Auckland
Large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand.
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Waitematā Harbour
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Waitematā Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand.
Waitākere Ranges
Mountain range in New Zealand.
Mountain range in New Zealand.
Located between metropolitan Auckland and the west coast of the former Waitakere City and Rodney District, the ranges and its foothills and coasts comprise some 27,720 ha of public and private land.
Auckland CBD
The Auckland City Centre, sometimes called the Central Business District (CBD), is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area.
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand.
William Hobson
British Royal Navy officer who served as the first Governor of New Zealand.
British Royal Navy officer who served as the first Governor of New Zealand.
He also selected the site for a new capital, which he named Auckland.
Isthmus
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
The city of Auckland on the North Island of New Zealand is situated on an isthmus.
Auckland Airport
Largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with over 21 million passengers in the year ended March 2019.
Largest and busiest airport in New Zealand, with over 21 million passengers in the year ended March 2019.
The airport is located near Mangere, a residential suburb, and Airport Oaks, a service hub suburb 21 km south of the Auckland city centre.
North Island
One of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait.
One of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait.
From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island.
Auckland volcanic field
The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located in the North Island.