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Who named Auckland?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The Govenor of New Zealand, William Hobson, chose the area as his capital of the country and named it after George Eden the Earl of Auckland, then Viceroy of India. The town became New Zealand's capital in 1841

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