International partnerships
Introduction |
Background |
Sister cities |
Friendship cities |
Strategic alliance |
Strategic environment |
Key themes |
Covec report |
Brisbane |
Busan |
Fukuoka |
Guangzhou |
Hamburg |
Los Angeles |
Shinagawa |
Tomioka |
Study visits
| Features
Introduction
Read the mayor's welcome letter and an overview of Auckland city in English, Chinese,
German, Japanese and Korean
Like most major cities, and all leading commercial centres worldwide,
Auckland City Council has formal international partnerships
with other cities.
These partnerships are integral to Auckland being a
contemporary centre for business, education and culture exchange. They provide
an avenue for profiling our city around the world and allow us to use learnings
from other cities for our own urban development and problem solving.
Auckland
City Council aims to create wide-ranging opportunities for residents and
businesses through our global connections.
"Auckland's partnerships with cities around the Pacific rim and Europe help
to connect business and other sectors with some of New Zealand's most important
trading partners. A benefit of well chosen sister city links is that their scale
helps overcome the disparities in size which can arise at the country-to-country
level. Business interests, tourism, education and other sectors can benefit from
the experience and opportunities provided by wider international horizons. If
activities are well planned and managed, these connections can make significant
contributions to the city's character and prosperity."
Michael Chilton, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Auckland
Our international partnerships are focused on six
key themes:
Auckland City Council recently commissioned research to investigate the
benefits of Auckland's international partnerships. See
Covec report.
Updated April 2009
