Difference between revisions of "Auckland, New Zealand"

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Auckland City at night

Auckland City at sunset from Mt Victoria

Description

Auckland (Tāmaki-makau-rau (Māori)) is the largest city in New Zealand with a population of 1.4 million [1] (as at June 2009). The population density is low thus Auckland suffers from extreme suburban sprawl resulting in nearly every resident needing to own a vehicle to get anywhere in a respectable amount of time. Auckland straddles the Auckland Volcanic Field which contains around 50 volcanoes. It also lies on a skinny isthmus less than two kilometres wide at its narrowest point, and is surrounded by two harbours and associated inlets. Of the graticule, what isn't comprised of water or suburbia, is made up of regional parks, beaches and farmland, providing many opportunities for remote and beautiful geohash hunting adventures.

For the purpose of the Reverse regional achievement, the Auckland graticule comprises the following districts:
Rodney, North Shore City, Waitakere City, Auckland City, Manukau City (and Northland).
The Papakura and Franklin Districts fall under the Manukau City graticule.

Links

Maxx for information on your public transport options in the Greater Auckland Area. Although, don't expect to get anywhere of interest quickly or easily using public transport in Auckland.
AucklandNZ.com is the official tourism site for Auckland.
ARC the Auckland Regional Council website.

Statistics

Auckland was unlocked by gnail on 2008-06-25, although no proof was provided, and gnail was never to be seen again!

as of 1/7/2012 3:09:49 PM UTC,

Auckland is the ~~54th~~ ~~51st~~ ~~48th~~ ~~35th~~ ~~33rd~~ ~~32nd~~ ~~27th~~ 47th most active graticule in the world with 14 16 17 22 27 33 38 54 expeditions logged;

Ranked the ~~51st~~ ~~38th~~ ~~32nd~~ ~~30th~~ ~~28th~~ ~~26th~~ ~~29th~~ ~~23rd~~ 43rd graticule in the world based on 12 14 15 17 19 25 28 33 47 successful expeditions with coordinates reached;

And is the most active graticule in New Zealand which can be viewed here: New Zealand Most Active Graticules

Oh, and for the record, Auckland was the 3rd most active graticule for the month of August 2010, and the 2nd most active graticule in July 2011 :)

Local Geohashers

Other hashers that have come and gone can be found here.

Geohashes Reached

2019 (1)

2019-01-26 - Jacksonz- Coyle Street, Sandringham

2018 (4)

2018-09-17 - Jacksonz- Premier Reserve, Point Chevalier
2018-07-18 - Jacksonz- 64 Premier Avenue, Point Chevalier
2018-06-23 - Jacksonz- One Tree Hill
2018-05-09 - Jacksonz- Mountain Bike Track in Riverhead Forest

2016 (1)

2016-09-19 - Jacksonz- Park in Te Atatu

2015 (3)

2015-07-11 - Jacksonz- southbound on Northern Motorway, near Rosedale
2015-06-18 - Jacksonz- Vancouver Avenue, Sandringham
2015-06-08 - nmoorenz- Lake Road, Belmont

2014 (2)

2014-11-22 - Jacksonz- Woodhill Forest, Muriwai
2014-10-21 - Jacksonz- Park in Clavoy Place, East Tamaki

2013 (2)

2013-11-02 - Jondor- Middle of the road, Arrenway Drive, Rosedale
2013-06-09 - Jondor & natedogg - next to house, 6 Brydon Place, New Windsor

2012 (6)

2012-09-28 - JimmyNZ & Greenslime - Beach, Muriwai
2012-09-22 - JimmyNZ & Greenslime - Next to little tree, Greenhithe
2012-07-01 - JimmyNZ - Waitemata Harbour, Coxs Bay
2012-05-29 - JimmyNZ & Greenslime - War Memorial Park, Mt Roskill
2012-01-16 - Greenslime - Paddock, Whenuapai
2012-01-09 - Greenslime - Driveway, Northcote

2011 (8)

2011-12-19 - Greenslime - Woodhill Forest, Muriwai Beach
2011-10-11 - Greenslime - Roadside, Glen Innes
2011-10-05 - Greenslime - Woodhill Forest
2011-10-02 - Greenslime - Paddock, Henderson
2011-09-27 - Greenslime - Paddock, Dairy Flat
2011-07-10 - JimmyNZ & Greenslime - Park, Northcote
2011-06-26 - Llama - Backyard, Papatoetoe
2011-03-30 - JimmyNZ - Grass clearing, Karepiro

2010 (16)

2010-12-26 - JimmyNZ, Greenslime, Krintar - Median Strip, Albany
2010-11-04 - Greenslime - Estuary Edge, Whenuapai
2010-10-22 - Greenslime - Driveway, Herald Island
2010-10-19 - Greenslime - Beach, Glendowie
2010-10-13 - Greenslime - Park, Northcote
2010-10-06 - Greenslime - Median Strip, Lincoln Road
2010-09-14 - Greenslime - Backyard, Bucklands Beach
2010-09-01 - Greenslime - Waitemata Golf Course, Devonport
2010-08-31 - Greenslime - Backyard, Remuera
2010-08-10 - Greenslime - House, Tindalls Beach, Whangaparoa Peninsula
2010-08-08 - Greenslime - Musick Point/Te Waiarohia, Bucklands Beach
2010-08-07 - Greenslime - Chamberland Park Golf Course, Point Chevalier
2010-07-20 - Greenslime - ROW, Kohimarama
2010-07-13 - Greenslime - Undeveloped section, Mangere South
2010-06-24 - Greenslime - Shakespear Regional Park, Whangaparoa Peninsula
2010-01-24 - Greenslime and JimmyNZ - Farm Paddock, Taupaki

2009 (2)

2009-09-05 - TunezNZ - East Tamaki War Memorial park sports field
2009-03-17 - TunezNZ - Corn field, Flatbush

2008 (6)

2008-11-26 - Aspirin - No.56 Parkinson Avenue
2008-10-02 - TunezNZ - East Tamaki Industrial zone
2008-09-08 - Khadgar - Helensville
2008-08-10 - zaf - Meters off East Coast Road, Albany
2008-07-28 - zaf and lan - Western Park
2008-06-25 - gnail - Parking lot, Mt Roskill Grammar School (Curse of Unawareness)

Geohashes Not Reached

2011-07-13 - JimmyNZ - Native Bush, Riverhead
2011-07-12 - JimmyNZ and Greenslime - Pine Forest, Woodhill
2010-09-11 - JimmyNZ and Greenslime - Bush, Anawhata
2010-06-19 - JimmyNZ - Native Bush, Parau
2008-09-13 - Unknown - Whitford

Photos

At Hash, lucky the tides out.
Plaque in the park. Where kiwis made world records
Hash point. On a hillside looking out to Muriwai Beach.
Bucklands Beach. Rangitoto Island from Musick Point
Anawhata, Waitakere Ranges
Waitemata Golf Course, Devonport. Mt Victoria
Tindalls Beach, Whangaparoa. Surprised this actually landed on land
Musick Point, Bucklands Beach. Fly a kite!
Chamberland Park Golf Course, Point Chevalier. View from the 15th tee
Kohimarama, Central Auckland
Mangere South. Yup, Auckland is indeed surrounded by water
Shakespear Regional Park, Whangaparoa
Parau, West Auckland
Farm Paddock, Taupaki
In one of our many parks
The Regions of Auckland

Achievements

gnail earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (-36, 174) graticule, here, on 2008-06-25.

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 ==Statistics==
-[[Image:Virgin-graticule.png|25px]] Auckland was deflowered by gnail on [[2008-06-25_-36_174|2008-06-25]], although no proof was provided, and gnail was never to be seen again!
+[[Image:Virgin-graticule.png|25px]] Auckland was unlocked by gnail on [[2008-06-25_-36_174|2008-06-25]], although no proof was provided, and gnail was never to be seen again!
-[[Image:Mostactivegraticule.png‎|28px]] [[Most active graticules|as of as of 1/7/2012 3:09:49 PM UTC]],
+[[Image:Mostactivegraticule.png‎|28px]] [[Most active graticules|as of 1/7/2012 3:09:49 PM UTC]],
 * Auckland is the <del>54th</del> <del>51st</del> <del>48th</del> <del>35th</del> <del>33rd</del> <del>32nd</del> <del>27th</del> 47th most active graticule in the world with <del>14</del> <del>16</del> <del>17</del> <del>22</del> <del>27</del> <del>33</del> <del>38</del> 54 expeditions logged;

Northland	Whangarei	Mokohinau Islands
Glinks Gully	Auckland	Coromandel
-37,173	Manukau City	Hamilton
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