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A number of arts events are held in Auckland, including the Auckland Festival, the Auckland Triennial, the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, and the New Zealand International Film Festival. The Auckland Philharmonia is the city and region's resident full-time symphony orchestra, performing its own series of concerts and accompanying ...
Auckland Region had a population of 1,656,486 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 84,768 people (5.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 240,936 people (17.0%) since the 2013 census. There were 818,262 males, 832,188 females and 6,036 people of other genders in 544,083 dwellings. [10] 3.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The ...
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.
The Auckland Islands were part of the Colony of New Zealand under the Letters Patent of April 1842, which fixed the southern boundary of New Zealand at 53° south, but they were then excluded by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846, which defined the southern boundary at 47° 10' south; however, they were again included by the New Zealand ...
The statistical areas of Queen Street, which encompasses a full block either side of Queen Street north of Wellesley Street, and Queen Street South West, which includes the area west of Queen Street to Vincent Street and Pitt Street south of Wellesley Street, cover 0.40 km 2 (0.15 sq mi) [2] and had an estimated population of 4,910 as of June 2024, [3] with a population density of 12,275 ...
According to the 2011 Census, there were 187,212 people of New Zealand descent in Australia and 483,398 New Zealand-born people residing in the country at the moment of the census, an increase of 24.1 per cent compared to the 2006 Census. The largest New Zealand-born community in Australia was in the state of Queensland, with 192,037 people. [3]
The Auckland volcanic field is an area of monogenetic volcanoes covered by much of the metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, located in the North Island. The approximately 53 volcanoes [ 2 ] in the field have produced a diverse array of maars (explosion craters), tuff rings , scoria cones, and lava flows.
As a part of the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms, Howick Borough was incorporated into Manukau City. [94] 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 ...