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Sea Ports The port of Auckland is situated on the Waitemata Harbour (a 35 minute drive by car from Manukau City centre), and the port of Onehunga is on the Manukau Harbour (about 15 minutes drive from Manukau City centre). Auckland is New Zealand 's largest and busiest general cargo port handling 60% of New Zealand imports by value and 40% of New Zealand's exports by value. It is New Zealand’s biggest and busiest port operation, employs 568 employees and is open for business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It provides shipping links to 160 ports in 73 countries and offers more regular ship calls and services than any other New Zealand port. The port of Auckland is New Zealand's most balanced port - full import containers make up 55% and full export containers make up 45% of all full containers passing through the port. Source: Ports of Auckland
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