DESTINATION AUCKLAND: Attractions & Culture

Auckland has a warm climate, with humid summers and mild, damp winters, and is the sunniest and warmest of New Zealand's main centres. Auckland is home to many cultures. The majority of inhabitants claim European - predominantly British - descent, but substantial Maori, Pacific Islander and Asian communities exist as well. Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world.

Quick Links Harbour Bridge Kelly Tarlton's Sky Tower Auckland CBD

DISCOVER AUCKLAND: Aotea Square, Auckland CBD, Auckland Waterfront, Auckland Zoo, Big Day Out, Ferry Terminal, Harbour Bridge, Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World, Mount Eden, Sky Tower, War Memorial Museum, Westhaven Marina,

AOTEA SQUARE Aotea Square is a large paved public area in the CBD, of Auckland, New Zealand. Officially opened in 1979 by Sir Dove-Myer Robinson next to Queen Street, it is used for open-air concerts and gatherings, and markets and political rallies. In November 2010, a major redevelopment of Aotea Square was completed ...

AUCKLAND CBD The Auckland CBD (the Central Business District, sometimes referred to as 'Central City' or 'Downtown') is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. Bounded by several major motorways and by the harbour coastline in the north, it is surrounded further out by mostly suburban areas. It is one of the most densely built-up areas of New Zealand ...

AUCKLAND WATERFRONT The Auckland waterfront (rarely the Auckland harbourfront) is a city-side stretch of the southern Waitemata Harbour coastline in Auckland City, New Zealand. Previously mostly dominated by Ports of Auckland uses, from the 2000s on it is becoming increasingly open to recreational public use, with a number of former wharves being converted ...

AUCKLAND ZOO Auckland Zoo is a 16.35-hectare (40-acre) zoological garden in Auckland, New Zealand, situated next to Western Springs park not far from Auckland's central business district. It is run by the Auckland City Council with the Auckland Zoological Society as a supporting organisation. Auckland Zoo opened in 1922 ...

BIG DAY OUT The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994. As of 2003, it has featured seven or eight stages accommodating popular contemporary rock music ...

AUCKLAND FERRY TERMINAL The Auckland Ferry Terminal, sometimes called the Downtown Ferry Terminal, is the hub of the Auckland ferry network that connects Auckland City with North Shore City and some locations in Waitakere City and Manukau City. The ferry terminal is in the Auckland CBD on the Auckland waterfront. It is at the north end of Queen Street, opposite the Britomart Transport Centre ...

AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane box truss motorway bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. The bridge is part of State Highway 1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway. It is the second-longest road bridge in New Zealand, and the longest in the North Island ...

KELLY TARLTON'S UNDERWATER WORLD Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World was the brainchild of renowned New Zealand marine archeologist Kelly Tarlton. Opened in 1985 after 10 months of construction, Kelly Tarltons typified the number 8 wire attitude of Kiwi's. A tunnel of 110 metres was created in sewage storage tanks that had been unused since the 1960's ...

MOUNT EDEN Mount Eden is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, situated north of Three Kings, west of Balmoral, south of Newmarket, and east of Epsom. It is located five kilometres south of the city centre. The central focus of the suburb is an extinct volcano whose summit (at 196 metres) is the highest on the Auckland isthmus ...

SKY TOWER OF AUCKLAND The Sky Tower is a tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. It is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere ...

AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM The Auckland War Memorial Museum (or simply the Auckland Museum) is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its collections concentrate on New Zealand history (and especially the history of the Auckland Region), natural history, as well as military history. The museum is also one of the most iconic Auckland buildings ...

WESTHAVEN MARINA Westhaven Marina in Auckland, New Zealand, is the largest yacht marina in the Southern Hemisphere.[citation needed] The marina has nearly two thousand berths and swing moorings, and tends to be continually booked. Auckland, known as 'City of Sails', is generally known for its maritime passions. It is owned by Auckland City Council ...

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