Auckland City Hall, New Zealand

Sailing City "-Auckland, New Zealand Port City

Auckland, the largest city and seaport in New Zealand, is located in the narrow Auckland isthmus between Whitemata Port and Manakau Port on the North Island of New Zealand, with a width of only 26 kilometers. The whole city is built on a pile of volcanic ash, and there are about 50 extinct volcanic vents and peaks in the territory. Auckland has a mild climate and abundant rainfall. Waikato river Valley in the south of the city is one of the richest pastoral areas in New Zealand.

Auckland began to build its town in 1840, and1841-1865 is the capital of New Zealand. It became a city in 187 1 After 1.5 centuries of development and construction, Auckland has become the industrial and commercial center of New Zealand, with a population of over one million, of which Polynesian Maori and Pacific island immigrants exceed100000, and is known as the Polynesian center of the world.

Auckland is a major industrial base in New Zealand, including clothing, textiles, food, electrical appliances, furniture, steel, leather, automobile assembly, glass, plastics and chemicals. , as well as building materials, machine building, shipbuilding and sugar production.

Auckland has convenient transportation and is the hub of national air and sea transportation. Railways and highways are connected with all parts of the country. Port scale and throughput rank first in China, with routes leading to South Pacific, East Asia, Europe and America. Manere has the largest international airport in China. The port of Whitemata is wide and deep, allowing foreign and coastal ships to enter and leave. Auckland Harbour Bridge connects the urban area with the suburban residential area on the north shore and devonport (the main naval base and wharf).

The main cultural institutions in the urban area include the War Memorial Museum, the Auckland City Art Museum, the public library, the University of Auckland, the City Hall and the Teachers College. There are beaches, golf courses, gymnasiums, parks and swimming and surfing reserves.

Auckland is a beautiful garden city with developed tourism. There are Lion Park in Auckland, the largest wildlife park in the South Pacific, Rainbow Wonderland, the largest amusement park in New Zealand, wineries with fragrant wine, underwater world with marine animals and plants, handicraft history museum showing the hands of Maori ancestors, and modern museum showing the new development of transportation and technology. The ports of Whitemata and Manakau, which surround Auckland, are popular places for sea navigation. Every weekend, in the blue bay, sailboats with colorful sails shuttle across the sea. Auckland is therefore called "the city of windsurfing".

1989 Auckland and Guangzhou, China became sister cities. 1995 February Auckland port and China Shanghai port reached a sister port agreement.