2014 estimate, is 58,500.The board is governed by six board members elected at-large.