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35 Reviews If you want to shop or just look around in Auckland go to Queen Street. It is the major commercial area of Auckland CBD. It is a quite long street from the Upper Queen Street beginning at Newtown Road...
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31 Reviews Devonport was one of the highlights for me when I went to Auckland. Located on the north shore it is just a 12 minute ferry ride away from downtown Auckland. (This is one of the best ways to see the...
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72 Reviews The Skytower dominates the Auckland skyline and provides a great reference point wherever you are in the city. The said building is the tallest tower (328 meters) in the Southern Hemisphere. It's a...
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18 Reviews After seeing pictures of Mount Eden, I made sure I made the stop there - and Im so glad I did! Getting off at Mount Eden station I walked up one of the many walking trails. Even though I was exhusted...
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46 Reviews This is Auckland's premiere site. Make sure to reserve plenty of time for this great museum. It is a 3 museum in one site. A Maori/NZ cultural museum, a natural history museum and a war museum. Each...
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10 Reviews Our local West Coast Beach is great for some fresh air, a walk along this beach is fantastic! Always popular for swimming, surfing, picnicking and fishing but not as crowded as other West Coast...
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3 Reviews This is a fantastic free of charge service that travels around the city in a clockwise direction. It leaves every 10 minutes between 8am-6pm. Look out for the bright red buses - you cant miss them!...
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15 Reviews One of the nice little suburbs of Auckland is Mission Bay, with the beautiful water view and the nice park set against the beach, this is definitely worth the 10 minute drive from downtown. Sarah is...
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7 Reviews and 424 Opinions The rooms and hotel in general were nicer than expected, and service was good. While this hotel may...
10 Reviews Every Saturday morning 8.00am - 1.00pm, the Island holds a community market at the RSA in Ostend. Lots of gifts, arts and crafts, second-hand goods, and even entertainment, organic produce, books,...
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4 Reviews Frequent ferries connect the island of Waiheke with downtown Auckland. I caught one of these ferries, operated by "Fullers", for a daytrip to the island during my visit to Auckland in March 2006. The...
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Blankenberge Belgian Beer Cafe
1 Review There a number of Belgian Beer Cafes around Auckland but this one is situated near the beach in Hurstmere Road in Takapuna. Hours. Mon-Fri 11.30am-late, Sat 10am-late, Sun 9am-late. Nt to be missed,...
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1 Review Aroy Dee has a great $10 lunch deal offering, making it the perfect place for both seniors and backpackers alike, as well as everyone else. A nice large dining area, you can separate yourself from...
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The Auckland Fish Market is perhaps one of the more interesting places to buy seafood in New Zealand. I guess it is somewhere a local is more likely to go than...
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Q: I'm planning a trip to Aukland for early may. My main goal (aside from basic site seeing) is to do some awesome scuba diving. ...
A: I did a couple of dives a number of years ago in the Bay of Islands (Keyhole - Goats Cove and Karerare; Deep Water Cove area). The fact that I only did two dives should...
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Auckland is my hometown. Since 1998 I have spent more time away from Auckland than living here however my parents and two of my brothers and their families live here. Auckland is one of my favourite...
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Auckland Region consists of the city suburbs, housing a lot of the 'million' inhabitants and on the other side of a lot of beautiful regional parks. Most of them are located on the east coast along...
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Auckland Region is home to well over 1 million people and is mainly the urban sprawl of Auckland... hence the name. Auckland actually has four city council authorities (Auckland City, Manukau City,...
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Good for swimming anytime from Dec - March. Other months only if you don't mind cold water ;-)
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