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Auckland: History, Former Names & Timeline

City on a volcanic isthmus, an important Māori settlement area and New Zealand's capital from 1841 to 1865.

Map showing Auckland in 1815Auckland
Border map for 1815. See the world in 1815.

Explore Auckland in the interactive map

Former names of Auckland

FromNameNote
1300Tāmaki Makaurau
1840Auckland

Timeline of Auckland

YearEvent
1840Chosen as capital of the colony of New Zealand
1865The capital moves to Wellington

Who ruled Auckland

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–1299Unclaimed / no data
1300–1599Maori
1600–1649Maoris
1650–1782Maori
1783–1814Māori
1815–1879Maori
1880–1913Māori
1914–todayNew Zealand

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