page_title: Auckland CBD
section_title: Illustrations
hierarchical_section_title: Auckland CBD / Illustrations
caption_attribution_description: Picture taken from the observation deck of the Sky Tower in Auckland (New-Zealand). Highest-resolution available. Taken by Baptiste Deleplace.
context_page_description: The Auckland central business district, 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. 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.
caption: View over Auckland CBD from the Sky Tower
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