AUCKLAND INFORMATION
Welcome to Auckland, Auckland is New Zealand's largest urban area with a population of just over a million people. Auckland is the centre of commerce and industry, and is perhaps the most vibrant, bustling multicultural city in New Zealand and is the biggest Polynesian city in the world. This cultural influence is reflected in many different aspects of city life. Auckland City is, together with its neighbouring cities, part of the Greater Auckland area. As the term 'Auckland' may refer to the local authority alone, to the whole metropolitan area, or even to the broader region, this may lead to ambiguity, since people from other parts of New Zealand or from overseas often do not draw any distinction. Auckland's population, as the largest and most cosmopolitan city of New Zealand, is made up of 185 ethnic groups.