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67 unusual facts about Auckland


ACG Senior College

Students enjoy access to all that the central city has to offer, from The Auckland City Library opposite the school to the open spaces that are Aotea Square and Albert Park.

Affluenza

To highlight the spread of affluenza in societies with varied levels of inequality, James interviewed people in several cities including Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, Moscow, Shanghai, Copenhagen and New York.

Air Hong Kong

By early 1990, the airline had two Boeing 707-320C and operated a scheduled cargo service to Manchester, with traffic rights to Auckland, Brussels, Fukuoka, Guam, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Pusan, Singapore, Sydney, Vienna and Zurich.

Anthony Belasyse

Later in the same year he obtained a prebend in the collegiate church of Auckland and a canonry at Westminster.

Auckland Cup Week

Held in Auckland in the first week of March, the carnival includes Thoroughbred, Harness, and Greyhound racing.

Bangladeshi cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08

The third game on tour was against another provincial side, this time Auckland.

Bartercard Premiership

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Brad Godden

Godden also missed playing for the Mariners in the 1997 World Club Championship final against the Brisbane Broncos in Auckland.

Brittany Wakelin

Wakelin attended Albany Senior High School on Auckland's North Shore in Albany, Auckland, New Zealand.

Bruce McLaren

His parents, Les and Ruth McLaren, owned a service station and workshop in Remuera Rd, Remuera, Auckland.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Bruce McLaren attended Meadowbank Primary School.

Buddy Lucas

After his return to New Zealand from Iowa in 1957, Lucas worked in his father's menswear store in Queen Street, Auckland, and later was a sales representative for May & Baker.

Cory Joseph

Joseph once again competed for Canada, this time at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand alongside his good friend, high school teammate and Texas commit Tristan Thompson.

CreativeMornings

Today, CM has chapters around the globe including: New York, Zurich, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Auckland, among others coming online every month.

Cryptocheilus australis

Native to Tasmania and south-eastern Australia, introduced to New Zealand where they are now found from the North Cape to Auckland.

David Burn

Burn was editing the South Britain or Tasmanian Literary Journal in 1843, and afterwards went to Sydney and Auckland, where he lived for many years.

David Wikaira-Paul

Moving to Auckland, David signed with an acting agency and was soon cast in Shortland Street.

Drift to the north

Drift to the north is a term used in New Zealand to refer to the internal migration of people from the South Island to the country's main metropolitan area, Auckland, in the northern North Island.

Elizabeth Grace Neill

After this significant event in New Zealand’s history, maternity hospitals began opening all over the country such as St. Helen’s Hospitals in Dunedin (1905), Auckland (1906), and Christchurch (1907).

Ellerslie Racecourse

Ellerslie Racecourse is the main racecourse in Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand for thoroughbred racehorses.

Fast Crew

Fast Crew was formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1999, and after some experimentation, the group began playing live around Auckland.

Frank Nobilo

He was educated at St Peter's College in Auckland where he was persuaded to play golf by schoolmates (Chris Treen and Mark Lewis).

Gordon Hayward

In the offseason, Hayward was selected to Team USA for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

Great Northern Derby

It is run at Alexandra Park in Auckland, on the same night as the Auckland Cup in early March.

Hawke Cup

Teams from New Zealand's 4 "main centres", Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin have not usually competed for the Hawke Cup, although they did participate for the latter half of the 1990s.

Henry Cleary

He learned Māori in order to teach Māori people in their own language, and was responsible for establishing St Peter's Rural Training School for Māori boys.

Issues 101

The film attracted a formal complaint by a viewer to the New Zealand Broadcast Standards Authority after it aired during the Triangle Television gay television festival in Auckland in January 2003.

Jonathan Tzachor

MMPR Productions was shut down, and production of the show was transferred to Village Roadshow KP Productions in Auckland, New Zealand (now known as Ranger Productions).

Karapiro Power Station

From Karapiro, electricity is transmitted by a twin-circuit 110 kV line (HAM-KPO-A) to Hamilton, via Cambridge, where Karapiro's electricity is distributed to Hamilton, northern Waikato, and Auckland.

L.A. Zombie

In New Zealand, the film was first screened at the Out Takes LGBT film festival in Auckland and Wellington.

Langcaster Guitars

These guitars were further developed by Lang and his son in his home in West Auckland suburb, Titirangi in New Zealand on the fringes of the Waitakere Ranges native kauri forest.

LOMAK

The keyboard had its origins in 1987 when Aucklander Mike Watling saw the limited options available for young disabled people to communicate with their teachers.

Marcellin

Marcellin College, Auckland, an integrated, co-educational college in Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand

Mary Hannah Krout

In 1907 Krout visited Australia for a second time, lecturing on American political and economic conditions and writing a series of articles for the Sydney and Auckland press on American topics.

Mathew Richmond

In his role, he was only responsible to the Governor (first Robert FitzRoy and then George Grey) and the Colonial Secretary (Andrew Sinclair) in Auckland.

Matiatia

Matiatia - A wharf, foreshore, valley and surrounding hills known as the Gateway to Waiheke Island, Auckland New Zealand.

Matson, Inc.

From the early 20th century through the 1970s, Matson liners sailed from the west coast ports of San Francisco and Los Angeles to Honolulu and points beyond, including a handful of South Pacific ports of call as well as Australia (Sydney) and New Zealand (Auckland).

Mount Hobson

Mount Hobson, Auckland, a volcanic cone in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand

Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile

It is held over the distance of 1700 metres (just over one mile) once a year at Alexandra Park, Auckland, New Zealand.

Not Given Lightly

The music video was directed by Chris Knox and shot at his home in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

Onshore service

For example, if an American resident were to travel to New Zealand, and play golf with his friends in Auckland; this would be classified as an Onshore service as the Auckland (New Zealand) golf club is providing the American tourist with a service.

Peter Elworthy

His business interests were equally strong, from being instrumental in the founding of the Ravensdown fertiliser co-operative (1977–1982) to his association with Auckland's highly successful Sky City casino as a director.

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

In 1939, Michel Fokine wrote to Rachmaninoff from Auckland, New Zealand, where he was touring, seeking the composer's approval to use Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for his ballet Paganini, which he had almost finished choreographing.

RNZAF Base Ohakea

Ohakea is a secondary diversion airport for heavy civilian aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Boeing 777 if both Auckland and Christchurch airports are temporarily closed.

Robin Maconie

Following a temporary lectureship at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1967–69, Maconie emigrated to England to study for a Ph.D in the Psychology of Music at Southampton University.

Roy Dalgarno

Roy Dalgarno is a social realist artist, born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) in 1910, died February 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Roz Turnbull

She has always time to enjoy the warmth of her country home just outside Auckland and spend time with her two little boys, and husband Lance, who works as manager in a childrenswear company.

Rudolph Berking-Williams

He is of German and Samoan descent and currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Rutherford College

Rutherford College, Auckland, a secondary school in Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand

Rutherford High School

Rutherford High School (Auckland), former name of Rutherford College, Auckland, New Zealand

Say It Is So

# 'Big Wave Rider' features Finn driving around Auckland trying to shake off an overenthusiastic window washer.

Scented Gardens for the Blind

Dragon formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in January 1972 with a line-up that featured Todd Hunter on bass guitar, guitarist Ray Goodwin, drummer Neil Reynolds and singer/pianist Graeme Collins.

Solar eclipse of November 13, 2012

Auckland had 87.0% of the sun obscured, whereas Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin respectively had 76.4%, 68.9% and 61.5% of the sun obscured.

Southern Line

The Southern Line, Auckland, a suburban railway line in Auckland, New Zealand.

T. E. Srinivasan

He could, however, not make an impact in his two ODIs and scored 48 runs in his only Test, in Auckland.

The DHDFD's

The DHDFD's (rumored to mean "Don't Have Dogs For Dinner") are a four-piece New Zealand garage punk band who formed during the summer of 2005 in the Point Chevalier area of Auckland New Zealand.

The Te Kooti Trail

It premiered at the Strand Theatre, Auckland on 17 November 1927 and was billed as New Zealand’s "greatest production".

Thomas Cobcroft

The first two days of the 3rd Test at Eden Park in Auckland were washed out, so the 4th Test was arranged a week later.

Toka Gaudi

After playing in the 1998 ACC Trophy in Nepal, he next played for Papua New Guinea in the 2001 Pacifica Cup in Auckland.

Tom Paris

Tried and convicted of treason for aiding the Maquis Rebellion, Paris was sentenced to serve time in the Federation Penal Settlement near Auckland, New Zealand.

Uwe Grodd

His appointment to conduct The Auckland Choral Society was confirmed at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, on 28 September 2008, in a concert that concluded with Anton Bruckner's Locus Iste, Handel's Coronation Anthems and "David Roi".

Watchman Island

The island has special (or more precisely, undefined) legal status, as neither Auckland City Council, Auckland Regional Council or Ports of Auckland claim responsibility, though some local iwi are considered to have customary rights over it.

Wayland Hand

Wayland Debs Hand (March 19, 1907, Auckland, New Zealand – October 22, 1986, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States) was an American folklorist.

West End Rowing Club

West End Rowing Club is based at Saunders Reserve on Rosebank Peninsula, in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.

William Lane

He died on 26 August 1917 in Auckland, New Zealand, having been editor of the Herald from 1913 to 1917, much admired, having lost one son Charles at a cricket match in Cosme in Paraguay, and another Donald on the first day of the ANZAC landings (25 April 1915) on the beaches of Gallipoli.

Woodhill, New Zealand

Woodhill, Auckland is a locality near Helensville in the Rodney District

YOPER

Yoper is also the Auckland, New Zealand based company which is developing and selling Yoper Linux.


AAFL

Auckland Australian Football League, an Australian rules football competition in Auckland, New Zealand

American Airlines

In 1970 American Airlines had flights from St. Louis, Chicago, and New York to Honolulu and on to Sydney and Auckland via American Samoa and Nadi, Fiji.

Ardmore, New Zealand

The suburb is in the Franklin ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City, and is under local governance of the Auckland Council.

Arthur Worthington

John Dunmore: Wild Cards: Eccentric Characters from New Zealand's Past: Auckland: New Holland: 2006: ISBN 1-86966-132-X

Auckland Anniversary Day

The modern area of observation includes all of the Northland and Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne Regions, as well as some parts of the Manawatu-Wanganui and Hawke's Bay regions north of the 39th parallel.

Bartercard Premiership

In the Seniors competition, Canterbury achieved their first Premiership in the new competition in a rematch of the 2008 final, defeating Auckland at Rugby League Park, Christchurch.

Beilschmiedia tarairi

It is a common canopy tree in lowland forests north of Auckland, often growing in association with kauri (Agathis australis), pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), tawapou (Pouteria costata), and pūriri (Vitex lucens) on basalt rocks and soils.

Bernard Martin

From Auckland, he was on the Auckland City Council and the Auckland University Council.

Central Connector

Central Connector, Auckland, a bus rapid transit link between Britomart Transport Centre in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, and the commercial suburb of Newmarket.

David Burn

Burn died in prosperous circumstances at Auckland on 14 June 1875, he had two children and was married twice.

Decima Norman

Her record five gold medals in a single games was not equalled until 1990, when swimmer Hayley Lewis took five golds in Auckland, and not beaten until Susie O'Neill won six golds in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

Enderby Island

The island is part of the Auckland Island group Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of the significance of the group as a breeding site for several species of seabirds as well as the endemic Auckland Shag, Auckland Teal, Auckland Rail and Auckland Snipe.

Greg Murphy

Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond presenting Top Gear Live, when it had its first international Live show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland from 12–15 February 2009, and again when the show returned in 2010 with James May replacing Hammond.

Ilam School of Fine Arts

Located in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam, it is informally called the Ilam School of Fine Arts, although this can lead to confusion with the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland.

Inter Dominion

The 2011 series was held at Alexandra Park in Auckland, with the original venue of Addington in Christchurch deemed unsuitable due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Jeffrey Parazzo

After a few smaller roles in film and television, in 2003 Jeff was cast as Power Ranger Trent Fernandez on the TV show Power Rangers Dino Thunder, which was produced in Auckland, New Zealand.

Jelal Kalyanji Natali

After investing in Taumarunui properties and businesses he moved to Browns Bay in Auckland, where his descendants still live.

Joseph Greenwood

He served in the first and second New Zealand Parliaments, representing the Pensioner Settlements electorate consisting of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.

Limited express

The Night Limited was the premier express train on the North Island Main Trunk Railway between Auckland and Wellington from 1924 until 1971; during peak seasons, it was augmented by the Daylight Limited.

Luxford

John Luxford (1890–1971), New Zealand lawyer and Mayor of Auckland City

Manurewa East

Manurewa East is a suburb of Manukau City in Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of Manukau City Council.

Matt Horne

Matthew Jeffery Horne (born 5 December 1970 in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 50 ODIs from 1997 – 2003.

New Zealand English

This followed an incident in 1985 when an Oakland-bound American passenger accidentally ended up on a flight to Auckland after misunderstanding several Air New Zealand flight attendants at Los Angeles International Airport.

New Zealand hip hop

Early Hiphop releases in New Zealand include the collection Ak89 - In Love With These Rhymes, compiled by Simon Laan and released by Auckland radio bFm in 1989 (on cassette only), and a variety of releases by Southside Records, owned by Murray Cammick.

Onehunga

The Onehunga branch will be the first in Auckland to see passenger service on the new AM class electric trains.

Philippe Viard

Michael King, God's farthest outpost: a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland, 1997.

Pilot Training School

Military pilot training during World War I was undertaken by private contractors; principally the New Zealand Flying School of the Walsh Brothers in Auckland and the Canterbury Aviation Company formed by Henry Wigram in Christchurch.

Pinehill

Pinehill, New Zealand, a suburb of North Shore City in the Auckland region

Port Lincoln

In 2008 she was a member of the gold medal winning Australian side at the Auckland World Netball Championships.

Postcodes in New Zealand

Under the old system, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch were divided into postal zones, which were incorporated into the post code system for use in bulk mailings.

Ramon Te Wake

In 2005 Te Wake joined King Kapisi in presenting Pasifika 2005 festival, the biggest Polynesian culture festival in the world held in Auckland every year since 1992, it was televised on TV2.

Randerson

Richard Randerson (born 1940), Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland

Rosy Parlane

In 1992, in Auckland, Rosy Parlane co-founded the avant-garde rock trio Thela.

Roy Dalgarno

In 1975 he moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where he worked as a Lecturer in drawing and composition at the Auckland Society of Arts.

RPM Challenge

In 2007, several well-known websites and media outlets picked up the story, and participation increased to over 2400 acts from such varied locations as Tokyo, Auckland, Montreal, Antarctica and Oslo.

Ryan Broekhoff

Broekhoff was a member of Australia's entry in both the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand and the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Starcom IP Asia

Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Terrorism in New Zealand

Greenpeace had planned to use the Rainbow Warrior as part of protest efforts over French nuclear testing at Moruroa, and DGSE divers sank the vessel by detonating mines against its hull while it was berthed in Auckland.

Thomas McDonnell, Snr.

(1788 in County Antrim, Ireland – 13 September 1864 in Onehunga, Auckland) was a timber trader and Additional British Resident in New Zealand.

Waitakere, Auckland

Waitakere is a small mostly rural suburb in the northwest of Auckland, New Zealand.

Westfield Glenfield

Westfield Glenfield is a shopping centre in Glenfield, part of North Shore City, in Auckland.

Whangaparaoa Peninsula

Auckland's Northern Motorway (State Highway One) was extended to Orewa at the end of the 1990s, reducing journey time into the city and making it more popular for commuters.

William Lankham

William Lankham was born 4 December 1861 in Auckland and died 2 December 1886 in Devonport.