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Auckland Islands. / -50.7; 166.1. Location map, for Auckland Islands showing position from New Zealand. The Auckland Islands ( Māori: Motu Maha "Many islands" or Maungahuka "Snowy mountains") [ 2] are an archipelago of New Zealand, lying 465 km (289 mi) south of the South Island. The main Auckland Island, occupying 460 km 2 (180 sq mi), is ...
Auckland ( / ˈɔːklənd / AWK-lənd; [ 6] Māori: Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about 1,478,800 (June 2023). [ 4]
Ōmaha is a small beach town on Ōmaha Bay in the Auckland Region, in the north of New Zealand. It is located 74.7 km north of central Auckland. It is on a sandspit that adjoins Tāwharanui Peninsula and separates Whangateau Harbour from Ōmaha Bay. The nearest sizeable town is Warkworth which is situated 16.8 km south west of Ōmaha.
The Auckland Southern Motorway (also known as the Southern Motorway, and historically as the Auckland–Hamilton Motorway) is the major route south out of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is part of State Highway 1 . The motorway is 45 kilometres in length, with 28 junctions including termini. It runs from the Central Motorway Junction in ...
Devonport ( / ˈdɛvənpɔːrt / DEV-ən-port) [3] is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of the Devonport Peninsula that runs southeast from near Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. East of Devonport lies North Head, the northern ...
St Johns (1.9 km) Meadowbank is a central suburb of Auckland city, situated in the North Island of New Zealand. Meadowbank is governed under the local governance of the Orakei Local Board and Auckland Council. The Meadowbank train station is the second stop on the Eastern Train line. The Orakei Basin is held between the two suburbs of ...
The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state highways. All state highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency . The highways were originally designated using a two-tier system, national (SH 1 to 8) and provincial, with national ...
State Highway 1 (New Zealand) State Highway 1 ( SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand road network, running the length of both main islands. It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the South Island ...