List of radio stations in Auckland
Low Power FM stations
Table:
Frequency

Name

Format[41]

Broadcast area[41]

Broadcasting on frequency since

87.6
Matakana School Radio[42]
Student radio
Matakana

87.6
Radio Luke[41]
Christian radio
Manurewa

87.6
Splash FM[43]
Pop music
Waiheke Island

87.6
Waheguru Radio[41]
Sikhism religion
Manukau

87.6
West Coast Radio WCR 87.6FM[44]
Community radio Top 40 News Sport and Weather
Auckland
2010

87.6
X FM[41]

Auckland CBD

87.7
African Voice FM[41]
African Radio
Mount Albert, Massey West and North Shore

87.7
Hindi Live News[41]
Hindi radio
Auckland CBD

87.7
NZ Mormon[41]
Christian radio
Wiri

87.7
Radio Masti FM[41]
Hindi radio
Papatoetoe

87.7
Tama-Ohi Radio[45]
Tongan Christian radio
Glen Innes, Pakuranga and Howick

87.8
Radio Austral[46]
Spanish radio
Mangere

87.8
HopeFM[41]
Christian radio
Pukekohe and Runciman South

87.8
Radio Mirchi FM[41]
Hindi radio
South Auckland

87.8
Seki A Samoa Radio[41]
Samoan radio
Otahuhu

87.8
Sade Aala Radio 87.8[41]
Punjabi radio
Manukau and Papatoetoe

87.8
Waves of the Pacific[41]
Pacific Island
Manurewa, Takanini,
2015

87.9
Radio SUR[47]
Indian radio
Mount Roskill

87.9
3ABN - Radio Waitac 87.9FM[41]
Christian radio
Massey West, Te Atatu and Henderson

87.9
West Coast Radio WCR 87.6 FM[44]
Community Radio Top 40 News Sport and Weather
West Rodney

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Matakana is a small town in the Rodney Ward of Auckland Council of New Zealand . Warkworth lies about 9 km to the south-west , Snells Beach the same distance to the south , Omaha is about 7 km to the east , and Leigh about 13 km to the north-east . The Matakana River flows through the town and into Kawau Bay to the south-east . The surrounding area contains several vineyards and breweries , developing a name for pinot gris , merlot , syrah and a host of obscure variet­als . Offering ' a slice of rural community life ' , the area offers craft outlets , markets , boutique stores , and country cafes . The reasonable proximity to Auckland ( around one hour 's drive off-peak ) has led to the region becoming a trendy getaway spot for foodie Aucklanders .
Campus radio ( also known as college radio , university radio or student radio ) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college , university or other educational institution . Programming may be exclusively by students , or may include programmers from the wider community in which the radio station is based . Sometimes campus radio stations are operated for the purpose of training professional radio personnel , sometimes with the aim of broadcasting educational programming , while other radio stations exist to provide alternative to commercial broadcasting or government broadcasters . Campus radio stations are generally licensed and regulated by national governments , and have very different characteristics from one country to the next . One commonality between many radio stations regardless of their physical location is a willingness - or , in some countries , even a licensing requirement - to broadcast musical selections that are not categorized as commercial hits . Because of this , campus radio has come to be associated with emerging musical trends , including genres such as punk and new wave , alternative rock , indie rock and hip hop , long before those genres become part of the musical mainstream . Campus radio stations also often provide airplay and promotional exposure to new and emerging local artists . Campus radio supported U2 and REM Many campus radio stations carry a variety of programming including news ( often local ) , sports ( often relating to the campus ) , and spoken word programming as well as general music . Often the radio format is best described as a freeform , with a lot of creativity and individualism among the disc jockeys and show hosts . A number of these radio stations have gained critical acclaim for their programming and are considered by the community in which they are embedded to be an essential media outlet . Although the term campus radio implies full-power AM or FM transmission over the air , many radio stations experiment with low-power broadcasting , closed circuit or carrier current systems , often to on-campus listeners only . Some radio stations are distributed through the cable television system on cable FM or the second audio program of a TV radio station .
Christian radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with a Christian message . In the United States , where it is most established , many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music , though many programs include talk or news programming covering economic , political or religious topics .
Manurewa is a major suburb in South Auckland , New Zealand . It was part of Manukau City before the creation of the Auckland super city in 2010 . It is located 6 km ( 3.7 mi ) south of the Manukau City Centre , and 26 km ( 16 mi ) southeast of Auckland CBD . Manurewa is Māori for drifting kite . The name refers to a kite flying competition where a kite line was severed and drifted away . The kite 's owner was the chief Tamapahore who had a pā ( fortified village ) on Matuku-tururu ( Wiri Mountain ) . The name Manurewa commemorates the incident by the name . Manurewa has a high proportion of non-European ethnicities , making it one of the most multi-cultural suburbs in New Zealand . Employment for many is at the many companies of nearby Wiri , Papakura , and at the steel mill at Glenbrook . Manurewa 's main shopping centre , Southmall , is located on the Great South Road . The suburb is bisected by the Auckland Southern Motorway . Real estate values in Manurewa vary greatly .
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern forms in the US and the UK during the mid-1950s . The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably , although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles . Pop and rock were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s , when they became quite separated from each other . Although much of the music that appears on record charts is seen as pop music , the genre is distinguished from chart music . Pop music often borrows elements from other styles such as urban , dance , rock , Latin , and country ; nevertheless , there are many key elements that define pop music . Identifying factors usually include short to medium-length songs written in a basic format , also known as perrypoetry ( often the verse-chorus structure ) , as well as common use of repeated choruses , melodic tunes and hooks .
Waiheke Island ( /waɪˈhɛkiː/ ; Māori : [ ˈwaihɛkɛ ] ) is the most populated and the second-largest island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand . Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is 21.5 km ( 13.4 mi ) from the central-city terminal in Auckland . Waiheke is the second-largest island in the gulf , after Great Barrier Island . It is the most populated island in the gulf , with 9,250 permanent residents ; another estimated 3,400 have second or holiday homes on the island . It is New Zealand 's most densely populated island , [ citation needed ] and the third most populated after the North and South Islands . It is the most accessible island in the gulf , with regular passenger and car-ferry services , a helicopter operator based on the island , and other air links . In November 2015 , Lonely Planet rated Waiheke Island the fifth-best region in the world to visit in 2016 .
Manukau ( /ˈmɑːnʊˌkaʊ/ ) , or Manukau Central , is a suburb of South Auckland , New Zealand , centred on the Manukau City Centre business district . It is located 23 kilometres south of the Auckland Central Business District , west of the Southern Motorway , south of Papatoetoe , and north of Manurewa . The industrial and commercial suburb of Wiri lies to the east and south . The headquarters of Manukau City Council were in Manukau Central until the council was merged into Auckland Council in November 2010 . Manukau Central should not be confused with the much larger Manukau City , which was the entire area administered by the city council .
Auckland ( /ˈɔːklənd/ AWK-lənd ) ( Māori : Tāmaki Makaurau ) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand . The most populous urban area in the country , Auckland has an urban population of around 1,570,100 ( June 2018 ) . It is located in the Auckland Region - the area governed by Auckland Council - which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf , resulting in a total population of 1,618,400 . Auckland is a diverse , multicultural and cosmopolitan city , home to the largest Polynesian population in the world . The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau , meaning Tāmaki desired by many , in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography . 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 surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones . The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean . Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water . The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land . The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans . After a British colony was established in 1840 , William Hobson , then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand , chose the area as his new capital .
The Auckland central business district ( CBD ) , also called the city centre by Auckland Council , is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area . It is the area in which Auckland was established in 1840 , by William Hobson . The CBD is one of the most densely developed places in New Zealand , with many commercial and some residential developments packed into a space of only 433 hectares ( 1,070 acres ) . The area is made up of the city 's largest concentration of skyscrapers and businesses . Bounded by several major motorways and by the harbour coastline in the north , it is surrounded further out by mostly suburban areas ; it is bounded on the North by Waitematā Harbour , east by Parnell , southeast by Grafton , south by Mount Eden , southwest by Newton , west by Freemans Bay and northwest by Viaduct Harbour .
Africa is the world 's second-largest and second-most populous continent , after Asia . At about 30.3 million km2 ( 11.7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6% of Earth 's total surface area and 20% of its land area . With 1.3 billion people as of 2018 , it accounts for about 16% of the world 's human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states ( countries ) , four territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition . The majority of the continent and its countries are in the Northern Hemisphere , with a substantial portion and number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere . Africa 's average population is the youngest amongst all the continents ; the median age in 2012 was 19.7 , when the worldwide median age was 30.4 . Algeria is Africa 's largest country by area , and Nigeria is its largest by population . Africa , particularly central Eastern Africa , is widely accepted as the place of origin of humans and the Hominidae clade ( great apes ) , as evidenced by the discovery of the earliest hominids and their ancestors as well as later ones that have been dated to around 7 million years ago , including Sahelanthropus tchadensis , Australopithecus africanus , A. afarensis , Homo erectus , H. habilis and H. ergaster - the earliest Homo sapiens ( modern human ) , found in Ethiopia , date to circa 200,000 years ago . Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas ; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones . Africa hosts a large diversity of ethnicities , cultures and languages .
Mount Albert is an inner city suburb of Auckland , New Zealand , which is centred on Mount Albert , a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape . In the past Mt Albert also referred to the 2,500 acre borough that was created in 1911 on the outskirts of Auckland City . Mt Albert was also one of the original five wards within the Mt Albert Borough . The suburb is located seven kilometres to the southwest of the Central Business District ( CBD ) .
Massey is a north-western suburb in the city of Auckland , New Zealand . It was formerly a northern suburb of Waitakere City , which existed from 1989 to 2010 before the city was amalgamated into Auckland Council . The suburb was named after former Prime Minister of New Zealand William Massey . Massey is a relatively large suburb and can be divided into three reasonably distinctive areas , Massey West , Massey East ( separated by the north-western motorway ) and Massey North ( situated to the north of Royal Road ) . Parts of Massey East are also known as 'Royal Heights ' , which is home to the Royal Heights shopping centre . The population was 20,085 in the 2013 census , an increase of 1,326 from 2006 . The population given is for the statistical areas of Westgate , Royal Road West , Royal Heights , Waimumu North and Waimumu South Massey is home to one secondary school , Massey High School , where the principal is former Tall Blacks captain Glen Denham as well as several primary schools , including Colwill Primary School , Lincoln Heights School , Royal Road Primary School , Massey Primary School and Don Buck Primary School . Massey is not home to Massey University , which is based in Palmerston North with its Auckland campus at Albany . The suburb features the Massey YMCA Leisure Centre , Library , as well as the Westgate shopping centre on Hobsonville Road next to the north-western motorway and NorthWest Shopping Centre ( which opened in October , 2015 ) to the north of Hobsonville Road . The local rugby club is a member of the North Harbour Rugby Union and won the championship 6 times ( 1993 , 2004 , 2005 , 2013 , 2015 and 2016 ) . Former All Black Jonah Lomu signed to play for Massey in 2005 , but due to an injury was unable to play for them that season . He did however eventually make his debut for the club in 2006 .
The North Shore is part of the urban area of Auckland , New Zealand , located to the north of the Waitematā Harbour .
Hindi ( Devanagari : हिन्दी , IAST/ISO 15919 : Hindī ) or Modern Standard Hindi ( Devanagari : मानक हिन्दी , IAST/ISO 15919 : Mānak Hindī ) , is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and across the Indian subcontinent . Modern Hindi is the standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and other nearby areas of Northern India . Hindi , written in the Devanagari script , is one of the two official languages of the Government of India , along with the English language . It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Hindi is the lingua franca of the Hindi belt and to a lesser extent other parts of India ( usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ) . Outside India , several other languages are recognised officially as Hindi but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other dialects , such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which is official in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which is spoken in Trinidad and Tobago , Guyana , and Suriname . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary , spoken Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani as both share a common colloquial base . As a linguistic variety , Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world , after Mandarin , Spanish and English . Hindi alongside Urdu as Hindustani is the third most-spoken language in the world , after Mandarin and English .
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism , the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity , initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s . After Smith 's death in 1844 , the Mormons followed Brigham Young to what would become the Utah Territory . Today , most Mormons are understood to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) . Other Mormons may be independently religious , secular and non-practicing , or belong to another denomination . The center of Mormon cultural influence is in Utah , and North America has more Mormons than any other continent , though the majority of Mormons live outside the United States . Mormons have developed a strong sense of commonality that stems from their doctrine and history . During the 19th century , Mormon converts tended to gather to a central geographic location , and between 1852 and 1890 a minority of Mormons openly practiced plural marriage , a form of religious polygamy . Mormons dedicate large amounts of time and resources to serving in their church , and many young Mormons choose to serve a full-time proselytizing mission . Mormons have a health code which eschews alcoholic beverages , tobacco , hot drinks ( tea and coffee ) , and addictive substances . They tend to be very family-oriented and have strong connections across generations and with extended family , reflective of their belief that families can be sealed together beyond death . Mormons also have a strict law of chastity , requiring abstention from sexual relations outside heterosexual marriage and fidelity within marriage . Mormons self-identify as Christian , although some non-Mormons consider Mormons non-Christian and some of their beliefs differ from those of mainstream Christianity .
Wiri is a mostly industrial-commercial focused suburb in Auckland , New Zealand . It was formerly part of Manukau City until the merger of all of Auckland 's councils into the 'super city ' in 2010 . As of 2009 , Ports of Auckland is building an inland port / rail siding in Wiri , to connect road freight to the port facilities on the Waitemata Harbour further north . The new facility will allow Ports of Auckland to reduce the number of trucks that have to travel through the Auckland Central area by up to 100,000 trips per year . Auckland Region Women 's Corrections Facility ( ARWCF ) is located in Wiri . ARWCF is the first purpose-built womens prison in New Zealand to accommodate a growing number of female prisoners and services in the upper North Island . The facility can accommodate 286 prisoners and employs 167 staff . The adjacent Auckland South Corrections Facility is a high security mens prison which opened in 2015 . It is operated by Serco New Zealand under a Public Private Partnership with the Department of Corrections . at 20 Hautu Drive , Wiri . As part of the Auckland railway electrification project , the $ 100 million EMU maintenance and stabling depot was built on 4.4 hectares of the old Winstone Quarry in Wiri , located next to the South-Western Motorway and bordered by Roscommon and Wiri Station Roads . It was officially opened by the Mayor of Auckland on 5 July 2013 .
Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland , New Zealand . One of the larger suburbs of the area commonly known as South Auckland , it is located to the northwest of Manukau Central , and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland CBD . Papatoetoe is a Māori name , which can be loosely translated as 'undulating area where the toetoe is the predominant feature ' , making it named after the 'Prince of Wales 's feather ' ( or toetoe / toi toi ) , which grew abundantly in the swampy parts of the region . Owing to some confusion over the spelling , the area was known as Papatoitoi for many years .
Tonga ( /ˈtɒŋ ( ɡ ) ə/ ; Tongan : [ ˈtoŋa ] Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga ) , officially named the Kingdom of Tonga , is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands , of which 36 are inhabited . The total surface area is about 750 square kilometres ( 290 sq mi ) scattered over 700,000 square kilometres ( 270,000 sq mi ) of the southern Pacific Ocean . The state has a population of 100,651 people , of whom 70% reside on the main island of Tongatapu . Tonga stretches across approximately 800 kilometres ( 500 mi ) in a north-south line . It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna ( France ) to the northwest , Samoa to the northeast , Niue to the east ( which is the nearest foreign territory ) , Kermadec ( part of New Zealand ) to the southwest , and New Caledonia ( France ) and Vanuatu to the farther west . It is about 1,800 kilometres ( 1,100 mi ) from New Zealand 's North Island . From 1900 to 1970 , Tonga had British protected state status , with the United Kingdom looking after its foreign affairs under a Treaty of Friendship . The country never relinquished its sovereignty to any foreign power . In 2010 , Tonga took a decisive path towards becoming a constitutional monarchy rather than a traditional absolute kingdom , after legislative reforms passed a course for the first partial representative elections .
Glen Innes is a suburb in East Auckland , New Zealand , located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre , close to the waters of the Tamaki River estuary . Glen Innes gets its name from a large farm owned by William Innes Taylor that was here . There were four Taylor brothers in Auckland , the sons of a British man who had had a military career in India . Three of the brothers had farms in this area and built houses ; William Innes Taylor at Glen Innes , Richard James Taylor at Glendowie and Charles John Taylor at Glen Orchard ( now Saint Heliers ) . Their brother Allan Kerr Taylor had a farm estate in Mount Albert , whose house was called Alberton . The main streets in Glen Innes are Taniwha Street and Apirana Avenue , which meet in the shopping centre of the suburb . Glen Innes has a train station on the Eastern Line of the Auckland rail network , and is a hub for eastern Auckland isthmus buses ( Metrolink ) . Glen Innes has for the most part been a low-income , working class area with around 1,500 state houses . In an effort to improve the quality of state housing in Glen Innes , the Government introduced Talbot Park , an area of higher density housing , consisting of mostly apartment-style places .
Pakuranga is a south-eastern suburb of Auckland , in northern New Zealand . Pakuranga covers a series of low ridges and previously swampy flats , now drained , that lie between the Pakuranga Creek and Tamaki River , two estuarial arms of the Hauraki Gulf . It is located to the north of Manukau and 15 kilometres southeast of the Auckland CBD .
Howick is an eastern suburb of Auckland , New Zealand , forming part of what is sometimes called East Auckland . Due to the relatively numerous remaining heritage buildings and other historical remnants from its early European settlement past , it has been called perhaps Auckland 's most historically conscious place .
Spanish ( /ˈspænɪʃ/ ( listen ) ; español ( help·info ) ) , or Castilian ( /kæˈstɪliən/ ( listen ) , castellano ( help·info ) ) , is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula and today has over 483 million native speakers , mainly in Spain and the Americas . It is a global language , the world 's second-most spoken native language , after Mandarin Chinese , and the world 's fourth-most spoken language , after Mandarin Chinese , English and Hindi . Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages , which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century . The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century , and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo , a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile , in the 13th century . Beginning in 1492 , the Spanish language was taken to the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire , most notably to the Americas , as well as territories in Africa , Oceania and the Philippines . A 1949 study by Italian-American linguist Mario Pei , analyzing the degree of difference from a language 's parent ( Latin , in the case of Romance languages ) by comparing phonology , inflection , syntax , vocabulary , and intonation , indicated the following percentages ( the higher the percentage , the greater the distance from Latin ) : In the case of Spanish , it is one of the closest Romance languages to Latin ( 20% distance ) , only behind Sardinian ( 8% distance ) and Italian ( 12% distance ) . Around 75% of modern Spanish vocabulary is derived from Latin , including Latin borrowings from Ancient Greek . Spanish vocabulary has been in contact with Arabic from an early date , having developed during the Al-Andalus era in the Iberian Peninsula . With around 8% of its vocabulary being Arabic in origin , this language makes up the second greatest vocabulary source after Latin itself . It has also been influenced by Basque , Iberian , Celtiberian , Visigothic , and by neighboring Ibero-Romance languages . Additionally , it has absorbed vocabulary from other languages , particularly other Romance languages - French , Italian , Andalusi Romance , Portuguese , Galician , Catalan , Occitan , and Sardinian - as well as from Quechua , Nahuatl , and other indigenous languages of the Americas . Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations .
Mangere ( officially Māngere ; Māori pronunciation : [ ˈmaːŋɛɾɛ ] ) , is one of the largest suburbs in Auckland , in northern New Zealand . It is located on mainly flat land on the northeastern shore of the Manukau Harbour , to the northwest of Manukau City Centre and 15 kilometres south of the Auckland city centre . It is the location of Auckland Airport , which lies close to the harbour 's edge to the south of the suburb . Mangere has two major sub-areas : Mangere Bridge and Mangere East , with Favona ( in the east ) sometimes counted as part of Mangere as well . The suburb is named after Māngere Mountain , one of Auckland 's largest volcanic cones . The cone 's name comes from the Māori phrase hau māngere , meaning lazy winds , after the shelter the mountain provides from the prevailing westerly wind . [ citation needed ] In 2019 , the name of the suburb was officially gazetted as Māngere .
Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand . Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region , it is in South Auckland , between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River . The hills of Pukekohe and nearby Bombay Hills form the natural southern limit of the Auckland region . Pukekohe is located within the political boundaries of the Auckland Council , following the abolition of the Franklin District Council on 1 November 2010 . With a population of 31,400 ( June 2018 ) , Pukekohe is the 18th largest urban area in New Zealand , and the second largest in the Auckland Region behind Auckland itself . Pukekohe is a rural service town for the area formerly known as the Franklin District . It has a population of 31,400 ( June 2018 ) , mainly of European descent , with significant Māori and ethnic Indian and East Asian communities . There are also a notable number of people of South African and Dutch descent . The population growth from 2007 to 2008 was 2.2 percent . The fertile volcanic soil and warm moist climate supports a large horticultural and dairy farming industry ; the Pukekohe long keeper onion is well known internationally .
South Auckland is an imprecisely defined urban area of Auckland , New Zealand , with a young population , a relatively large Polynesian and Māori demographic , and lower incomes than other parts of Auckland . The name South Auckland , though not an official place name , has come into common use among New Zealanders . It also appears in the names of some organisations and companies . Since the 1970s the term South Auckland has developed negative connotations with outsiders , being associated with deprivation , crime and violence . When street crime occurs in the area , the mass media tend to use the generic South Auckland phrase , with its vague and unfortunate stereotypes , rather than a more precise name of a suburb or territorial authority . Barry Curtis , mayor of Manukau City from 1983 to 2007 , tried to discourage use of the name South Auckland because of its negative connotations . [ citation needed ]
Samoa ( /səˈmoʊə/ ) , officially the Independent State of Samoa ( Samoan : Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa ; Samoan : Sāmoa , IPA : [ ˈsaːmoa ] ) and , until 4 July 1997 , known as Western Samoa , is a country consisting of two main islands , Savai ' i and Upolu , and four smaller islands ( Manono , Apolima , Fanuatapu , and Namua ) . The capital city is Apia . The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago . They developed a Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity . Samoa is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions . The sovereign state is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations . Western Samoa was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976 . The entire island group , which includes American Samoa , was called Navigator Islands by European explorers before the 20th century because of the Samoans ' seafaring skills . The country was governed by New Zealand until its independence in 1962 . In July 2017 , Va'aletoa Sualauvi II became the head of state , succeeding Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi . The Prime Minister Tuila'epa came back to power after a landslide victory in March 2016 , beginning a fifth term for the premier .
Otahuhu ( Māori : Ōtāhuhu ) is a suburb of Auckland , New Zealand - 13 kilometres ( 8.1 mi ) to the southeast of the CBD , on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tamaki River estuary to the east . The isthmus is the narrowest connection between the North Auckland Peninsula and the rest of the North Island , being only some 1,200 metres ( 3,900 ft ) wide at its narrowest point , between the Otahuhu Creek and the Mangere Inlet . As the southernmost suburb of the former Auckland City , it is considered part of South Auckland . The suburb 's name is taken from the Māori-language name of a volcanic cone also known as Mount Richmond . The name refers to the place of Tāhuhu - an ancestor , Tāhuhu-nui-a-Rangi , who settled the area . In colloquial speech , locals sometimes shorten the name to Otahu .
Punjabi ( English : /pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/ ; Punjabi : [ pənˈdʒaːbːi ] , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ , پن٘جابی ) is an Indo-Aryan language with more than 125 million native speakers in the Indian subcontinent and around the world . It is the native language of the Punjabi people , an ethnolinguistic group of the cultural region of Punjab , which encompasses northwest India and eastern Pakistan . Punjabi is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan , the 11th most widely spoken language in India and the third most-spoken native language in the Indian subcontinent . It is also the fifth most-spoken native language in Canada after English , French , Mandarin and Cantonese . Punjabi is unusual among Indo-European languages in its use of lexical tone ; see § Tone below for examples . Gurmukhi is the official script for the language in Punjab , India while Shahmukhi is used in Punjab , Pakistan ; other national and local scripts have also been in use historically and currently , as discussed in § Writing systems .
The Pacific Islands are the islands of the Pacific Ocean . Three major groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean are Melanesia , Micronesia and Polynesia . Depending on the context , Pacific Islands may refer to countries and islands with common Austronesian origins , islands once or currently colonized or Oceania . The indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific Islands are referred to as Pacific Islanders . This is a list of many of the major Pacific islands , organized by archipelago or political unit . In order to keep this list of moderate size , links are given to more complete lists for countries with large numbers of small or uninhabited islands .
Takanini is a suburb of Auckland , in northern New Zealand . It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet , 28 kilometres southeast of the Auckland CBD . The suburb is home to a Fonterra Brands milk plant ( part of the dairy company Fonterra Co-operative ) , the new Addison housing development , as well as international horse breeding facilities throughout the area . The two major shopping centres in Takanini are Southgate Shopping Centre and Takanini Village .
India ( Hindi : Bhārat ) , officially the Republic of India ( Hindi : Bhārat Gaṇarājya ) , is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh-largest country by area , the second-most populous country , and the most populous democracy in the world . Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast , it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; [ e ] China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the north ; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago . Their long occupation , initially in varying forms of isolation as hunter-gatherers , has made the region highly diverse , second only to Africa in human genetic diversity . Settled life emerged on the subcontinent in the western margins of the Indus river basin 9,000 years ago , evolving gradually into the Indus Valley Civilisation of the third millennium BCE . By 1200 BCE , an archaic form of Sanskrit , an Indo-European language , had diffused into India from the northwest , unfolding as the language of the Rigveda , and recording the dawning of Hinduism in India . The Dravidian languages of India were supplanted in the northern regions . By 400 BCE , stratification and exclusion by caste had emerged within Hinduism , and Buddhism and Jainism had arisen , proclaiming social orders unlinked to heredity . Early political consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and Gupta Empires based in the Ganges Basin . Their collective era was suffused with wide-ranging creativity , but also marked by the declining status of women , and the incorporation of untouchability into an organised system of belief .
Mount Roskill is a suburban area in the city of Auckland , New Zealand . It is named for the volcanic peak Puketāpapa ( commonly called Mount Roskill in English ) .
The Three Angels Broadcasting Network ( 3ABN ) , is an American nonprofit Seventh-day Adventist [ citation needed ] television and radio network broadcasting Christian and health-oriented programming , based in West Frankfort , Illinois .
Te Atatu ( from the Māori Te Atatū : the dawn ) is the name of two adjacent suburbs in western Auckland , New Zealand : Te Atatu Peninsula and Te Atatu South . They are located next to each other some 10 kilometres to the west of the Auckland city centre , and are separated by the Northwestern Motorway . Te Atatu Peninsula , formerly known as Te Atatu North , lies , as the name suggests , on a small peninsula . It is located at the western extremity of the Waitemata Harbour , and is formed by the Henderson Creek , an estuarial arm of the harbour that extends southwest from the harbour . The peninsula thus formed is four kilometres in length and two kilometres in width , and is joined to the main part of the North Island at its southern end . Te Atatu South is sited at the point where the peninsula meets the rest of the island , south of the motorway interchange , which bisects the formerly more closely linked areas . Both suburban areas are characterised by a well-established suburban neighbourhood , with two town centres providing shops , medical services and community facilities . Most inhabitants work in west Auckland or Auckland City .
Henderson is a major suburb of Auckland , in the North Island of New Zealand . It is 13 kilometres ( 8.1 mi ) west of Auckland city centre , and two kilometres ( 1.2 mi ) west of the Whau River , a southwestern arm of the Waitematā Harbour .