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The metropolitan urban limits of Auckland in 2009. This is a list of suburbs in the Auckland metropolitan area, New Zealand, surrounding the Auckland City Centre. They are broadly grouped into their local board areas, and only include suburbs within the metropolitan urban limits of the Auckland urban area.
The traditional Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki name for Mellons Bay was Okokino, referring to the bad gusts of winds that were hazards for waka travelling along the coast. [6] The major European settlement in the area began in 1847, with the establishment of the Howick fencible settlement, a settlement of retired British Army soldiers intended to defend Auckland from potential attacks. [7]
Blockhouse Bay is a residential suburb in the south west of Auckland, in New Zealand's North Island.It is sited on the northern coast of the Manukau Harbour, and is also close to the administrative boundary that existed between Auckland City and Waitakere City, two of the former four cities of what was the Auckland conurbation before amalgamation into Auckland Council.
From 1876 until 1954, the area was administered by the Waitemata County, a large rural county north and west of the city of Auckland. [71] In 1954, most of the area split from the county, forming the East Coast Bays Borough, [ 71 ] and Castor Bay became a part of the Borough of Takapuna [ 72 ] ( Takapuna City from 1961). [ 50 ]
The Beachlands area was grassy farmland until 1922, when it was subdivided by Richard W. Kipplewhite. [8] Beachlands was advertised as a "new marine garden suburb" of Auckland. [10] Beachlands developed into a location for day-trips, with many people visiting from Auckland by ferry. A holiday community grew around Beachlands. [8]
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The Auckland Round the Bays Fun Run is one of the largest in the world, and was initiated by the Auckland Joggers Club in the early 1970s. The run is 8.4 km long over Tamaki Drive , the flat road following the contours of the Waitematā Harbour , passing Hobson Bay , Okahu Bay , Mission Bay , Kohimarama Beach, and finishing in St Heliers Bay ...
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