We don't have census results yet for the numbers of occupied and unoccupied properties in Auckland. Data up to 2006, however, shows a significant increase in unoccupied properties from 1996 to 2006.

Central Auckland fills the isthmus in between. A river slices inland from the city’s eastern side, and at its farthest reach I survey the discards of suburbia: tires, engine parts, dead TVs ...

Before motorways and the Auckland Harbour Bridge opened up the north, the Auckland isthmus was mostly navigated using the narrow fingers of muddy creeks that trickle into surprising little places.

New Zealand's most populous city sprawls across an isthmus between two harbours, its downtown commercial district perched on the waterfront of the Waitematā, a spiky cluster of skyscrapers and sails.

Housing patterns are changing radically in the former Auckland City, essentially the central isthmus bounded by the Tamaki and Whau rivers. With house prices becoming out of reach for young owner ...