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New Zealand has been excluded from maps at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in the United States, in IKEA stores, on the map of the board games Pandemic [4] and Risk, on the map of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in which Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key participated, at a world map seal at the United Nations ...
With public transport declining heavily during the second half of the 20th century (a trend mirrored in most Western countries, such as the US), [164] and increased spending on roads and cars, New Zealand (and specifically Auckland) now has the second-highest vehicle ownership rate in the world, with around 578 vehicles per 1000 people. [165]
The culture of Auckland encompasses the city's artistic, culinary, literary, musical, political and social elements, and is well-known throughout the world. As New Zealand's largest city and one of the most important in the Southern Hemisphere, Auckland has a rich and dynamic cultural life and a long, multicultural history .
For instance, in 2016, Auckland was ranked the world's third most liveable city and Wellington the twelfth by the Mercer Quality of Living Survey. [ 313 ] The median age of the New Zealand population at the 2018 census was 37.4 years, [ 314 ] with life expectancy in 2017–2019 being 80.0 years for males and 83.5 years for females. [ 315 ]
Population density map for Auckland in the 2023 census. The eponymous city (urban area) of Auckland has a population of 1,531,400 as of June 2024, [2] making up 85.2% of the region's population. Other urban areas in the Auckland region include: Hibiscus Coast (67,800) Pukekohe (28,000) Waiuku (9,930) Waiheke West (8,020) Beachlands-Pine Harbour ...
The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. A developed country, it was the first to introduce a minimum wage, and the first to give women the right to vote.
The "classic" GeoGuessr game mode consists of five rounds, each displaying a different street view location for the player to guess on a map. The player then receives a score of up to 5,000 points depending on how accurate their guess was, up to 25,000 points for a perfect game.
Schematic map of the extent of the Auckland urban area, 21st century. While trams and railway lines shaped Auckland's rapid extension in the early first half of the 20th century, they were soon overtaken by motor vehicles, with Auckland boasting one of the highest car-ownership rates of the world even before World War II. Their growing ...