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Auckland City
Country:	New Zealand
Auckland City: Orange areas area show the city's area within the greater Auckland conurbation's urban area (grey). The city centre is ringed. Note that the city also encompasses islands of the inner (upper right) and outer Hauraki Gulf.
Territorial Authority
Name:	Auckland City Council
Mayor:	John Banks
Population:	404,658 (2006 census)
Extent:	Auckland isthmus, W to Avondale; E to Tamaki River; N to Waitemata Harbour; S to Otahuhu and Manukau Harbour includes all Hauraki Gulf islands
Area:	637 km² (246 sq mi)
Website:	http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz
Regional Council
Name:	Auckland Regional Council
Website:	http://www.arc.govt.nz

This article is about the City of Auckland. For general overview of the whole metropolitan area, see Auckland.

Auckland City (informally Central Auckland) is the territorial authority covering the Auckland isthmus and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Auckland City is the largest city in New Zealand, with a population of 404,658 (2006 census). It lies in the Auckland Region, and the Auckland Regional Council is also based in Auckland City.

Auckland City is, together with its neighbouring cities, part of the Greater Auckland area, and the term 'Auckland' may refer either to the city alone or to the larger area. This may lead to ambiguity, since people from other parts of New Zealand or from overseas often do not draw the distinction.

Contents 1 Structure 2 Geography 3 Lists 3.1 Suburbs 3.2 Education 3.3 Sister cities 4 Panoramas 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Governance

In November 1989, central government restructured local authorities throughout New Zealand. After substantial protests and legal challenges, Auckland City was merged with eight smaller local authorities to form a new Auckland City Council. The new city had double the population of the old and the amalgamation set the present-day boundaries of the city. However, amalgamation, forced onto local authorities often against their will, has been criticised to have led to less democracy and higher rates for the same services.^[1]

Population

Auckland's population, as the largest and most cosmopolitan city of New Zealand, is made up of 185 ethnic groups, with Europeans (49.8%), Asians (22.4%), Pacific Islanders (12%) and Maori (7.2%) making up the largest groups (2006 data).^[2][3]

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 and of the Auckland waterfront 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.

These lists of suburbs are arranged electorally, by the Wards, starting from the west:

Avondale-Roskill
Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, Lynfield, New Windsor, Hillsborough, Three Kings, Waikowhai, Mount Roskill, Lynfield, Sandringham, Wesley, Waterview

Eden-Albert
Balmoral, Morningside, Mount Albert, Mount Eden,Owairaka, Kingsland, Sandringham, Waterview

Western Bays
Grey Lynn, Newton, Western Springs, Point Chevalier, Westmere, Ponsonby, Herne Bay, Freemans Bay, Saint Marys Bay.

Hobson
Inner City ward
Auckland CBD, Epsom, Greenlane, Newmarket, One Tree Hill, Parnell, Remuera, Mechanics Bay, Grafton, Newton.

Eastern Bays
Mission Bay, Kohimarama, Saint Heliers, Orakei, Glendowie, Meadowbank, Saint Johns

Tamaki - Maungakiekie
Glen Innes, Point England, Tamaki, Panmure, Mount Wellington, Ellerslie. Otahuhu, Westfield, Southdown, Penrose, Oranga, Te Papapa, Onehunga, Royal Oak

For the suburbs of the other cities within the Auckland urban area, see North Shore, Manukau, Waitakere and Papakura.

Auckland City has a large number of secondary schools:

Academic Colleges Group ACG Parnell College (formerly Junior College), Auckland ACG Senior College, Auckland Auckland Girls' Grammar School Auckland Grammar School Auckland International College Avondale College Baradene College Botany Downs Secondary College De La Salle College Dilworth School Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland Epsom Girls Grammar School Glendowie College Hebron Christian College Immanuel Christian School, Auckland King's College Lynfield College Marcellin College, Auckland Marist College, Auckland

McAuley Girls High School Michael Park School Mount Roskill Grammar School Mount Albert Grammar School Odyssey House School Onehunga High School Otahuhu College Penrose High School Sacred Heart College Selwyn College, Auckland St Cuthbert's College St Mary's College, Auckland St Paul's College, Auckland St Peter's College Tamaki College Waiheke High School Western Springs College

Auckland City has six sister cities and two friendship city relationships. All of these cities except Hamburg (Germany) are located around the Pacific Rim:^[4]

Sister Cities Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Guangzhou,Guangdong, People's Republic of China Hamburg, Germany[5] Fukuoka, Japan Busan, South Korea Los Angeles, California, United States

Friendship Cities Tomioka, Gunma, Japan Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

• Auckland CBD
• Auckland City Council
• Auckland waterfront
• Queen Street, Auckland

1. ^ Lessons from the history of local body amalgamation - New Zealand Herald, Wednesday 06 September 2006
2. ^ Auckland City Council Annual Report Summary 2006/2007 - leaflet, Auckland City Council, 2007
3. ^ The Battle for Auckland City - New Zealand Herald, Monday 24 September 2007, Page A5
4. ^ International partnerships (from the Auckland City Council website. Retrieved 2006-10-07.
5. ^ "Oops! Sister cities cost an extra $150,000", New Zealand Herald, March 2, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-24. 

• Auckland City Council (local authority website for Auckland)
• History of Auckland City by Graham Bush
• Heart of the City (website by the Auckland CBD business' association)
• Heritage Walks – The Engineering Heritage of Auckland Historic text, 360 degree panoramas and heritage imagery accessed through an interactive map.

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