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14:19, 10 July 2013: Lens focal length: 200 mm: Latitude: 37° 3′ 55.37″ S: Longitude: 174° 51′ 39.81″ E: Short title: Aerial view of northern Karaka, Auckland from northwest; City shown: Karaka: Horizontal resolution: 240 dpi: Vertical resolution: 240 dpi: Software used: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows) File change date and ...
In November 2010, all cities and districts of the Auckland Region were amalgamated into a single body, governed by the Auckland Council. [95] Within the new system, East Auckland became primarily administered by the Howick Local Board. In addition to the local board, two counsellors represent East Auckland on the Auckland Council.
North Shore City was amalgamated into Auckland Council in November 2010. [41] Within the Auckland Council, Mairangi Bay is a part of the Hibiscus and Bays local government area governed by the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board. It is a part of the Albany ward, which elects two councillors to the Auckland Council.
The Auckland Central Business District (CBD), or Auckland city centre, [4] is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. It is the area in which Auckland was established in 1840, by William Hobson on land gifted by mana whenua hapū Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei .
Aerial view of Glendowie in 1961. Historically, the area of Glendowie around Taylors Hill was a forest of mostly pūriri trees. [3] The eastern edge of Glendowie bordering the Tāmaki River was called Tauoma, and was the Eastern edge of the area settled by Te Waiohua, the largest settlement of which was called Te Taurere (located at Taylors Hill). [3]
The Council Administration Block, a 1950s Modernist building near Aotea Square and Queen Street. Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1989 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council.
Auckland City Council embarked on a series of improvements for the new area. One of its first acts was to provide a free public library for the area in 1915, later replaced by the current building in 1926. In 1919 however local residents were incensed by the council's building of public toilets at the Remuera shops that they demanded be torn down.