Auckland
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 Auckland facts

• Auckland has a population of 1,495,000, which constitutes 32 percent of New Zealand's population
• It is part of the wider Auckland Region—the area governed by the Auckland Council—which also includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,614,300
• Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world
• In Māori, Auckland's name is Tāmaki Makaurau (or Ākarana), 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 Whangaparāoa 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