Auckland Region
The Auckland Region is in the North Island of New Zealand. Centred on the Auckland metropolitan area, it also includes a large rural area, stretching as far north as the Wellsford district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Auckland and Central Auckland.
Auckland
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Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand 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.
Central Auckland
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Central Auckland is the central business district and central suburbs of Auckland, located on the Auckland isthmus between the Waitemata and Manukau harbours.
Auckland Airport
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Auckland Airport is New Zealand's largest and busiest airport, with over 70% of international visitors to the nation landing or taking off there. Located in the country's largest city, Auckland, it is also a significant hub for air travel around Oceania.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island.
Waiheke Island
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Waiheke Island is in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, just off the North Island of New Zealand. It is 35 minutes by ferry from Auckland and is a popular destination for day trips and longer visits.
Great Barrier Island
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Great Barrier Island is in the outer Hauraki Gulf in northern New Zealand. It lies east of the Northland Peninsula and directly north of Coromandel Peninsula.
Rangitoto Island
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Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf, just off the North Island of New Zealand. It is 40 minutes by ferry from Auckland and is a popular destination for a halfday hike with a great view and tunnel-like caves formed by lava.
Wellsford
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Wellsford is a town of 2,000 residents in the north of the Auckland Region of New Zealand, 114 kilometres north of Auckland and near the Kaipara Harbour.
Warkworth
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Warkworth is a town in the Auckland Region, about hour's drive north of metropolitan Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.
Muriwai
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Muriwai is a beach and village on the west coast of the Auckland Region of New Zealand, popular with people from Auckland, 42 km away. The beach runs northwards for 50 km to the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour; the northern part is known as Te Oneone Rangatira Beach.
Helensville
Helensville is a town in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, 40 km from Auckland city. It sits on the tidal Kaipara River, at the southern end of the very large Kaipara Harbour.
Tiritiri Matangi Island
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Tiritiri Matangi is an island and nature reserve in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland in New Zealand. It is 30 km NE of Auckland and 4 km from Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
Piha
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Piha is a beachside settlement of about 600 people on the west coast of the Auckland Region of New Zealand, near West Auckland. It is a popular summertime retreat for Aucklanders and others from further afield.
Puhoi
Puhoi is a village in the Auckland Region, half an hour's drive north of Albany in metropolitan Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand.
Leigh
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Leigh is a small town in the Auckland Region, north of metropolitan Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. The nearest sizable town is Warkworth.
Auckland Region
- Type: region of New Zealand with 1,800,000 residents
- Description: region of New Zealand’s North Island
- Also known as: “Auckland” and “Tāmaki Makaurau”
- Neighbors: Northland and Waikato
- Category: geographic location
- Location: North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Auckland Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم أوكلاند”
- Aragonese: “Rechión d’Auckland”
- Armenian: “Օքլենդ”
- Armenian: “Օքլենդի շրջան”
- Azerbaijani: “Oklend regionu”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon Auckland”
- Basque: “Auckland eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Окленд”
- Belarusian: “Оклэнд (рэгіён)”
- Belarusian: “Оклэнд”
- Belarusian: “Оклэндзкі рэгіён”
- Bengali: “অকল্যান্ড অঞ্চল”
- Bengali: “অকল্যান্ড”
- Bulgarian: “Окланд”
- Bulgarian: “Оукланд”
- Catalan: “Regió d’Auckland”
- Cebuano: “Auckland”
- Chinese: “奥克兰大区”
- Chinese: “奧克蘭大區”
- Chinese: “奧克蘭市”
- Croatian: “Auckland”
- Czech: “Auckland”
- Czech: “Aucklandský region”
- Danish: “Auckland Region”
- Dutch: “Auckland City” (historical)
- Dutch: “Auckland”
- Dutch: “AUK”
- Dutch: “Regio Auckland”
- Esperanto: “Auckland Region”
- Esperanto: “AUK”
- Esperanto: “Aŭklanda Regiono”
- Esperanto: “NZ-AUK”
- Esperanto: “regiono Aŭklando”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Aŭklando”
- Esperanto: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
- Estonian: “Auckland”
- Estonian: “Aucklandi piirkond”
- Finnish: “Aucklandin hallintoalue”
- French: “Auckland”
- French: “région d’Auckland”
- French: “Région d’Auckland”
- Galician: “Rexión de Auckland”
- Georgian: “ოკლენდი”
- Georgian: “ოკლენდის რეგიონი”
- German: “Auckland Region”
- German: “Auckland”
- German: “AUK”
- German: “NZ-AUK”
- German: “Region Auckland”
- German: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
- Greek: “Περιοχή του Ώκλαντ”
- Greek: “Πολη του Ωκλαντ”
- Greek: “Πόλη του Ώκλαντ”
- Greek: “Ώκλαντ”
- Gujarati: “ઓકલેન્ડ પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “אוקלנד”
- Hindi: “ऑकलैंड क्षेत्र”
- Hindi: “ऑक्लैण्ड क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Auckland régió”
- Ido: “Auckland”
- Indonesian: “Region Auckland”
- Italian: “Auckland”
- Japanese: “オークランド地方”
- Japanese: “オークランド州”
- Kannada: “ಆಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “오클랜드 지방”
- Korean: “오클랜드 지역”
- Latin: “Achelandia”
- Latvian: “Oklenda”
- Latvian: “Oklendas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Oklando regionas”
- Macedonian: “Окленд”
- Macedonian: “Регион Окленд”
- Malay: “Wilayah Auckland”
- Maori: “Takiwā o Tāmaki-makau-rau”
- Maori: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
- Maori: “Tāmaki-makau-rau”
- Maori: “Te Rohe o Tāmaki Makaurau”
- Marathi: “ऑकलंड प्रदेश”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة أوكلاند”
- Northern Frisian: “Auckland (Regiuun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Auckland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Auckland-regionen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Auckland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Auckland City” (historical)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Auckland”
- Norwegian: “Auckland”
- Persian: “منطقه آوکلند”
- Polish: “Auckland”
- Portuguese: “Auckland”
- Portuguese: “Região de Auckland”
- Romanian: “Auckland”
- Russian: “Окленд”
- Scots: “Auckland Region”
- Scots: “AUK”
- Scots: “NZ-AUK”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Auckland Region”
- Serbian: “Okland (regija)”
- Serbian: “Okland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Auckland”
- Sicilian: “Auckland”
- Sinhala: “ඕක්ලන්ඩ් කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Sinhala: “ඕක්ලන්ඩ් කලාපය”
- Slovak: “Auckland City” (historical)
- Slovak: “Auckland”
- Slovenian: “Auckland Region”
- Slovenian: “Regija Auckland”
- Spanish: “Auckland”
- Spanish: “AUK”
- Spanish: “Región de Auckland”
- Swedish: “Auckland”
- Tamil: “ஆக்கலன்ட் பகுதி”
- Telugu: “అక్లాండ్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “ออคแลนด์”
- Turkish: “Auckland Bölgesi”
- Uighur: “ئاۋكلاند”
- Ukrainian: “Окленд”
- Urdu: “آکلینڈ ریجن”
- Urdu: “آکلینڈ علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Auckland”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Auckland”
- Western Armenian: “Օքլենտ”
- “Auckland”
- “AUK”
- “NZ-AUK”
- “Tāmaki Makaurau”
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