Auckland

NZ's largest community - from 1840s traders (David Nathan) to Beth Israel (1885); small, Pacific-flavored.

Modern locality anchor

Auckland

New Zealand · City · 36.9°S 174.8°E

This anchor orients the sourced locality record. It is not a reconstructed historical position or border; the single map below provides geographic context.

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Where is Auckland?

Land geometry: Natural Earth 1:50m via world-atlas. Pins mark modern localities or representative regional anchors stored on Atlas place records, not historical borders and not reconstructed positions. · Sources & methods

THE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED

What happened to the Jewish community of Auckland?

1840–1885

1840s founding era

1885–present

Contemporary small community

Today

Small community.

LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY

What did Auckland sound like?

Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)

AFTER · IN FULL COLOR

What survives today?

In Auckland

Small community.

Beth Israel Synagogue (1885 congregation)
synagogue · public landmark
Holocaust Centre of New Zealand (Wellington)
museum · museum

SOURCES & REVIEW

Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World (2024 country figures)
Jewish Virtual Library · 2024 · open source

Reviewed 2026-07-30

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