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Auckland
Auckland
is the country's largest metropolis
and main
point of entry for overseas visitors,
principal
portmand airline terminal
has
developed into a cosmopolitan,
commercial
and industrial area which
sprawls
gracefully over an undulating
area of
502sq km. Auckland incorporates
nine cities
and houses over 900,000
people...a
third of all New Zealanders.
It has
a character, a setting and an
out-door
lifestyle chiefly it's own, based
on
a background of extinct volcanoes,
the sea
and a near sub-tropical climate.
Auckland
boasts a vast variety of
entertainment
the millions of visitors
that for
she entertains every year,
from the
assortment of water related
activities
offered on her seashores to
the museums,
parks. art galleries,the zoo
and the
many places of interest to visit,
you
can be sure of a good time in Auckland.
The
nightlife is the best you will find in
New Zealand
and you can be fairly sure
of
finding something that will
take your
fancy.
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Census
Population of Auckland: 1,073,220
Auckland
Anniversary: January 25
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This is
it......the fair city of Auckland!
That's
the new Sky Tower you see in he middle of the pic
It houses
the casino and is the site of the recent world
record
breaking bungy jump done by AJ Hackett
He jumped
from the top and it took 8 seconds for him
to make
contact with a bunch of balloons just above
ground
level.....awsome!
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Ferry
Building
The
ferry building is just part of the down town
Auckland
area that caters to the varied array
of water
vehicles they have coming and going
at the
wharfs.
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Auckland
Museum
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A good place to spend a day while
in Auckland
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Places to go......
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Things to see.......
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Manukau
The third largest city in New Zealand
is situated just 8 minutes
from the Auckland International
Airport
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A visit by Ronald McDonald brings
a good crowd to the
Manukau Shopping Center during
a school break.
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Auckland's Fun Park.....Rainbow's
End is situated
near the Manukau City Center
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A peaceful scene on the shores
of the Manukau Harbor
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.A favorite place for family gatherings......
one of the water falls in the Waitakerei
Ranges
around the Manukau area
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North Island:
.............................................................................
Far
North..................................Bay
of Islands
.............................................................................Whangarei...............................Auckland
.............................................................................Bay
Of Plenty...............'''......Rotorua
.............................................................................Taupo.....................................
....Hawke's
Bay
.............................................................................Gisbourne..............................
..Wellington
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.South
Island:
..............................................................................Cook
Strait...............................Nelson
..............................................................................Marlbourough........................Picton
..............................................................................West
Coast .............................Kaikura..
..............................................................................Christchurch...........................Queenstown.
..............................................................................Dunedin.....................................Invercargill
........................................................................................................Stewart
Island
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