Buckland is a small town in the Franklin ward of Auckland Regional Council,[6] on the south-east side of Pukekohe, between Pukekohe and Tuakau, and on the northern boundary of Waikato District.

The 2010 publication, Place Names of New Zealand, says that was Alfred Buckland,[7] but in 2017 the Specialist Built Heritage Unit of Auckland Council named William Thorne Buckland, brother of Alfred.

[8] Buckland was largely covered by bush until it was cleared to make room for dairy farms.

[8] The construction of a railway line in 1875 allowed for the expansion of the agriculture and horticulture industry in the area, as produce could be easily sent to Auckland.

[8] Following the First World War many immigrants arrived in Buckland from Britain.

[9] The statistical area of Buckland, which includes rural land to the south and east of Pukekohe, covers 8.46 km2 (3.27 sq mi)[4] and had an estimated population of 1,210 as of June 2024,[5] with a population density of 143 people per km2.

The results were 78.1% European (Pākehā); 15.3% Māori; 6.6% Pasifika; 13.9% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

[11] Of those at least 15 years old, 174 (17.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 573 (57.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 249 (24.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.