International partnerships

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Introduction

Read the mayor's welcome letter and an overview of Auckland city in English, Chinese, German, Japanese and Korean

Like most major cities, and all leading commercial centres worldwide, Auckland City Council has formal international partnerships with other cities.

These partnerships are integral to Auckland being a contemporary centre for business, education and culture exchange. They provide an avenue for profiling our city around the world and allow us to use learnings from other cities for our own urban development and problem solving.

Auckland City Council aims to create wide-ranging opportunities for residents and businesses through our global connections.

"The sister cities programme provides good opportunities to engage at the city level with important partners of New Zealand. Municipal relations help underpin wider relationships between New Zealand, China, Japan and Korea. Exchanges in both directions provide opportunities for high-level engagement; supporting business interests, including education and tourism; promoting culture and values; and sharing approaches to policy issues facing municipalities".
David Taylor, former Director North Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Our international partnerships are focused on six key themes:

Auckland City Council recently commissioned research to investigate the benefits of Auckland's international partnerships. See Covec report.

Updated December 2008