Auckland is now the fifth-largest city in Australasia, overtaking Adelaide in the latest analysis of figures released by Statistics New Zealand and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The figures confirm that Auckland's population reached 1.106 million at June 2000, compared with 1.096 million for Adelaide.
That puts Auckland in fifth place inthe largest-city stakes, behind Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
And New Zealand's largest city will continue to grow, as it adds 15,500 people per year (or 1.4 per cent) to its population.
The figures were released today in a new book: 'The Big Shift: Welcome to the Third Australian Culture', by Bernard Salt, an expert in demographic trends.
The figures revealed that the fastest growing part of New Zealand was Manukau, where the population increased by 4,800 or 1.7 per cent in the 12 months to June 2000.
Second-placed was central Auckland, up 4,300 new residents or 1.1 per cent.
And third-placed was Auckland's Waitakere, up 3,500 or 2.1 per cent.
