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73 unusual facts about Auckland


3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion

After training for a few months the battalion then deployed in February–March 1943 to Auckland, New Zealand in preparation for combat in the Pacific theater.

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.

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.

Arnold Safroni-Middleton

He played the violin in the Orchestra of "Her Majesty's Theatre" in Sydney, the Orchestra of the Opera House in Auckland, the Providence Opera House in Providence (Rhode Island), the Tokyo Orchestra, the Government House (Sarawak) Orchestra and the Government House (Hayti) Mexico Orchestra.

Auckland Cup Week

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

Auckland Trotting Cup

The Auckland Trotting Cup or Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in March in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses.

Autolite

Since then, it has been manufactured and marketed by FRAM Group, LLC, which is a constituent company of Auckland, New Zealand-based investment firm Rank Group.

Back of the Y Masterpiece Television

Back of the Y begun shooting a second series from Monday 24th Sept 2007 - Friday 28th Sept 2007 at Henderson Valley Studios in Auckland.

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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Bernard Martin

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

Brad Godden

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

Bruce McLaren

The University of Auckland Formula SAE team use Bruce's racing number 47 as their car number in memory of Bruce.

Clifton Firth

he was educated at King’s College(1911-1919), followed by a year in Christchurch at Christ’s College.

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.

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).

Eric Baume

Eric Baume was born Frederick Ehrenfried Baume in Auckland, New Zealand in 1900 to a father of the same name who was a lawyer and politician.

Fast Crew

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

Gérard Royal

Le Parisien quoted Antoine as saying "...he was called upon in 1985 to go to New Zealand, to Auckland Harbour, to sabotage the Rainbow Warrior. Later, he told me that it was him who planted the bomb on the Greenpeace ship".

Great Northern Derby

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

Great Northern St. Leger

The Great Northern St. Leger was a horse race for three year old racehorses held over 2700 metres in Auckland, New Zealand.

Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

Hampton Downs Motorsport Park is situated in North Waikato (between Auckland and Hamilton), New Zealand near the Meremere drag strip and the dirt track club.

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.

Horahora Power Station

This allowed supply to be extended to include the Bay of Plenty and Auckland.

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).

Július Benčko

While Schmitz (Dotcom), Finn Batato, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk were arrested on January 20, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand, by New Zealand authorities, Benčko and two others remain at large.

Kangaroo Island SeaLink

In September 2004 Sealink acquired Subritzky Shipping of Auckland New Zealand, and renamed it as the SeaLink Travel Group.

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.

Like It's Over

The music video for "Like It's Over" was filmed at Pt Erin Pool, Auckland and directed by Shae Sterling.

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.

Linden Wilkinson

Wilkinson spends most of her time acting in and writing theatre productions, she has worked extensively in State Theatre Companies in Adelaide, Melbourne and Auckland, some of her theatre credits include A Day in December, Family Favourites, Happy House Show, Nice Girls and Night of the Missing Bridegroom.

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).

New Zealand Derby

The New Zealand Derby is a set-weights Thoroughbred horserace for three-year-old, run over a distance of 2,400 metres (12 furlongs) at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand.

New Zealand Fashion Museum

Doris de Pont, former fashion designer and anthropologist, from Auckland

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.

Northern Busway

Northern Busway, Auckland, a busway in North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand

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.

Pannavamsa

He has built 8 Burmese Buddhist monasteries in cities worldwide like Los Angeles, Sydney, Chicago, Toronto, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon and Auckland between 1979 to 2002.

Pukeiti

Pukeiti, Auckland, one of the volcanoes in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand

Ricky Ball

Woody (consisting of three-quarters of Ticket among the line up) was a resident band at Jilly's in Auckland, one of several nightclubs in New Zealand run by Maurice Greer, formerly of Human Instinct.

Robin Maconie

Robin Maconie (born 22 October 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand composer, pianist, and writer.

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.

Rowe Cup

The Rowe Cup is a race held annually in May at Alexandra Park, Auckland, New Zealand for standardbred horses.

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.

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

Rutherford High School

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

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.

Siobhan Marshall

Marshall attended Auckland’s Unitec School of Performing Screen Arts and graduated in 2003.

Society for Social Neuroscience

The Society for Social Neuroscience was founded on January 20, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand, after a series of consultations led by John Cacioppo and Jean Decety with social neurobiologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and neurologists from all over the world.

T. E. Srinivasan

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

Te Atatu Peninsula

Te Atatu Peninsula boasts a full complement of amenities including a supermarket, library, community hall, police and fire stations, numerous eating establishments, primary and intermediate schools, Rutherford College (named after Ernest Rutherford, the New Zealand scientist recognised for having split the atom) and numerous parks.

The Cloud

The Cloud, Auckland is a multi-purpose venue built for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand

The Nikolai Organisation

Pillow fight- in an alley off Queen Street, Auckland again with the aim of showed that you do not have to be a child to have fun.

Theresa Healey

Married to film producer Steven O'Meagher, the couple have two children, Xavier and Zachary, together and currently reside in central Auckland, New Zealand.

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.

Thomson Wilson Leys

He was five years a pupil at the People's College, Nottingham, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1863 with his parents, who joined the great Nonconformist movement to establish a special settlement at Albertland, north of Auckland.

Tim Radford

Tim Radford (born 1940) is a British–New Zealand freelance journalist, born in New Zealand in 1940 and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland.

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.

Tomioka, Fukushima

It has a friendship agreement with Auckland, New Zealand, and a New Zealand teacher was sent to Tomioka each year to teach at the Junior and Elementary schools.

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.

Whakamaru Power Station

The largest transmission route is to New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, approximately 200 km to the north - three 220 kV circuits connect Whakamaru to Otahuhu in southern Auckland, with an additional circuit serving Otahuhu via Hamilton.

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.

William Trevor Martin

He and Tony Mackintosh both stood in their last Test as umpire in the 3rd Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Eden Park in Auckland in February 1973.

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.

Young Quinn

The Inter Dominion was held in Auckland, New Zealand that year and although a strong team of Australian pacers including Hondo Grattan and Paleface Adios, plus Just Too Good and Royal Gaze made the trip across the Tasman, they were again beaten by Young Quinn.


2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Group A of the Division II tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand, from April 7 to 13.

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.

Anna Stanley

Stanley is married to current medical surgeon and former Auckland and All Black rugby union player, Jeremy Stanley.

Antonio Rosmini-Serbati

In 1962, Rosmini College School for Boys was founded in Auckland, New Zealand by Father Catcheside.

Auckland Anniversary Day

Auckland Anniversary Day was established by Governor Hobson's direction, over Willoughby Shortland's signature, in 1842.

Barrier transfer machine

Moveable barriers are in permanent use in such cities as Auckland (Auckland Harbour Bridge); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California; and Sydney, Australia; many other cities use them temporarily during construction work.

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.

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.

Claire Chitham

Claire Margaret Chitham (born 12 July 1978 in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress.

Cockle Bay, New Zealand

The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the 13 administrative divisions of Auckland city and currently under governance of the Auckland Council.

David Burn

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

Dorothea Anne Franchi

She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the daughter of Peter Rudolph Franchi, and studied at the University of Auckland and the Royal College of Music in London.

Double-decker tram

Double-deck trams were once popular in some European cities, like Berlin and London, throughout the British Empire countries in the early half of the 20th century including Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington in New Zealand; Hobart, Tasmania in Australia and in parts of Asia.

East Tamaki

The area is under governance of the Auckland Council, and is located to the south-east of the Auckland city centre.

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.

Favona

The suburb is in the Manukau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city, and is under governance of the Auckland Council.

Geoff Rabone

Geoffrey Osborne Rabone (born 6 November 1921 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand and died 19 January 2006 in Auckland) was a cricketer who captained New Zealand in five Test matches in 1953-54 and 1954-55.

Geography of New Zealand

Christchurch is the driest city, receiving about 640 mm (25 in) of rain per year, while Hamilton is the wettest, receiving more than twice that amount at 1325mm PA, followed closely by Auckland.

Gordon Hayward

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

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.

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.

Kerry Berry Brogan

She also served as the “International Green Ambassador” for the Xi'an China International Horticultural Exposition 2011, and has been selected for a number of honorary positions including Film Ambassador for New Zealand’s Film Auckland and Goodwill Ambassador for the Flying Tigers Historical Organization.

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.

Mark Faumuina

He was picked to play for the Lion Red XIII against a Tongan Residents side and also represented Auckland in its Rugby League Cup challenge.

Moodabe family

When Thomas O'Brien and his beloved Civic Theatre went bankrupt in 1932, the Moodabe brothers took over O'Brien's other Auckland theatres, including the Princess (later the Plaza), the Rialto in Newmarket, and the Tivoli in Karangahape Road.

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.

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.

Port Lincoln

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

Railway Enthusiasts Society

In 1981 and 1986, the Society operated steam hauled trains with Glenbrook Vintage Railway's Mallet locomotive and WW 480 along Quay Street in Auckland as part of tourism promotions.

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.

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.

Rutherford College

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

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.

Te Atatu

The Northwestern Cycleway runs along the motorway as well, and some locals like to use it to commute to their jobs in the Auckland CBD areas.

Te Atatu South

Other convenient State secondary schools are Henderson High School, Liston College, St Dominic's College and some commute to St Peter's College.

Telephone numbers in New Zealand

STD codes were assigned with larger areas having short STD codes (e.g. Auckland - 09), while smaller areas had longer STD codes and shorter local numbers (e.g. Shannon - 06927).

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.