Auckland

"Auckland en maorí: Ta-maki Makau Rau o karana es una ciudad de Nueva Zelanda situada en la Isla Norte. El área metropolitana de Auckland o Gran Auckland conocida en inglés como Auckland metropolitan area o Greater Auckland es la mayor del país, así como el mayor núcleo de población del sur del Pacífico, contando con más de 1 200 000 habitantes, más de una cuarta parte de la población del país, y con un crecimiento mayor que el del resto del estado. Aunque Wellington es la capital de Nueva Zelanda, Auckland es la ciudad más poblada y, de hecho, la capital económica del país. Auckland es a su vez la capital de la región homónima. En sí misma, es una conurbación formada por la propia ciudad de Auckland, o Auckland City, (excluyendo las islas del golfo de Hauraki), North Shore City y las partes urbanas de las ciudades de Waitakere, Manukau y los distritos de Papakura, Rodney y Franklin. Auckland se encuentra entre el golfo de Hauraki y el océano Pacífico al este, la cordillera Hunua al sureste, el puerto de Manukau al suroeste y la cordillera Waitakere y menores cordilleras al oeste y noroeste. La parte central de la zona urbana ocupa un estrecho istmo situado entre el puerto de Manukau, abierto al mar de Tasmania, al oeste y el de Waitemata, que se abre al golfo de Hauraki del océano Pacífico, al este. Es una de las pocas ciudades del mundo que dispone de dos puertos en dos cuerpos de agua distintos. Al norte se encuentra la península de Whangaparaoa y al sur las Bombay Hills. Es la sede de la Confederación de Fútbol de Oceanía."

"Auckland (/klnd/ AWK-lnd), in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country. Auckland has a population of 1,454,300, which constitutes 32 percent of New Zealand's population. It is part of the wider Auckland Regionthe area governed by the Auckland Councilwhich also includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,570,500. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. In Mori, Auckland's name is Tmaki Makaurau (or karana), meaning "the maiden sought by a hundred lovers", in reference to its natural beauty. The Auckland urban area (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranges to Waiwera in the north, Kumeu in the northwest, and Runciman in the south. It is not contiguous; the section from Waiwera to Whangaparoa Peninsula is separate from its nearest neighbouring suburb of Long Bay. Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have two harbours on two separate major bodies of water. The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land. Mori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans. After a British colony was established in 1840, the new Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson chose the area as his new capital. He named the area "Auckland" for George Eden, Earl of Auckland, British First Lord of the Admiralty. It was replaced as the capital in 1865, but immigration to the new city stayed strong and it has remained the country's most populous urban area. Today, Auckland's Central Business District is the major financial centre of New Zealand. The 2014 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Auckland 3rd place in the world on its list, while the Economist Intelligence Unit's World's most liveable cities index of 2016 ranked Auckland in 8th place.In 2010, Auckland was classified as a Beta World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory by Loughborough University. In terms of population it is the largest Oceanian city outside Australia."