Urban parts of Waitakere City and Manukau City
Papakura District
Some parts of Rodney District and Franklin District

Auckland
Population:	1,320,7001
Area:	1,086 km² (419 sq mi)
Location:	*
Mayor:	Multiple, including Dick Hubbard, Sir Barry Curtis, Bob Harvey, George Wood
Urban Area
Extent:	North to Waiwera, northwest to Kumeu, east to Maraetai, south to Drury and Runciman; excludes Waitakere Ranges & Hauraki Gulf Islands
Territorial Authorities
Names:	Auckland City North Shore City
Regional Council:	Auckland
1 Provisional 2006 census night population figure, which has limitations.*

The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. It is a conurbation, made up of Auckland City (excluding the Hauraki Gulf islands), North Shore City, and the urban parts of Waitakere and Manukau cities, along with Papakura District and some nearby urban parts of Rodney and Franklin Districts. In Māori it bears the traditional name Tāmaki Makau Rau or the transcribed version of Auckland, Ākarana. Auckland's population is approximately 1.3 million, making it by far the largest city in New Zealand, with nearly one third of the country's entire population.

Greater 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 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 harbours on two separate bodies of water.

History

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Māori settlers

Main article Māori

Tāmaki Makau Rau (isthmus of one thousand lovers), now known as Auckland, was first settled by Māori people around 1350. The region was valued for its rich and fertile land. Māori constructed terraced pa (fortified villages) on the volcanic peaks. Māori population is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 in the region in pre-settlement times, a figure which would later qualify in New Zealand as a city. Earthworks are still evident today around some of the larger volcanoes such as Mount Albert, Mount Eden and One Tree Hill.

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