Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city. It’s 1.67M residents comprise roughly 1/3 of New Zealand’s population.

It was founded in 1840 and spent a brief period from 1841 to 1865 as New Zealand’s capital. By 1900 it had surpassed Dunedin to become New Zealand’s largest city.

Auckland functioned as a regional council working with seven city and district councils until 2009 when the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 amalgamated the area as a “super city” under a single Auckland Council.

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