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Whenuapai is an Auckland suburb. What does "suburb" mean in a NZ context? Are NZ suburbs like Australian suburbs, basically subdivisions of cities, or are they like North American suburbs, basically low-density developments outside central cities? Nyttend backup (talk) 14:25, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suburb#Australia and New Zealand has some information. Does it help? --Jayron32 14:31, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, I'm sorry, I missed that the first time around. Yes it does. Nyttend backup (talk) 15:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]