Wattle Downs is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is located in the Wattle farm peninsula of the Manukau Harbour and is in the Manurewa-Papakura ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland Council. It is 25 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD and 10 kilometres south of Manukau city centre. The closest town centre is Manurewa. It also includes the area of Wattle Cove and Mahia Park.