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Auckland's ports are the second largest in the country, behind the Port of Tauranga, [167] and a large part of both inbound and outbound New Zealand commerce travels through them, mostly via the facilities northeast of Auckland CBD. Freight usually arrives at or is distributed from the port via road, though the port facilities also have rail ...
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 ]
Many of New Zealand's cities and towns are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national or international level, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
A Sportronic game console. New Zealand was an early adopter of the video game phenomenon, despite its remoteness. [5] Many Atari 2600 titles were assembled under licence by Monaco Distributors in Auckland. [6] New Zealand developed its own Pong-style game console, the Sportronic, in the late 1970s, as a result of import licensing laws. [7] [8]
In response, Thomson gave prosaic Northumbrian names to them, often simply in the form of a Northumbrian dialectic name for an animal. [6] The Maniototo region around the town of Ranfurly is rife with such names as Kyeburn, Gimmerburn, Hoggetburn, and Wedderburn as a result. Ranfurly itself was originally called "Eweburn".
[a] They were the first country to retain the Rugby World Cup. Since their international debut in 1903, the All Blacks have played test matches against 19 nations, of which 12 have never won a game against the team. New Zealand has a 76 per cent winning record in test match rugby, and has secured more wins than losses against every test opponent.
Okiato or Old Russell is a small holiday spot in the Bay of Islands, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of present-day Russell, which was then known as Kororareka.Okiato was New Zealand's first national capital, for a short time from 1840 to 1841, before the seat of government was moved to Auckland.
Auckland City was the most populous local authority in the country, with a population of 450,300 at 30 June 2010. [2] In 2010 it was made up of 188 ethnic groups, making it New Zealand's most diverse city, and slightly more diverse than in 2007, when 185 ethnic groups had been counted.