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Google busts Len Brown’s Auckland ‘sprawl’ claims


PLUS: Demographia World Urban areas survey busts the myth Auckland is one of the world's largest cities by area.

Niko Kloeten
Fri, 05 Jul 2013

Auckland Mayor Len Brown’s fear of Auckland sprawling “like Los Angeles” is unfounded, pictures of the city’s growth over the past 30 years suggest.

A timelapse image of Auckland produced by Google shows New Zealand’s biggest city barely grew out at all between 1984 and 2012 (see pictures),

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Niko Kloeten
Fri, 05 Jul 2013
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