Franklin District

Franklin District was a New Zealand territorial authority that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains.

As a formal territory, it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided between Auckland Council in the Auckland Region (39.82 percent by land area) to the north and Waikato and Hauraki districts in the Waikato region (60.18 percent) to the south and east.

[2] The district was bounded in the north by the start of the Auckland metropolitan area and the waters of the Manukau Harbour.

The Post Newspaper distributes 26,000 printed copies weekly on a Tuesday, covering Franklin and North Waikato.

[6] In 2015, the online events calendar and photo news Franklin Life NZ was launched.

A true-colour image showing the Auckland area. Franklin is at the lower left of the picture. The scene was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite, on 23 October 2002.