Lincoln is a West Auckland suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

, in Waitakere City. The Northwestern Motorway passes through the northern part of the suburb, with the "Lincoln Road" junction providing access. Lincoln North mall is a small shopping centre on the corner of Lincoln Road and Universal Drive, and across Universal Drive are a Pak'n Save

Pak'n Save

Pak'n Save is a New Zealand discount food warehouse chain owned by the Foodstuffs cooperative.Founded in 1985, Pak'n Save was the last of the five current major New Zealand supermarkets to be founded...

 supermarket and Mitre 10

Mitre 10

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 megastore. The suburb is sometimes called Lincoln North or treated as part of Henderson North to avoid confusion with Lincoln

Lincoln, New Zealand

Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. The town has a population of 2,727.-Location:It is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch.-History:...

 in Canterbury.

The population was 8,094 in the 2006 Census

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, an increase of 201 from 2001.

Education

Pomaria Road School is a contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a decile rating

Socio-Economic Decile

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 of 2 and a roll of 444. The school opened about 1960. It has operated a Kohanga Reo

Kohanga reo

The Māori language revival is a movement to promote, reinforce and strengthen the speaking of the Māori language. Primarily in New Zealand, but also in centres with large numbers of New Zealand migrants , the movement aims to increase the use of Māori in the home, in education, government and...

 (Māori language immersion kindergarten) since 1992.

Sunderland College is a private school with a decile rating

Socio-Economic Decile

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 of 9 and a roll of 170. Sunderland School is a private primary (years 1-6) school sharing the same site as Sunderland College. They opened at the beginning of 2007.

Ngā Kākano Christian Reo Rua Kura is a private composite (years 1-15) school with a decile rating

Socio-Economic Decile

Decile, Socio-Economic Decile or Socio-Economic Decile Band is a widely used measure in education in New Zealand used to target funding and support to more needy schools....

 of 3 and a roll of 52. Formerly called Ngā Kākano o Te Kaihanga, it is the first bilingual (English and Māori) Christian school in New Zealand.

All these schools are coeducational.

Henderson High School, Liston College and St Dominic's College are in Henderson North just to the south of Lincoln.