Auckland City
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| Auckland City | |
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| Population: | 425,400 (June 2005, provisional estimate) |
| Area: | 637 km² (246 sq mi) |
| Mayor: | Dick Hubbard |
| Territorial Authority | |
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| Extent: | Auckland isthmus, Hauraki Gulf islands |
| Regional Council: | Auckland |
- This article is about the City of Auckland. For a more general overview about the whole metropolitan area, see the main article Auckland.
Auckland City is the most populous local authority in New Zealand, with the provisional estimated resident population being 425,400 as at 20 June 2005. It contains the headquarters of the Auckland Regional Council, and as of 2006, the city's mayor is Dick Hubbard.
History
In 1989 central Government restructured local authorities throughout New Zealand. Auckland City was merged with eight smaller local authorities to form a new Auckland City. The new city had double the population of the old and the amalgamation set the present-day boundaries of the city.Geography
The mainland part of Auckland City lies on an isthmus. The Waitemata Harbour, which opens to the Hauraki Gulf, separates the isthmus from North Shore City and north. The Manukau Harbour, which opens to the Tasman Sea, separates the isthmus from Manukau City and the south.
The islands of the inner gulf include Rangitoto, Motutapu, Browns Island, Motuihe, Rakino, Ponui and Waiheke, while the outer gulf islands include Little Barrier, Great Barrier and the Mokohinau Islands. A significant portion of Auckland's CBD is built on land reclaimed over the last 100 years. Substantial development of such under-utilised areas to the west of the CBD has been projected, with large businesses beginning to relocate there as of 2006.
List of suburbs
These lists of suburbs are arranged geographically, and are presented clockwise according to their direction from the city centre.
Inner city
Mechanics Bay, Parnell, Remuera, Newmarket, Grafton, Newton, Mount Eden, Balmoral, Morningside, Grey Lynn, Ponsonby, Freemans Bay, Herne Bay, Saint Marys Bay.
To the east
Mission Bay, Kohimarama, Saint Heliers, Orakei, Glendowie, Glen Innes, Meadowbank, Point England, Saint Johns, Tamaki, Panmure, Mount Wellington, Ellerslie.
To the south
Otahuhu, Westfield, Southdown, Penrose, Greenlane, Oranga, Te Papapa, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Royal Oak, Epsom, Hillsborough, Three Kings, Waikowhai, Mount Roskill, Lynfield, Blockhouse Bay, Sandringham.
To the west
Owairaka, New Windsor, Avondale, Mount Albert, Kingsland, Waterview, Western Springs, Point Chevalier, Westmere.
For the suburbs of the other cities within the Auckland urban area, see North Shore, Manukau and Waitakere.
External links
- [Auckland City website]
- [History of Auckland City] by Graham Bush
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