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71 unusual facts about Auckland


ACG Senior College

Students enjoy access to all that the central city has to offer, from The Auckland City Library opposite the school to the open spaces that are Aotea Square and Albert Park.

Affluenza

To highlight the spread of affluenza in societies with varied levels of inequality, James interviewed people in several cities including Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, Moscow, Shanghai, Copenhagen and New York.

Amy Chambers

After a brief stint with Air Fiji, she was accepted by the Anglican Church for training at St John's Theological College in Auckland, New Zealand.

Arnold Safroni-Middleton

He played the violin in the Orchestra of "Her Majesty's Theatre" in Sydney, the Orchestra of the Opera House in Auckland, the Providence Opera House in Providence (Rhode Island), the Tokyo Orchestra, the Government House (Sarawak) Orchestra and the Government House (Hayti) Mexico Orchestra.

Auckland Cup Week

Held in Auckland in the first week of March, the carnival includes Thoroughbred, Harness, and Greyhound racing.

Auckland Trotting Cup

The Auckland Trotting Cup or Auckland Cup is a race held at Alexandra Park in March in Auckland, New Zealand for Standardbred horses.

Autolite

Since then, it has been manufactured and marketed by FRAM Group, LLC, which is a constituent company of Auckland, New Zealand-based investment firm Rank Group.

Back of the Y Masterpiece Television

Back of the Y begun shooting a second series from Monday 24th Sept 2007 - Friday 28th Sept 2007 at Henderson Valley Studios in Auckland.

Bartercard Premiership

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Bowl-out

The first international bowl-out in a Twenty20 match took place on 16 February 2006, when New Zealand beat West Indies 3-0 in Auckland.

Bronwyn Turei

She moved to Auckland to attend the Unitec School of Performing Arts.

Bruce McLaren

The University of Auckland Formula SAE team use Bruce's racing number 47 as their car number in memory of Bruce.

His parents, Les and Ruth McLaren, owned a service station and workshop in Remuera Rd, Remuera, Auckland.

Central Connector

Central Connector, Auckland, a bus rapid transit link between Britomart Transport Centre in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, and the commercial suburb of Newmarket.

Clifton Firth

he was educated at King’s College(1911-1919), followed by a year in Christchurch at Christ’s College.

David Burn

Burn was editing the South Britain or Tasmanian Literary Journal in 1843, and afterwards went to Sydney and Auckland, where he lived for many years.

Dorothea Anne Franchi

She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the daughter of Peter Rudolph Franchi, and studied at the University of Auckland and the Royal College of Music in London.

Drift to the north

Drift to the north is a term used in New Zealand to refer to the internal migration of people from the South Island to the country's main metropolitan area, Auckland, in the northern North Island.

Elizabeth Grace Neill

After this significant event in New Zealand’s history, maternity hospitals began opening all over the country such as St. Helen’s Hospitals in Dunedin (1905), Auckland (1906), and Christchurch (1907).

Fast Crew

Fast Crew was formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1999, and after some experimentation, the group began playing live around Auckland.

Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

Hampton Downs Motorsport Park is situated in North Waikato (between Auckland and Hamilton), New Zealand near the Meremere drag strip and the dirt track club.

Henry Cleary

He learned Māori in order to teach Māori people in their own language, and was responsible for establishing St Peter's Rural Training School for Māori boys.

History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918–19 to 1945

An Australian team toured New Zealand in 1920-21 to play first-class matches versus New Zealand national team (twice) and provincial teams including Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago.

Horahora Power Station

This allowed supply to be extended to include the Bay of Plenty and Auckland.

Issues 101

The film attracted a formal complaint by a viewer to the New Zealand Broadcast Standards Authority after it aired during the Triangle Television gay television festival in Auckland in January 2003.

Jeffrey Parazzo

After a few smaller roles in film and television, in 2003 Jeff was cast as Power Ranger Trent Fernandez on the TV show Power Rangers Dino Thunder, which was produced in Auckland, New Zealand.

Július Benčko

While Schmitz (Dotcom), Finn Batato, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk were arrested on January 20, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand, by New Zealand authorities, Benčko and two others remain at large.

Kangaroo Island SeaLink

In September 2004 Sealink acquired Subritzky Shipping of Auckland New Zealand, and renamed it as the SeaLink Travel Group.

Karapiro Power Station

From Karapiro, electricity is transmitted by a twin-circuit 110 kV line (HAM-KPO-A) to Hamilton, via Cambridge, where Karapiro's electricity is distributed to Hamilton, northern Waikato, and Auckland.

Limited express

The Night Limited was the premier express train on the North Island Main Trunk Railway between Auckland and Wellington from 1924 until 1971; during peak seasons, it was augmented by the Daylight Limited.

LOMAK

The keyboard had its origins in 1987 when Aucklander Mike Watling saw the limited options available for young disabled people to communicate with their teachers.

Mako Networks

Mako Networks is a network management company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, providing services via a range of managed appliances that connect businesses to the Internet and protect them from security threats.

Marcellin

Marcellin College, Auckland, an integrated, co-educational college in Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand

Marilyn Duckworth

Duckworth was born in Auckland, but spent the years between 1939 and 1947 in England.

Mary Hannah Krout

In 1907 Krout visited Australia for a second time, lecturing on American political and economic conditions and writing a series of articles for the Sydney and Auckland press on American topics.

Mathew Richmond

In his role, he was only responsible to the Governor (first Robert FitzRoy and then George Grey) and the Colonial Secretary (Andrew Sinclair) in Auckland.

Matiatia

Matiatia - A wharf, foreshore, valley and surrounding hills known as the Gateway to Waiheke Island, Auckland New Zealand.

McNair Mynah

Built in Auckland, the McNair Mynah is designed to be reminiscent of the 1920s Lincoln Sports biplane that was popular in New Zealand.

Mount Hobson

Mount Hobson, Auckland, a volcanic cone in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand

New Zealand Derby

The New Zealand Derby is a set-weights Thoroughbred horserace for three-year-old, run over a distance of 2,400 metres (12 furlongs) at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand.

New Zealand Fashion Museum

Doris de Pont, former fashion designer and anthropologist, from Auckland

Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile

It is held over the distance of 1700 metres (just over one mile) once a year at Alexandra Park, Auckland, New Zealand.

Northern Busway

Northern Busway, Auckland, a busway in North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand

Pannavamsa

He has built 8 Burmese Buddhist monasteries in cities worldwide like Los Angeles, Sydney, Chicago, Toronto, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon and Auckland between 1979 to 2002.

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

The differences between the book and the original Auckland lectures were discussed in June 1996 in the American Journal of Physics.

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

In 1939, Michel Fokine wrote to Rachmaninoff from Auckland, New Zealand, where he was touring, seeking the composer's approval to use Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for his ballet Paganini, which he had almost finished choreographing.

Ricky Ball

Woody (consisting of three-quarters of Ticket among the line up) was a resident band at Jilly's in Auckland, one of several nightclubs in New Zealand run by Maurice Greer, formerly of Human Instinct.

Robin Maconie

Robin Maconie (born 22 October 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand composer, pianist, and writer.

Following a temporary lectureship at the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1967–69, Maconie emigrated to England to study for a Ph.D in the Psychology of Music at Southampton University.

Rowe Cup

The Rowe Cup is a race held annually in May at Alexandra Park, Auckland, New Zealand for standardbred horses.

Roy Dalgarno

Roy Dalgarno is a social realist artist, born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) in 1910, died February 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Rutherford High School

Rutherford High School (Auckland), former name of Rutherford College, Auckland, New Zealand

Sammy Jones

A solid right-handed batsman and a handy medium pace bowler, Jones excelled for New South Wales and later for Queensland and Auckland.

Seizure of Megaupload

Dotcom and three other Megaupload executives were arrested in a leased $30 million luxury mansion near Auckland on Friday January 20, 2012.

The Beatnix

There have also been many television performances including Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Midday Show, Good Morning Australia, The Don Lane Show, Ernie and Denise, Simon Townsend's Wonder World, Donnie Sutherlands' Sounds, and appearances at Beatles festivals in Adelaide, Melbourne, Auckland and four Beatlefests in Sydney.

The Cloud

The Cloud, Auckland is a multi-purpose venue built for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand

The Nikolai Organisation

Pillow fight- in an alley off Queen Street, Auckland again with the aim of showed that you do not have to be a child to have fun.

Thomas Cobcroft

The first two days of the 3rd Test at Eden Park in Auckland were washed out, so the 4th Test was arranged a week later.

Tim Radford

Tim Radford (born 1940) is a British–New Zealand freelance journalist, born in New Zealand in 1940 and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland.

Tom Paris

Tried and convicted of treason for aiding the Maquis Rebellion, Paris was sentenced to serve time in the Federation Penal Settlement near Auckland, New Zealand.

Tomioka, Fukushima

It has a friendship agreement with Auckland, New Zealand, and a New Zealand teacher was sent to Tomioka each year to teach at the Junior and Elementary schools.

Uwe Grodd

His appointment to conduct The Auckland Choral Society was confirmed at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, on 28 September 2008, in a concert that concluded with Anton Bruckner's Locus Iste, Handel's Coronation Anthems and "David Roi".

Waima

Catholic students usually commute by bus, or train from Glen Eden or New Lynn to Marist College (girls) or St Peter's College (boys).

Waitakere, Auckland

Waitakere is a small mostly rural suburb in the northwest of Auckland, New Zealand.

Watchman Island

The island has special (or more precisely, undefined) legal status, as neither Auckland City Council, Auckland Regional Council or Ports of Auckland claim responsibility, though some local iwi are considered to have customary rights over it.

Wayland Hand

Wayland Debs Hand (March 19, 1907, Auckland, New Zealand – October 22, 1986, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States) was an American folklorist.

West End Rowing Club

West End Rowing Club is based at Saunders Reserve on Rosebank Peninsula, in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.

Whakamaru Power Station

The largest transmission route is to New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, approximately 200 km to the north - three 220 kV circuits connect Whakamaru to Otahuhu in southern Auckland, with an additional circuit serving Otahuhu via Hamilton.

William Trevor Martin

He and Tony Mackintosh both stood in their last Test as umpire in the 3rd Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Eden Park in Auckland in February 1973.

YOPER

Yoper is also the Auckland, New Zealand based company which is developing and selling Yoper Linux.

Young Quinn

The Inter Dominion was held in Auckland, New Zealand that year and although a strong team of Australian pacers including Hondo Grattan and Paleface Adios, plus Just Too Good and Royal Gaze made the trip across the Tasman, they were again beaten by Young Quinn.


AAFL

Auckland Australian Football League, an Australian rules football competition in Auckland, New Zealand

Ardmore, New Zealand

The suburb is in the Franklin ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City, and is under local governance of the Auckland Council.

Auckland Anniversary Day

The modern area of observation includes all of the Northland and Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne Regions, as well as some parts of the Manawatu-Wanganui and Hawke's Bay regions north of the 39th parallel.

Auckland Anniversary Day was established by Governor Hobson's direction, over Willoughby Shortland's signature, in 1842.

Bartercard Premiership

In the Seniors competition, Canterbury achieved their first Premiership in the new competition in a rematch of the 2008 final, defeating Auckland at Rugby League Park, Christchurch.

Brett Mullins

In 1997, Mullins played from the bench in the Super League only Australian team in their 12-30 loss to New Zealand at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.

Claire Chitham

Claire Margaret Chitham (born 12 July 1978 in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress.

Cockle Bay, New Zealand

The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the 13 administrative divisions of Auckland city and currently under governance of the Auckland Council.

Double-decker tram

Double-deck trams were once popular in some European cities, like Berlin and London, throughout the British Empire countries in the early half of the 20th century including Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington in New Zealand; Hobart, Tasmania in Australia and in parts of Asia.

Favona

The suburb is in the Manukau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city, and is under governance of the Auckland Council.

Frederic Villiers

A world cruise followed in which he visited British India where he dined with the Viceroy, Lord Lytton at Simla, travelling on to Sydney, Tasmania, Auckland, Honolulu and San Francisco, and in 1882 was in Egypt to cover the Anglo-Egyptian War; he was present at Battle of Tel-el-Kebir.

Geoff Rabone

Geoffrey Osborne Rabone (born 6 November 1921 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand and died 19 January 2006 in Auckland) was a cricketer who captained New Zealand in five Test matches in 1953-54 and 1954-55.

Hawke Cup

Teams from New Zealand's 4 "main centres", Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin have not usually competed for the Hawke Cup, although they did participate for the latter half of the 1990s.

Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

On 1 February 2010 it was reported that an entomologist had identified the presence of Hadda beetles in the Auckland area of New Zealand.

Homing pigeon

Possibly the first regular air mail service in the world was Mr. Howie's Pigeon-Post service from the Auckland New Zealand suburb of Newton to Great Barrier Island, starting in 1896.

Howard Charles Clark

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Clark was educated at Takapuna Grammar School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1951, a Master of Science degree in 1952, and a PhD in 1954 from the University of Auckland.

Ilam School of Fine Arts

Located in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam, it is informally called the Ilam School of Fine Arts, although this can lead to confusion with the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland.

Inter Dominion

The 2011 series was held at Alexandra Park in Auckland, with the original venue of Addington in Christchurch deemed unsuitable due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Jelal Kalyanji Natali

After investing in Taumarunui properties and businesses he moved to Browns Bay in Auckland, where his descendants still live.

Jeremiah Pai

He has since returned to New Zealand where he has played for the East Coast Bays Barracudas, Northcote Tigers and Hibiscus Coast Raiders and represented Auckland in both the New South Wales Cup and the Bartercard Premiership.

Joseph Greenwood

He served in the first and second New Zealand Parliaments, representing the Pensioner Settlements electorate consisting of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.

Landing at Anzac Cove

The Auckland and Canterbury Battalions of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, under the temporary command of Brigadier General H.B. Walker, an ANZAC staff officer, were also directed to Baby 700.

Manukau

Manukau was governed by the Manukau City Council until November 2010, when the entire Auckland region was amalgamated into a single Auckland council.

Manurewa East

Manurewa East is a suburb of Manukau City in Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of Manukau City Council.

Matt Horne

Matthew Jeffery Horne (born 5 December 1970 in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 50 ODIs from 1997 – 2003.

Mitch Evans

Evans attended Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga, Auckland, but left at the end of 2010 to pursue his career overseas.

Moodabe family

When Thomas O'Brien and his beloved Civic Theatre went bankrupt in 1932, the Moodabe brothers took over O'Brien's other Auckland theatres, including the Princess (later the Plaza), the Rialto in Newmarket, and the Tivoli in Karangahape Road.

Mount Albert Railway Station

Mount Albert Railway Station is in the suburb of Mount Albert on the Western Line of the Auckland railway network, near Unitec, a local tertiary education provider, and is popular with Unitec students.

Onehunga

The Onehunga branch will be the first in Auckland to see passenger service on the new AM class electric trains.

Pinehill

Pinehill, New Zealand, a suburb of North Shore City in the Auckland region

Port Lincoln

In 2008 she was a member of the gold medal winning Australian side at the Auckland World Netball Championships.

Ramon Te Wake

In 2005 Te Wake joined King Kapisi in presenting Pasifika 2005 festival, the biggest Polynesian culture festival in the world held in Auckland every year since 1992, it was televised on TV2.

Randerson

Richard Randerson (born 1940), Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland

Ria Vandervis

She attended Columba College in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn, followed by Auckland's UNITEC School of Performing & Screen Arts, where she completed a three-year course in acting.

Richard Toy

Toy's best known churches are in Auckland and include the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, St Martin's at St Chad's in Sandringham and All Saints in Ponsonby.

Roy Dalgarno

In 1975 he moved to Auckland, New Zealand, where he worked as a Lecturer in drawing and composition at the Auckland Society of Arts.

Ryan Broekhoff

Broekhoff was a member of Australia's entry in both the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand and the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Scented Gardens for the Blind

Dragon formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in January 1972 with a line-up that featured Todd Hunter on bass guitar, guitarist Ray Goodwin, drummer Neil Reynolds and singer/pianist Graeme Collins.

Spacifix

July/August 2007: Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics Tour, they will be the support act for the two dates in Auckland.

Telephone numbers in New Zealand

STD codes were assigned with larger areas having short STD codes (e.g. Auckland - 09), while smaller areas had longer STD codes and shorter local numbers (e.g. Shannon - 06927).

Thomas McDonnell, Snr.

(1788 in County Antrim, Ireland – 13 September 1864 in Onehunga, Auckland) was a timber trader and Additional British Resident in New Zealand.

William Lane

He died on 26 August 1917 in Auckland, New Zealand, having been editor of the Herald from 1913 to 1917, much admired, having lost one son Charles at a cricket match in Cosme in Paraguay, and another Donald on the first day of the ANZAC landings (25 April 1915) on the beaches of Gallipoli.

William Lankham

William Lankham was born 4 December 1861 in Auckland and died 2 December 1886 in Devonport.