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The human history of the Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) metropolitan area stretches from early Māori settlers in the 14th century to the first European explorers in the late 18th century, over a short stretch as the official capital of (European-settled) New Zealand in the middle of the 19th century to its current position as the fastest-growing ...
1902 – Electric tram system installed. 1905 – Victoria Park opens. 1906 – Mount Eden becomes a borough; 1908 – St Patrick's Cathedral dedicated. North Island Main Trunk railway opened. Northcote becomes a borough. 1909 – Auckland Girl's Grammar School moves to Howe Street, Freeman's Bay. 1910 – Grafton Bridge and Kings Theatre built.
Auckland CBD is connected to the coastal suburbs, to the North Shore and to outlying islands by ferry. [citation needed] The International Terminal at Auckland International Airport Air. Auckland has various small regional airports and Auckland Airport, the busiest in the country. Auckland Airport, New Zealand's largest, is in the southern ...
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Auckland Gas Company Offices and Workshops (Former) Historic Place Category 2: 20 Beaumont Street and Fisher-Point Drive, Freemans Bay: 542: Auckland Girls' Grammar School Main Block: Historic Place Category 2: 14-16 Howe St, Herne Bay: 544: Auckland Hospital Board Building (Y.M.C.A. Building Former) Historic Place Category 2: 28 Wellesley ...
Auckland City Art Gallery: Historic Place Category 1: 1 Kitchener Street and Wellesley Street: 92: Auckland Railway Station: Historic Place Category 1: 132–148 Beach Road: 93: Auckland War Memorial Museum: Historic Place Category 1: Museum Circuit Domain: 94: Bank of New Zealand Building: Historic Place Category 1: 125–129 Queen Street: 95 ...
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. Auckland's genesis as New Zealand's cultural heart began with the large-scale settlement of its fertile land by Ngāti Whātua and various Tainui hapū, before greater ...
The Auckland War Memorial Museum (Māori: Tāmaki Paenga Hira), also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, [ 10 ] the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain , near Auckland CBD .