Auckland City
Auckland City | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Advance | |
Auckland City's location in the North Island | |
Auckland City's urban areas (in orange) within the greater Auckland urban region (grey). The city centre is ringed. Auckland City also encompassed islands of the inner (upper right) and outer Hauraki Gulf. | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Final extent formed | 1989 |
| Disestablished | 1 November 2010 |
| Seat | Auckland CBD |
| Government | |
| • Type | Territorial authority |
| • Body | Auckland City Council |
| • Mayor | John Banks (final holder) |
| Area | |
• Total | 637 km2 (246 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Area code | 09 |
| Website | www.aucklandcity.govt.nz (archived) |
Auckland City refers to two former territorial authorities based around Auckland, New Zealand. The first Auckland City, also known as the City of Auckland, existed from 1871 until the 1989 local government reforms when it was replaced with an eponymous authority that covered the whole Auckland isthmus, which lasted until 2010 when it was replaced with the region wide Auckland Council. The post-1989 authority was governed by the Auckland City Council and by the larger Auckland Regional Council.
The territory of Auckland grew from just covering the central business district to encompass suburbs such as Ponsonby and Parnell, although several suburbs remained independent boroughs until the 1989 local government reforms, when the nascent Auckland City was constituted as covering the entire isthmus and islands within the Hauraki Gulf such as Waiheke.