Auckland, New Zealand, satellite image. North is at top, water is blue, shallow coastal areas are light blue, urban areas are grey and vegetation areas are green. Auckland is a city located on an isthmus, on the northern island of New Zealand. It is situated between two large bodies of water. one is the Manukau Harbour, which is the large area of water southwest of the isthmus and is adjacent to the Tasman Sea. Waitemata Harbour is the other, which forms the north and east coasts of the isthmus and is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. Photographed on 27th August 2002.