About Auckland city
Population | Geography |
Language | Climate |
Economy | Further information
Population
Auckland is New Zealand's
largest city.
Approximately 401,500 people live within the city boundary
and 1.25 million in the greater Auckland area. This represents about one third
of the population of the whole country.
Geography
The city, suburbs
and gulf islands cover an area of 637km2.
Auckland is built on a narrow isthmus between two harbours, and is surrounded
by extinct volcanoes and picturesque islands.
The city is known as the 'City of
Sails' because of a great number of yachts that sail in the harbours and the adjoining Hauraki Gulf.
Language
English is the main written and spoken language.
Maori, Polynesian and Asian languages are also spoken by
ethnic communities.
Climate
The climate is temperate, with warm summers (averaging over 24 degrees) and cooler winters (averaging 16
degrees).
The summer months are between December and March.
The prevailing wind
is westerly.
Auckland is the
retail and commercial centre of New Zealand.
Auckland is also the 'gateway' to New Zealand for tourism and immigration.
Further information
Welcome
to Auckland City - a guide to living in Auckland City (2039KB)
- provides information on living in Auckland city. This guide has been produced with the support of Kiwibank.
The document is in Portable Document File (PDF) format 
for which you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Click here for more information.
Heart of the City - find out
more about shops and services in the central downtown Auckland area.
Tourism Auckland's key responsibilities
are to market the Auckland as a visitor destination. It provides free, high
quality information to visitors through its four Visitor Information Centres.
Study
Auckland (a portal for education in Auckland) provides information about
opportunities for education in Auckland. The city has two universities
and a technical institute and a range of private and state secondary
schools.
Citizens Advice Bureau - This
service offers impartial information and confidential advice about all sorts of
problems or questions - all of which is free. Auckland City supports the CAB
through a three year funding agreement and annual grant. The grant contributes
to the services' operational costs and provides council owned lease buildings
for the ten bureaux across the city.
Immigration New Zealand -
provides comprehensive information about visa requirements for
visiting, studying or migrating to New Zealand.
The New Zealand Herald is the
main daily paper. There is also a variety of local suburban papers,
terrestrial, cable and satelite TV channels and a wide range of radio stations.
E-directory for businesses, retailers and consumers
- links to and information about New Zealand businesses. Search by industry or website.
Telecom
Yellow Pages can help you locate businesses in the Auckland region.
Telecom
White Pages can help you locate businesses or individuals if you know the name
of who you are looking for.
Business support agencies
- information about agencies and organisations which can help you set up,
develop and run your business in Auckland.
