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 Auckland War Memorial Museum and Spark Arena.

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 .

Art gallery
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is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.

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

  • Type: City with 1,460,000 residents
  • Description: city on the North Island, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Akarana”, “Ākarana”, “Albany”, “Auckland (kapital sa rehiyon)”, “Auckland burg”, “Auckland city”, “Auckland City”, “Auckland metropolitan alanı”, “Auckland, New Zealand”, “Auckland, Nieu Seeland”, “Auckland, Nova Zelanda”, “Auckland, Nya Zealand”, “Auckland, Selandia Baru”, “Aucland/gw”, “City of sails”, “District d’Auckland”, “Greater Auckland”, “Main laptop”, “Manukau”, “NZ-AUK”, “Tamaki”, “Tāmaki”, “Tāmaki Makau Rau”, “Tamaki Makaurau”, “Аукланд”, “Новая Зеландия Окленд”, “Окленд (Новая Зеландия)”, “Окленд (Новая Зеландыя)”, “Окленд, Новая Зеландия”, “Окленд, Новая Зеландыя”, “Оукланд”, “Тамаки Макаурау”, “أوكلاند، نيوزيلندا”, “आकलैंड”, “आकाराना”, “ऑकलँड”, “तामाकी-मकाऊ-राऊ”, “ஆக்லாந்து”, “‍ಒಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್‌”, “오클랜드 광역권”, “オークランド (NZ)”, “オークランド (ニュージーランド)”, “オークランド (北島)”, and “オークランド市”
  • Categories: port city, largest city, global city, metropolis, and locality
  • Location: , , ,
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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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Satellite Map

Discover Auckland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Auckland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Auckland”
  • Albanian: “Okland”
  • Amharic: “ኦክለንድ፣ ኒው ዚላንድ”
  • Amharic: “ኦክለንድ”
  • Amharic: “ኦክላንድ”
  • Arabic: “أوكلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Auckland”
  • Armenian: “Օկլենդ”
  • Armenian: “Օքլենդ”
  • Asturian: “Auckland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Auckland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Oklend”
  • Balinese: “Auckland”
  • Basque: “Auckland”
  • Belarusian: “Окленд”
  • Belarusian: “Оклэнд”
  • Bengali: “অকল্যান্ড”
  • Bhojpuri: “ऑकलैंड”
  • Bosnian: “Auckland”
  • Breton: “Auckland”
  • Bulgarian: “Окланд”
  • Burmese: “အော့ကလန်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Auckland”
  • Cebuano: “Auckland”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئۆکلاند”
  • Chechen: “Окленд (Керла Зеланди)”
  • Chechen: “Окленд”
  • 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”
  • Church Slavic: “Окландъ”
  • Croatian: “Auckland”
  • Czech: “Auckland”
  • Danish: “Auckland”
  • Dutch: “Auckland”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨོག་ལེནཌ། Auckland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكلاند”
  • Emilian: “Auckland”
  • Esperanto: “Auckland”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭklando”
  • Estonian: “Auckland”
  • Faroese: “Auckland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Auckland”
  • Fijian: “Okaladi”
  • Finnish: “Auckland”
  • French: “Auckland”
  • Friulian: “Auckland”
  • Galician: “Auckland”
  • Georgian: “ოკლენდი”
  • German: “Auckland”
  • Greek: “Όκλαντ”
  • Greek: “Ώκλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “ઓકલેન્ડ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Auckland”
  • Hausa: “Auckland”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Aukelana”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻAukelana”
  • Hebrew: “אוקלנד”
  • Hindi: “ऑक्लैण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Auckland”
  • Icelandic: “Auckland”
  • Ido: “Auckland”
  • Inari Sami: “Auckland”
  • Indonesian: “Auckland”
  • Interlingue: “Auckland”
  • Irish: “Auckland”
  • Irish: “Tāmaki Makaurau”
  • Italian: “Auckland”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Aaklan”
  • Japanese: “オークランド”
  • Javanese: “Auckland”
  • Kabyle: “Auckland”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Auckland”
  • Kalaallisut: “Auckland”
  • Kannada: “ಆಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಆಕ್ಲೆಂಡ್‌”
  • Kazakh: “Окленд”
  • Kirghiz: “Окленд”
  • Komi: “Окленд”
  • Korean: “오클랜드”
  • Ladino: “Auckland”
  • Latin: “Aucopolis”
  • Latvian: “Oklenda”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Auckland”
  • Literary Chinese: “奧克蘭”
  • Lithuanian: “Oklandas”
  • Lombard: “Auckland”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Auckland”
  • Macedonian: “Окленд”
  • Malay: “Auckland”
  • Malayalam: “ഓക്‌ലൻഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഓക്‌ലാൻഡ്”
  • Maltese: “Auckland”
  • Maori: “Tāmaki-makau-rau”
  • Marathi: “ऑकलंड”
  • 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): “Aucland”
  • Oromo: “Auckland”
  • Ossetian: “Окленд”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਕਲੈਂਡ”
  • Persian: “آوکلند”
  • Persian: “اوکلند”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Auckland”
  • Polish: “Auckland”
  • Portuguese: “Auckland”
  • Pushto: “آکلند”
  • Pushto: “اوکلنډ”
  • Quechua: “Awklanda”
  • Romanian: “Auckland”
  • Russian: “Окленд”
  • Rusyn: “Окленд”
  • Sakizaya: “Auckland”
  • Samoan: “Aukilani”
  • Sardinian: “Auckland”
  • Scots: “Auckland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Auckland”
  • Serbian: “Окланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Auckland”
  • Sicilian: “Auckland”
  • Silesian: “Auckland”
  • Sinhala: “ඕක්ලන්ඩ්, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඕක්ලන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Auckland”
  • Slovenian: “Auckland”
  • Somali: “Auckland”
  • Spanish: “Auckland”
  • Swahili: “Auckland”
  • Swedish: “Auckland”
  • Tagalog: “Auckland”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Auckland”
  • Tajik: “Авкланд”
  • Tajik: “Окленд”
  • Tamil: “ஆக்லன்ட்”
  • Tamil: “ஓக்லாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Окленд”
  • Telugu: “ఆక్లాండ్”
  • Thai: “ออกแลนด์”
  • Thai: “โอคแลนด์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Oklan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “‘Okalani”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻOkalani”
  • Turkish: “Auckland”
  • Turkmen: “Oklend”
  • Uighur: “ئاۋكلاند”
  • Ukrainian: “Окленд”
  • Urdu: “آکلینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Auckland”
  • Uzbek: “Oklend”
  • Veps: “Oklend”
  • Vietnamese: “Auckland”
  • Vlax Romani: “Auckland”
  • Volapük: “Auckland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Auckland”
  • Welsh: “Auckland”
  • 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”
  • “ऑकलैंड”

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