Auckland - Wikipedia Auckland[a] is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand It has an urban population of about 1,547,200 (June 2025) [2] It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of 1,816,000 as of June 2025 [2] It is the most populous city of