New Zealand
North Island
Auckland Region

Auckland

Auckland is the largest city in at 1.7 million citizens, and the main arrival point for visitors to the country. It is a vibrant multicultural city, set around two big natural harbours, and ranked as one of the most liveable cities in the world.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Central Auckland and North Shore.

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is the central business district and central suburbs of Auckland, located on the Auckland isthmus between the Waitemata and Manukau harbours.

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The is one of the major geographical regions of Auckland, the largest city in . The area is defined as the northern shores of the as far north as the .

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is a district of Auckland situated south and east of . For this travel guide, it includes Manukau, Howick and Papakura. is one of the truly multi-cultural urban areas of the world, with Pacific Island nationalities being particularly strongly represented among its residents.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as West Auckland.

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is the western part of the metropolitan area of Auckland and also the Waitakere Range.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sky Tower and Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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The is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, . Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within , it is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the…

Museum
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The , also known as Auckland Museum, is one of 's most important museums and . Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the , near .

Stadium
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is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, , very close to Britomart Transport Centre and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Devonport and Takapuna.

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is a seaside suburb on the North Shore of Auckland in , directly across the harbour from . This article also covers Bayswater.

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is a beachside suburb on the North Shore of Auckland in . It is the business, shopping and entertainment centre of North Shore.

Suburb
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The Auckland Central Business District, or Auckland , is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. It is the area in which Auckland was established in 1840, by William Hobson on land gifted by mana whenua hapū Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

Auckland

Latitude
-36.8474° or 36° 50′ 51″ south
Longitude
174.7658° or 174° 45′ 57″ east
Population
1,460,000
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Inception
September 18th, 1840
Named after
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
IATA airport code
AKL
United Nations Location Code
NZ AKL
Open location code
4VMP5Q38+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 292806332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2193733
Wiki­data ID
Q37100
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Auckland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Auckland, Nieu Seeland”
  • Afrikaans: “Auckland”
  • Albanian: “Okland”
  • Amharic: “ኦክለንድ፣ ኒው ዚላንድ”
  • Amharic: “ኦክለንድ”
  • Arabic: “أوكلاند، نيوزيلندا”
  • Arabic: “أوكلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Auckland”
  • Armenian: “Օկլենդ”
  • Armenian: “Օքլենդ”
  • Asturian: “Auckland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oklend”
  • Balinese: “Auckland”
  • Basque: “Auckland”
  • Belarusian: “Окленд (Новая Зеландыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Окленд, Новая Зеландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Окленд”
  • Belarusian: “Оклэнд”
  • Bengali: “অকল্যান্ড”
  • Bhojpuri: “ऑकलैंड”
  • Bosnian: “Auckland”
  • Breton: “Auckland”
  • Bulgarian: “Аукланд”
  • Bulgarian: “Окланд”
  • Bulgarian: “Оукланд”
  • Burmese: “အော့ကလန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Auckland, Nova Zelanda”
  • Catalan: “Auckland”
  • Cebuano: “Auckland (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Auckland”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆکلاند”
  • Chechen: “Окленд (Керла Зеланди)”
  • Chechen: “Окленд”
  • Chinese: “Auckland”
  • Chinese: “奥克兰”
  • Chinese: “奥克兰都会区”
  • Chinese: “奧克蘭”
  • Chinese: “奧克蘭市”
  • Chinese: “奧克蘭都會區”
  • Chinese: “屋崙”
  • Church Slavic: “Окландъ”
  • Croatian: “Auckland”
  • Czech: “Auckland”
  • Danish: “Auckland”
  • Dutch: “Auckland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Auckland”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭklando”
  • Estonian: “Auckland”
  • Faroese: “Auckland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Auckland”
  • Fijian: “Okaladi”
  • Finnish: “Ākarana”
  • Finnish: “Auckland”
  • Finnish: “Tāmaki Makau Rau”
  • French: “Ākarana”
  • French: “Auckland City”
  • French: “Auckland”
  • French: “District d’Auckland”
  • French: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Friulian: “Auckland”
  • Galician: “Auckland”
  • Georgian: “ოკლენდი”
  • German: “Ākarana”
  • German: “Auckland”
  • German: “City of sails”
  • German: “NZ-AUK”
  • German: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Greek: “Όκλαντ”
  • Greek: “Ώκλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “ઓકલેન્ડ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Auckland”
  • Hausa: “Auckland”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Aukelana”
  • Hebrew: “אוקלנד”
  • Hindi: “आकलैंड”
  • Hindi: “ऑकलैंड”
  • Hindi: “ऑक्लैण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Auckland”
  • Icelandic: “Auckland”
  • Ido: “Auckland”
  • Inari Sami: “Auckland”
  • Indonesian: “Auckland, Selandia Baru”
  • Indonesian: “Auckland”
  • Interlingue: “Auckland”
  • Irish: “Auckland”
  • Irish: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Irish: “Tāmaki-makau-rau”
  • Italian: “Auckland”
  • Italian: “Greater Auckland”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Aaklan”
  • Japanese: “オークランド (NZ)”
  • Japanese: “オークランド (ニュージーランド)”
  • Japanese: “オークランド (北島)”
  • Japanese: “オークランド”
  • Japanese: “オークランド市”
  • Japanese: “奧克蘭”
  • Javanese: “Auckland”
  • Kabyle: “Auckland”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Auckland”
  • Kalaallisut: “Auckland”
  • Kannada: “ಆಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್‌”
  • Kannada: “‍ಒಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್‌”
  • Kazakh: “Окленд”
  • Kirghiz: “Окленд”
  • Komi: “Main laptop”
  • Komi: “Окленд”
  • Korean: “오클랜드 광역권”
  • Korean: “오클랜드”
  • Ladino: “Auckland”
  • Latin: “Aucopolis”
  • Latvian: “Oklenda”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Auckland”
  • Literary Chinese: “奧克蘭”
  • Lithuanian: “Auckland”
  • Lithuanian: “Oklandas”
  • Lombard: “Auckland”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Auckland”
  • Macedonian: “Окленд”
  • Malay: “Auckland”
  • Malayalam: “Auckland”
  • Malayalam: “ഓക്‌ലൻഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഓക്‌ലാൻഡ്”
  • Maltese: “Auckland”
  • Maori: “Akarana”
  • Maori: “Ākarana”
  • Maori: “Auckland”
  • Maori: “Manukau”
  • Maori: “Tamaki Makaurau”
  • Maori: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Maori: “Tāmaki-makau-rau”
  • Maori: “Tamaki”
  • Maori: “Tāmaki”
  • Marathi: “आकाराना”
  • Marathi: “ऑकलँड”
  • Marathi: “ऑकलंड”
  • Marathi: “तामाकी-मकाऊ-राऊ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Auckland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Auckland”
  • Mongolian: “Окленд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أوكلاند”
  • Nauru: “Auckland”
  • Navajo: “Níbaal Łání”
  • Nepali: “अकलैंड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Auckland (Steed uun Nei-Sialun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Auckland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Auckland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Auckland”
  • Norwegian: “Auckland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Auckland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Auckland burg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Auckland city”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Auckland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Aucland/gw”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Aucland”
  • Ossetian: “Окленд”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਕਲੈਂਡ”
  • Persian: “آوکلند”
  • Persian: “اوکلند”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Auckland”
  • Polish: “Auckland”
  • Portuguese: “Auckland”
  • Pushto: “اوکلنډ”
  • Quechua: “Auckland”
  • Quechua: “Awklanda”
  • Romanian: “Auckland”
  • Russian: “Новая Зеландия Окленд”
  • Russian: “Окленд (Новая Зеландия)”
  • Russian: “Окленд, Новая Зеландия”
  • Russian: “Окленд”
  • Russian: “Тамаки Макаурау”
  • Rusyn: “Окленд”
  • Sakizaya: “Auckland”
  • Samoan: “Aukilani”
  • Sardinian: “Auckland”
  • Scots: “Auckland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Auckland”
  • Serbian: “Auckland”
  • Serbian: “Окланд”
  • Serbian: “Окленд”
  • Serbian: “Оукланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Auckland City”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Auckland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Okland”
  • Sicilian: “Auckland”
  • Silesian: “Auckland”
  • Sinhala: “ඕක්ලන්ඩ්, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඕක්ලන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Auckland”
  • Slovenian: “Auckland”
  • Spanish: “Ākarana”
  • Spanish: “Albany”
  • Spanish: “Auckland”
  • Spanish: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Swahili: “Auckland”
  • Swedish: “Auckland, Nya Zealand”
  • Swedish: “Auckland”
  • Tagalog: “Auckland”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Auckland”
  • Tajik: “Авкланд”
  • Tamil: “ஆக்லன்ட்”
  • Tamil: “ஆக்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “ஓக்லாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Окленд”
  • Telugu: “ఆక్లాండ్”
  • Thai: “Auckland”
  • Thai: “ออกแลนด์”
  • Thai: “โอคแลนด์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Oklan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “‘Okalani”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻOkalani”
  • Turkish: “Ākarana”
  • Turkish: “Auckland metropolitan alanı”
  • Turkish: “Auckland”
  • Turkish: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Turkmen: “Oklend”
  • Uighur: “ئاۋكلاند”
  • Ukrainian: “Окленд”
  • Urdu: “آکلینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Oklend”
  • Veps: “Oklend”
  • Vietnamese: “Auckland”
  • Vlax Romani: “Auckland”
  • Volapük: “Auckland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Auckland”
  • Welsh: “Auckland”
  • Welsh: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Western Armenian: “Օքլենտ”
  • Western Armenian: “Օքլընտ”
  • Western Frisian: “Auckland”
  • Western Panjabi: “آکلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥克兰（新西兰）”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥克兰”
  • Yue Chinese: “屋崙”
  • “Auckland”
  • “ऑकलैंड”

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