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	The Islands
		The Auckland Islands are one of the bleakest places on Earth, situated in the sub-Antarctic region, 465km south of New Zealand.
		The islands are tiny, with Auckland Island itself, the largest island of the group, being only 43 kilometres long by 24 wide - but are nevertheless the home to an amazing variety of unusual and rare wildlife, a number of ancient shipwrecks and some of the most ferocious weather on the planet.
		Auckland Islands have a distinct altitudinal zonation in the vegetation:
	www.murihiku.com /IslandsMain.htm (1501 words)

	Auckland - LoveToKnow 1911
		AUCKLAND, a city and seaport on the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, in Eden county; capital of the province of its name, and the seat of a bishop.
		Auckland has industries of sugar-refining, ship-building and paper-, ropeand brick-making, and timber is worked.
		From 1853 to 1876 Auckland was the seat of the provincial government, and until 1865 that of the central government, which was then transferred to Wellington.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Auckland (499 words)

	Auckland - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Auckland, city in northern New Zealand, situated on an isthmus joining northwestern North Island and the North Auckland Peninsula.
		Auckland Islands, group of uninhabited islands, New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, south of South Island.
		Auckland, University of, institution of higher education in Auckland, New Zealand.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Auckland.html (111 words)

	Auckland: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west.
		Auckland Domain is one of the largest parks within the city, situated close to the CBD and having a good view of the Gulf and of Rangitoto island.
		Auckland CBD is connected to various outlying coastal suburbs, to North Shore City and to outlying islands by ferry.
	winelib.com /wiki/Auckland (4280 words)

	Auckland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They lie 465 km from the South Island port of Bluff, between the latitudes 50° 30' and 50° 55' S and longitudes 165° 50' and 166° 20' E. The islands are uninhabited.
		The channel is the remains of the crater of an extinct volcano, and Adams Island and the southern part of the main island form the crater rim.
		There is evidence that the Auckland Islands were first discovered by Polynesian voyagers, remains of whose settlement, possibly dating to the 13th century, have been found by archaeologists on Enderby Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auckland_Islands (677 words)

	RSNZ: Auckland Islands bicentennial
		Abstract: The Auckland Islands are situated in the sub-antarctic region approximately 300 kilometers to the south of New Zealand.
		Current management issues are: biosecurity of the islands including pest eradication, control and pest invasion; management of the adjoining marine reserve; protection of historic relics on the islands; minimising impacts of visitation (including research activities); growth of the tourism industry; and provision of emergency fuel depots.
		Auckland Islands' human history, from the date of discovery, is cast in the dramatic form of a tragedy of the most unremitting failure of men in a struggle against natural forces.
	www.rsnz.org /events/akl-isl/profiles.php (4987 words)

	Natural history tours & travel with Heritage Expeditions - Auckland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auckland Island is roughly pear shaped, 40km by 27km, with an area of 51,000ha.
		The flora of the Auckland Islands is notable for the occurrence of three species of Pleurophyllum, a genus endemic to New Zealand Sub Antarctic Islands and Macquarie Island, the existence of southern rata forest, and the occurrence of Cyathea smithii on Auckland Island representing the southern limit of tree ferns in the world.
		In the summer of 1842-43, a number of Chatham Island Maori arrived at Port Ross in the brig Hannah to settle at the Auckland Islands.
	www.heritage-expeditions.com /travel/auckland-islands (1902 words)

	Auckland Islands - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auckland Islands, group of uninhabited islands, New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, south of South Island.
		Auckland, city in northern New Zealand, situated on an isthmus joining northwestern North Island and the North Auckland Peninsula.
		Devonport (New Zealand), town in New Zealand on the northern part of North Island.
	encarta.msn.com /Auckland_Islands.html (156 words)

	UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre - New Zealand Subantarctic Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The islands are distributed off the south and eastern coasts of New Zealand, the Antipodes Islands lying at a distance of 820km from South Island.
		Campbell and Auckland Islands show signs of extensive glaciation and have a number of harbours and deep inlets, while the Bounty Islands are a group of small and rocky islands with no safe anchorages.
		The islands are home to the rare Hooker's Sealion Phocarctos hookeri (VU) with an estimated population of 12,000-14,000 of which some 95% breed in the Auckland Islands, and the New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri of which the largest breeding sites are in the Bounty Islands (20,000 in 1992).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/subantar.htm (2414 words)

	Murikiku Expeditions
		The Auckland Islands are situated in the Sub-Antarctic ocean, 465 km south of New Zealand in the "furious 50s".
		The Islands have a fascinating history of shipwrecks and maritime relics, not to mention the wildlife, geography and cultural history which are equally rich.
		Since the Islands were discovered in 1806, their history of shipwrecks, death and survival have remained relatively unexplored.
	www.murihiku.com (574 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra (AA1101)
		Auckland and Campbell Islands are based on old shield volcanoes, with granite, greywacke, and schist basement rock exposed in many areas.
		Macquarie Island is geologically distinct and lies on the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plate boundary.
		The Macquarie Island population of southern elephant seals is intensively studied by the Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Tasmania, and is known to be declining at about 2 percent per annum.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1101_full.html (2704 words)

	Auckland New Zealand Regional Information & Travel Information
		Auckland has a population of over 1.2 million, which is approaching one third of New Zealand's entire population.
		Auckland City lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west.
		Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate bodies of water.
	www.tourism.net.nz /new-zealand/about-new-zealand/regions/auckland.html (576 words)

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		The Cook Strait region was climatically marginal for the kind of gardening brought to New Zealand by the tropical Polynesian ancestors of the Maori.
		Archaeological evidence of gardening and crop storage is clustered in a few parts of the region: Palliser Bay, D'Urville Island and the outermost parts of the Marlborough Sounds, and the Kaikoura coast.
		The Maoris call themselves the "people of the dolphin" and legend has it that their tribes was originally guided to the New Zealand islands in past ages by the dolphins themselves.
	www.lycos.com /info/maori-people--auckland-islands.html (533 words)

	Auckland Islands Merganser
		The Auckland Islands Merganser, Mergus australis, was a typical merganser which is now extinct.
		Subsequent fossil discoveries suggest that this merganser was previously resident on the South Island and Stewart Island in New Zealand.
		There exists a short remark mentioning "a merganser" found on Campbell Island in McCormick (1842), but this may just as well refer to the semi-marine Campbell Island Teal which is otherwise missing in his notes: he only mentions the Pacific Black Duck ("a New Zealand species of duck").
	www.avianweb.com /aucklandislandsmerganser.html (267 words)

	Auckland Islands — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Adam's Island is also part of the Aucklands, and in 1910 it was declared a nature reserve.
		The Auckland Islands are volcanic - they are cold, wet and windy, and are unglaciated.
		The islands are the home of the most Wandering and Shy albatrosses in the world.
	www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-islands/auckland (189 words)

	Auckland New Zealand Destination Guide Attractions Activities Maps Regional Highlights
		Auckland, the 'City of Sails' is the main gateway city to New Zealand.
		Auckland sits astride a narrow isthmus between two magnificent harbours, the Waitemata and the Manukau, making it a maritime playground that extends to the beautiful islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
		Auckland is the world's biggest Polynesian city with Maori, Samoan, Cook Island and Tongan people all contributing to the city's vibrant culture.
	www.horizon.co.nz /region-akl.asp (758 words)

	Auckland Islands Merganser
		The Auckland Islands Merganser, Mergus australis, was a typical merganser which is now extinct.
		Subsequent fossil discoveries suggest that this merganser was previously resident on the South Island and Stewart Island in New Zealand.
		There exists a short remark mentioning "a merganser" found on Campbell Island in McCormick (1842), but this may just as well refer to the semi-marine Campbell Island Teal which is otherwise missing in his notes: he only mentions the Pacific Black Duck ("a New Zealand species of duck").
	www.beautyofbirds.com /aucklandislandsmerganser.html (267 words)

	Hauraki Gulf Islands
		Situated about 8 km northeast of Auckland and connected to Motutapu Island by a causeway, Rangitoto is a large island of 2311 hectares with a wonderful volcanic landscape that supports over 200 species of moss, plants and trees including the largest pohutukawa forest in the world.
		Much of the island is covered with second generation native trees with pockets of regenerating native forest and in the north remnants of the kauri forest, most of which was saw-milled at the end of the 19th century.
		It is a unique island settlement close to Auckland with a resident population of about 7,000 spread out around the numerous bays and beaches mainly grouped at the western end.
	www.aucklandcity.govt.nz /auckland/introduction/hauraki/default.asp (2332 words)

	International Conference - Global Perspectives on the Archaeology of Islands - Auckland, New Zealand, 8-11 December, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Island cultures possess distinctive, often unique characteristics that are of importance to archaeologists, biogeographers, linguists, biological anthropologists, etc. interested in cultural evolution, human ecology and environmental change, language and cultural landscapes.
		This conference aims to bring together researchers studying the archaeology of islands and island groups throughout the world to examine island archaeology from a global, comparative perspective.
		Anticipated major themes include: island landscapes, human ecology and environmental change, island languages and archaeology, maritime trade and exchange, seafaring, colonization, theories of insularity, and population movements.
	www.arts.auckland.ac.nz /anthro/islands/welcome.htm (132 words)

	Auckland
		My next stop was the Auckland Museum (see photo to left) which is famous for housing the world's largest collection of Maori and Polynesian artifacts.
		Auckland is the most populous city in all of New Zealand (1.3 million of the 4 million Kiwis live here), and situated at the top of the North Island, it's a popular starting point for Americans traveling to Kiwi country.
		Auckland's Skytower/Skycity, the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere
	www.eugenewei.com /images/nz/auckland/index.html (2308 words)

	Don Macnaughtan - Lane Community College Library - Bibliography of Prehistoric Settlement on Norfolk Island, the ...
		The islands are prone to volcanic activity and earthquakes, which may have been a factor in their early settlement history.
		The Auckland Islands, The Snares, Campbell, Bounty and the Antipodes Islands
		One of the larger islands was known to the Maoris as Te Taniwha ("The Dragon").
	lanecc.edu /library/don/norfolk.htm (3320 words)

	Auckland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Auckland straddles the volcanoes of the Auckland Volcanic Field.
		Auckland CBD at night, with the 'Captain Cook Wharf' part of the port in the foreground.
		The Auckland Marathon (and half-marathon), an annual competition for thousands of enthusiasts, with the course going over the Harbour Bridge from North Shore and ending in the Auckland CBD (with a detour to St Heliers for those doing the full distance).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auckland (3658 words)

	Unique New Zealand wildlife - Auckland's Islands of the Hauraki Gulf
		The island was once covered in extensive stands of kauri, but only an area of about 40 hectares near the summit of Mt Hobson remains.
		After the island was gazetted by the government as a sanctuary, the few Maori still living on Hauturu were evicted in what can only be described as a very shabby manner.
		Of all the islands it is probably the least interesting for the naturalist.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~janm/wildlife/auckland/hauraki.htm (1036 words)

	Auckland Islands - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auckland Islands small uninhabited group (234 sq mi/606 sq km), S Pacific, c.300 mi (480 km) S of Stewart Island, New Zealand, to which they belong.
		Sailing forth; Auckland, New Zealand, is racing toward a world-class millennium celebration.
		It would be a heinous crime to go all the way to Auckland on business without taking some extra time off to see the rest of New Zealand.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-AucklandI.html (625 words)

	Swim with the Dolphins Cruise in the Bay of Islands departs Auckland
		Swim with the Dolphins Cruise in the Bay of Islands departs Auckland.
		Swim with the Dolphins Cruise in the Bay of Islands departs Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand
		Dolphins are one of the earth's most fascinating creatures and the Bay of Islands are blessed with their presence all year round.
	www.nz.com /new-zealand/activities/auckland/swim-with-the-dolphins-cruise-in-the-bay-of-islands-departs-auckland.aspx (455 words)

	Auckland Island Pigs Rescue Project
		The Auckland Islands are a group of Subantarctic islands which lie some 320 kilometres south of New Zealand – the largest being Auckland Island itself.
		As early as 1840, Joseph Hooker, a botanist with Ross, had noted that pigs on the island were consuming native vegetation, and in 1909 Edgar Waite observed that not only was the plant life suffering but the pigs were also destroying the eggs and young of ground-nesting birds.
		During the 1980s and 90s the Rare Breeds Conservation Society began removing representative animals of wild populations including rabbits and cattle from the Auckland Islands (See » Enderby Island Cattle and » Enderby Island Rabbits), and in January 1999 it was the turn of the pigs.
	www.rarebreeds.co.nz /aucklandpigspro.html (897 words)

	Auckland Accommodation Travel Auckland New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Auckland is the gateway to New Zealand for the majority of international tourist.
		There is a broad range of accommodation in Auckland, as well as attractions and activities, places to eat, and entertainment for all ages.
		On the fringes of downtown Auckland, visitors can gain an insight into the outdoor experiences and lifestyles which have seen Auckland voted amongst the top lifestyle destinations in the world.
	www.destination.co.nz /auckland (479 words)

	Auckland Gulf Islands - 101 Must-Do's for Kiwis - AA Travel New Zealand
		Auckland's Hauraki Gulf is home to a multitude of islands, each with its own distinct character.
		Tiritiri Matangi Island, a one-hour ferry ride from Downtown Auckland, has become an internationally recognised conservation success story.
		Great Barrier Island is yet anther pristine location.
	www.aatravel.co.nz /101-must-dos-for-kiwis/Auckland-Gulf-Islands.html (482 words)

	Birding Downunder - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia
		For the privileged visitor to these restricted entry islands there is a sense of wonder, overwhelming space in uncluttered landscapes, the majesty of nature from the solitary soaring albatross, the colourful and often loud colonies of penguins to the splendour of a pink daisy-like Pleurophyllum Speciosum blooming in perfection.
		We depart the Auckland Islands in the mid afternoon and head south west to Macquarie Island.
		Antipodes Island is one of the most isolated and least known of the New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands.
	www.great-adventures.com /know/deals/nz-birdingdownunder.html (2068 words)

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