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5 unusual facts about Auckland Region


Auckland cricket team

The Auckland domestic cricket team represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams.

Auckland Region

An arm of the Gulf, the Waitemata Harbour, forms the main harbour of Auckland city, and also accommodates New Zealand's largest port.

Auckland Regional Transport Authority

The former Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) was established in 2004 to be the central co-ordinating agency for transport (especially but not only public transport) in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.

Pleurobranchaea maculata

In 2009, a major scare in the Auckland Region of New Zealand was sparked after several dogs died of tetrodotoxin poisoning after eating Pleurobranchaea maculata (grey side-gilled seaslug) on beaches.

Scenic Drive, Auckland

As the name indicates, it is famous for the sweeping views over the western parts of the Auckland Region.


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

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Northland temperate kauri forest

The landscape is flat when compared with most of New Zealand and includes the regions of Northland, Auckland around the city of Auckland and Waikato around the town of Hamilton.


see also

Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility

Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) is a women's prison in the Wiri suburb of Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand.

Gary Daverne

In 2010 he was made a Companion of North Shore City "for exceptional service to the North Shore Community benefiting present and future generations of the Auckland region".

Manukau

Manukau was governed by the Manukau City Council until November 2010, when the entire Auckland region was amalgamated into a single Auckland council.

Manukau Institute of Technology

In addition to the main Manukau campus there are specialised campuses located throughout the city including locations at Newmarket, the CBD, Highbrook Business Park, Pukekohe and Manukau CBD as well as community learning centres within the greater Auckland region.

Pinehill

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

Starship Children's Health

Besides the main building, Starship has outpatient clinics for the Auckland region in Tamaki, West Auckland and North Shore City, as well as being associated with approximately 45 Outreach Clinics throughout the country.

Wentworth College, New Zealand

Wentworth College is a private secondary college in Gulf Harbour, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.