Neel, Auckland University's engineering department is the best, hands down. Also, at Auckland, in the lecture theatres, there are these big long tables, with big long rows of conjoined seats, and if somebody sits at the end seat while leaving empty seats in the middle, you can't get into any of the other seats, because that person is blocking the only way. You'll find that anywhere in the uni, people like to be the first into the lecture, and sit on the very end seat, so that 30-odd seats are unreachable, EXCEPT in Engineering. I don't know what it is, especially the Science students, they just disregard the fact that they've wasted 30 seats. But in a BE lecture, you'll never go without a seat. Surely that gives you some superiority over the rest of Auckland uni students?
Auckland's nightlife wins. Auckland has me!
There are a few really cheap hostels to live in if money is ever an object. And best of all, if you go to Auckland Uni, there is an AUT right next door to laugh at.

Also, jc lives in Hamiltron, City of the Future. Not Auckland.