City Centre

The city centre of Auckland

The city centre of Auckland, the Central Business District or CBD, is the financial and vibrant heart of the largest town of New Zealand, there where it was founded in 1840. The Auckland audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this district of skyscrapers, shops and monuments, nestled between the bay and the Auckland Domain park.

The financial heart of the city of sails

The city centre of Auckland is called here the Central Business District, or more commonly the CBD. It is here that the town was founded in 1840, when the British settlers arrived on these shores, chosen for their sheltered bay and their strategic position between two oceans. Over time, the CBD became the main financial centre of the country, and saw numerous skyscrapers rise that shelter the great New Zealand companies. A vibrant centre of the largest town of New Zealand, that gathers on its own nearly a quarter of the total population of the country, the district offers both shops of all kinds, tasty restaurants, festive bars and unmissable monuments. The whole is bounded by the bay of Auckland, open onto the Hauraki gulf and its islands, and by the Auckland Domain park, a vast green lung laid out around a former volcano. You move easily on foot, from Queen Street to the Aotea Square, from the seafront and the Ferry Building to the lively lanes like Vulcan Lane. Nicknamed the city of sails because of its passion for sailing and its innumerable boats, Auckland seduces by this mixture of urban energy, nearby nature and Maori and Polynesian culture. The CBD is its modern and cosmopolitan showcase. An urban heart and a financial centre, the city centre of Auckland is a fine stop of the discovery of the town.

What to see

Here you discover the Central Business District, financial and vibrant heart of Auckland, there where the town was founded in 1840 by the British settlers; bristling with skyscrapers, it gathers shops, restaurants, bars and monuments, bounded by the bay open onto the Hauraki gulf and by the Auckland Domain park, and is easily walked, from Queen Street to the seafront. The city centre is the heart of the city of sails. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The city centre, or CBD, occupies the heart of Auckland, between the bay to the north and the Auckland Domain park, reachable on foot. It is a freely accessible district, that is easily visited on foot around Queen Street and the Aotea Square. You discover it during an urban walk.

What is the CBD of Auckland?

The Central Business District, the city centre and financial heart of Auckland, there where the town was founded in 1840 by the British settlers; bristling with skyscrapers sheltering the great companies, it gathers shops, restaurants and monuments, and gathers, with its metropolis, nearly a quarter of the population of New Zealand, between the bay and the Auckland Domain park.

Where is the city centre of Auckland?

In the heart of Auckland, between the bay to the north and the Auckland Domain park, in New Zealand.