Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populated urban area in the country. Auckland has a population of 1,454,300 - 32% of New Zealand's population. It is part of the wider Auckland Region, which includes the rural areas and towns north and south of the urban area, plus the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,570,500 that is governed by the Auckland Council. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. In Māori, Auckland's name is Tāmaki Makaurau and the adaptation of Auckland, to suit Māori phonetic rules, is Ākarana.

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It is one of the few cities in the world to have two harbours on two separate major bodies of water.

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In terms of population it is the largest Oceanian city outside Australia.

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