Auckland, New Zealand
| Northland | Whangarei | Mokohinau Islands |
| Glinks Gully | Auckland | Coromandel |
| -37,173 | Manukau City | Hamilton |
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Today's Location: Auckland, NZ
The Auckland graticule is at latitude -36, longitude 174
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 isnt 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, dont expect to get any where 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.
Local Geohashers
As at 26/07/2010, Greenslime and JimmyNZ appear to be the only active geohashers in the Auckland graticule. In fact, it appears we are the only active geohashes in the whole of New Zealand! Quite a responsibility!!
Other hashers that have come and gone are:
- AMADANON Inc.
- Aspirin
- bobilljim
- Cascade
- Eb
- gnail
- Halkyardo
- jinerviet
- Khadgar
- TunezNZ
- wipash
- Zaf
- You_Fool
Geohashes Reached
as of 8/4/2010 11:21:21 AM UTC
- Auckland is the 54th most active graticule in the world with 14 expeditions logged.
- Auckland is ranked the 51st graticule in the world based on 12 successful expeditions with coordinates reached.
- 2010-07-20 - Greenslime - ROW, Kohimarama, Central Auckland
- 2010-07-13 - Greenslime - Undeveloped section, Mangere South, Auckland
- 2010-06-24 - Greenslime - Shakespear Regional Park, Whangaparoa Peninsula, Auckland
- 2010-01-24 - Greenslime and JimmyNZ - Farm Paddock, Taupaki, West Auckland
- 2009-09-05 - TunezNZ - East Tamaki War Memorial park sports field
- 2009-03-17 - TunezNZ - Corn field, Flatbush
- 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 Rd, near Albany
- 2008-07-28 - zaf, lan - Western Park
- 2008-06-25 - gnail - In the parking lot of Mt Roskill Grammar School
Failed Geohashes
- 2010-06-19 - JimmyNZ - Native Bush, Parau
- 2008-09-13 - Unknown - Whitford
Photos
Mangere South. Yup, Auckland is indeed surrounded by water
In one of our many parks
The Regions of Auckland
