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The Auckland isthmus was settled by Maori around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land. Maori population in the area is estimated at about 20,000 people before the arrival of Europeans. On 27 January 1832, Joseph Brooks Weller, eldest of the Weller brothers of Otago and Sydney bought land including the sites of the modern cities of Auckland and North Shore and part of Rodney District, for "one large cask of powder" from "Cohi Rangatira".
After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in February 1840, the new Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, chose the area as his new capital, and named it after George Eden, Earl of Auckland, then Viceroy of India. Auckland was officially declared New Zealand's capital in 1841, but lost this position to Wellington in 1865. Auckland's population grew fairly rapidly, from 1,500 in 1841 to 12,423 by 1864.
In 2006, the population of Auckland was recorded as 1237239 individuals. The ethnic breakdown of these were 698622 NZ European, 177936 Pacific Island, 234222 Asian, 137133 Maori, 18555 Middle Eastern/Latin American/African, 99258 "New Zealand" and 648 Other.
Auckland has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters. It is the warmest main centre of New Zealand and is also one of the sunniest, with an average of 2060 sunshine hours per annum. The average daily maximum temperature is 23.7°C in February, and 14.5°C in July. The absolute maximum recorded temperature is 32.4°C, while the absolute minimum is -2.5.
High levels of rainfall occur almost year-round with an average of 1240mm per year spread over 137 'rain days'. Climatic conditions vary in different parts of the city owing to geography such as hills, land cover and distance from the sea, hence unofficial temperature records exist, such as a maximum of 34°C in West Auckland. On 27 July 1939 Auckland received its only recorded snowfall.
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