Section outline

  • REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO

    REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

    • We are REVIEWING our mapping knowledge and what we have learnt about designing maps.


    Where's Aotearoa New Zealand? (@WhereZealand) / X

    Lesson 4: Putting Auckland on the Map



    Students will be able to:

    - list key facts about Auckland

    -locate and label geographic features of Auckland

    -construct a map of Auckland with all the features of a map



    1. Auckland Facts (Reading Comprehension)

    Students read the excerpt (taken from Wikipedia) and list in their books key facts about Auckland. This activity could be done as a whole class or pairs/independently, depending on level of independent readers. Students could put key ideas on the board as a review.


    2. Auckland Map

    Students locate and label geographic features of Auckland using atlases and map outline

    1. Review Skills: Map, FAKTS

    2. Using the info from the Auckland Facts and an atlas (p.12) students locate and label various geographic features of Auckland.

     A. Title: Map of Auckland

     B. Manukau and Waitemata Harbours

     C. Auckland, North Shore, Waitakere and Manukau Citys

     D. Auckland Region

     E. Waitakere Ranges

     F. Rangitoto 

     G. Add the other parts of FAKTS


    The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area of the country. With over 1.3 million people it has over a quarter of the country's population, and trends indicate that it will continue growing faster than the rest of the country. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world.

    It is made up of Auckland City , North Shore City, and the urban parts of Waitakere and Manukau cities, along with Papakura District and some nearby urban parts of Rodney and Franklin Districts. 

    In Māori its name is Tāmaki-makau-rau, or the transliterated version of Auckland, Ākarana.

    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. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow neck of land between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water.

    Urban Area

    Extent:

    North to Waiwera,
    northwest to Kumeu,
    east to Maraetai,
    south to Drury and Runciman;
    excludes Waitakere Ranges
    & Hauraki Gulf Islands

    Territorial Authorities

    Names:

    Auckland City
    North Shore City

    Urban parts of Waitakere City and Manukau City
    Papakura District
    Some parts of Rodney District and Franklin District

    Population:

    1,329,900
    Greater urban area - (2007 estimate)
    404,658
    Auckland City - (2006 Census)1

    Area:

    1,086 km² (419 sq mi)

    Location:

    36°′S, 174°′E

    Mayor:

    Multiple, including Dick Hubbard, Sir Barry Curtis, Bob Harvey, John Law, George Wood




    When drawing a map REMEMBER: 

    Frame

    Arrow

    Key

    Title

    Scale


    Schematic map of Auckland.