Boroughs proliferated in the suburban areas of the larger cities: By the 1980s there were 19 boroughs and three cities in the area that is now the City of Auckland.

* 1985 – Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.

* 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Lord Cobham.

For instance Auckland Regional Transport Authority reports that “ over half of Aucklanders believe it is usually unsafe, or always unsafe, to cycle ”.

The main international airport is Auckland Airport, which handled about 11 million passengers in 2005.

Air New Zealand is the only airline serving Niue, with a weekly flight from Auckland.

The flight is operated with an A320 departing Auckland on Friday and arriving the next day due to the International Date Line.

Pitcairn is about southeast of Tahiti, from Auckland, New Zealand, and over from Panama.

However, other measures suggest that Honolulu ( population 900, 000 ), which is from San Francisco ; or Auckland ( population 1. 5M ), which is from Sydney, are more isolated.

The University is one of only three institutions ( University of Auckland and Unitec being the others ) to offer a degree in Architecture in New Zealand.

* The Auckland University Students ' Association is founded.

* July 10 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents.

it is situated to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf.

The local authority is the Auckland Council.

With an area of, Great Barrier is the sixth-largest island in New Zealand after the South Island, the North Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura, Chatham Island, and Auckland Island.

The rural and remote character is also reflected in the fact that it is the Auckland Region's ' suburb ' with the lowest median income, at NZ $ 25, 100, compared to an average of NZ $ 37, 300 and the highest value of NZ $ 60, 000.

Flight time is approximately 35 minutes from Auckland.

He is currently an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Effect is given to this strategy through a series of layers of control including the Local Government Amendment ( Auckland ) Act, the Regional Policy Statement and then via District Plans.

There is also a Fleet Air Arm museum inside the Museum of Transport and Technology ( MOTAT ) in Auckland, New Zealand.

The flying boat ' Aranui ', which was part of this service, is now on display at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, New Zealand.

Covering about 125 miles, it is shorter than most offshore races and runs north from Auckland to Russell, which is at the northern tip of New Zealand ’ s North Island.

An Auckland District Court judge issued a warrant for his arrest for alleged war crimes arising from his role in the 2002 assassination of Hamas leader Salah Shahade in Gaza City, in which at least 14 Palestinian civilians were killed, saying that New Zealand had an obligation to uphold the Geneva Convention.

* Auckland is alleged to receive more than its fair share of government funds, though often in the past, as in 2005, it " received less than its share in terms of its proportion of total population ", and a report in 1991 showed that out of $ 150 million in fuel taxes, only $ 84 million had come back to the Auckland Region in transport investment.

* Auckland is alleged to be a drain on the national economy.

* Auckland is alleged to dominate the National Provincial Championship in rugby union in the 1980s and 90s, when Auckland won the championship in 15 out of 30 years and never lost in a final, holding the prestigious Ranfurly Shield trophy for a record 61 successful defences over 8 years.

* Auckland is alleged to be full of rude, greedy and arrogant people, having a similar reputation as those of Sydney in Australia, New York City and Los Angeles in the United States or Montreal and Toronto in Canada.

* Auckland is alleged to be full of cars and especially SUVs ( often referred to by detractors as ' Remuera Tractors ', with Remuera being the stereotypical ' rich people's suburb '), and its drivers preferring them to other types of transportation, but Aucklanders use them less than the rural population.

* Auckland is alleged to be a culturally alien place due to the much higher proportion of non-Māori and nonwhite populations than the rest of the country.

It has been alleged by some critics that the decision to delay completion of the Western Ring Route ( proposed for a long time before the motorway was built through Freemans Bay ) was motivated by the fact that the new Auckland Harbour Bridge required higher toll revenues to repay its construction cost.

Street prostitution continues to dominate debates because of its visibility, for instance sex workers often gather on and around Karangahape Road and Hunter's Corner in Auckland, Cuba / Marion Streets in Wellington, and Manchester Street in Christchurch amongst other places.

The charges related to the popular blackcurrant fruit drink Ribena, which the company had led consumers to believe contained high levels of vitamin C. As part of a school science project, Anna Devathasan and Jenny Suo, 14-year-old schoolgirls from Pakuranga College in Auckland, discovered that ready-to-drink juice sold in 100ml containers contained very little vitamin C. Approaches by the two teens to the company did not resolve the issue, and after the matter was publicised on national consumer affairs television show Fair Go it came to the attention of the Commerce Commission.

He played against Los Angeles Galaxy on 6 December 2008 in an exhibition match held at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, as part of an Oceania XI All-Star team, despite the fact he is not from Oceania and has never played for an Oceanic club or national team.

Bishop Auckland is located at ( British national grid reference system: ) on the Durham coalfield at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless.

After the Opposition parties unsuccessfully called for a national referendum on the matter, Auckland lawyer Dennis J Gates launched a petition for a non-binding citizens initiated referendum on 3 April 2003, asking the question " Should all rights of appeal to the Privy Council be abolished ?".

* Generally South Island, rural lower North Island, Northland, and increasingly in Wellington, where Auckland is perceived to take many of the national events supposedly belonging in the capital.

From 1986 to 1990 Locke worked full-time as the national coordinator of the Philippines Solidarity Network, based in Auckland.

The first portion of this line was opened in 1889, it reached its greatest extent in 1923, and after operating isolated from the national rail network for decades, it was connected with the North Auckland Line by the Dargaville Branch in 1940.

With his start in the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations at Eden Park in Auckland against the All Blacks, Gregan equalled England's Jason Leonard as the most-capped player for a national team in Test rugby, with 114 ( Leonard also has five Lions caps ).

The Auckland news centre produces live bulletins for the national Newstalk ZB network, as well as local Auckland bulletins at breakfast time.

Ngāti Whātua came to national prominence in the 1970s in a dispute over vacant land at Bastion Point, a little way east of the Auckland city centre, adjoining the suburb of Orakei.

Kaikohe was linked to the national rail network with the arrival of a branch line railway being built from Otiria on the North Auckland Line to Kaitaia, which opened to Kaikohe on 1 May 1914.

A New Zealand national team did not play again until 1921, when New Zealand played three official full internationals against Australia, played at Carisbrook in Dunedin, Athletic Park in Wellington, and Auckland Domain.

* Leo Lafaiali ' i, a player for Manu Samoa ( rugby union national team of Samoa ) and a former Auckland Blues player.

During the 1895 – 96 season Bishop Auckland won their first silverware on a national scale – the Amateur Cup – defeating Royal Artillery Portsmouth 8 – 0 in the final.

In the 1960s and 70s steps were taken towards better managing the ever-increasing volumes of national and international mail: the installation of New Zealand's first mechanical mail sorting machine in the Auckland parcel depot, and the introduction of address postal codes to simplify bulk mail sorting.

As late as 1993 the line remained in use as part of the national network, serving a large cement works at Eastgate ( latterly owned by the Lafarge group ) and providing a summer Sundays-only passenger service between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope.

On 27 March 2009 the railway's website reported that Network Rail had undertaken to re-install missing points and crossings at Bishop Auckland to reconnect the Weardale Line with the national rail network.

New Zealand art commentator Hamish Keith has been a consistent critic of Te Papa at different times referring to it as a " theme park ", the " cultural equivalent to a fast-food outlet " and " not even a de facto national gallery " but seems to have moderated his opinion more recently when making a case for exhibition space on the Auckland waterfront.

That off season, Paul was selected as a utility player for the Under-19 Auckland side, playing a major part in his team winning the national tournament.

She moved to Auckland in 1949 when her second husband died, and her political activity changed from local to national.

During the 1960s she worked on a local level around Auckland, but kept largely out of the national spotlight.

In 1908, the line was incorporated into the national network of the New Zealand Railways Department and became part of the North Island Main Trunk linking Wellington and Auckland, the North Island's most important line.