New census data shows the income gap between Auckland's poorest and richest suburbs has grown over the past seven years, Radio New Zealand reports.
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It shows while people's wages in some areas have risen over the past seven years, other areas have seen a significant drop in income.
In 2006, the median income for someone in the Orakei area, including Mission Bay and St Heliers, was $36,600.
Data from last year's census, which has just been released, shows that figure has grown to $42,700.
But incomes for those in the poorest suburb of Mangere-Otahuhu actually fell, dropping $200 to $19,700 last year.
The figures for Auckland as a whole show the median income last year was $29,600, an increase of nearly $3000 from 2006.
