7 things you should know before you visit New Zealand
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-Driving and indicating around roundabouts
-One lane bridges
-Passing a tractor
-Where you can freedom camp
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Auckland Travel Guide - Amazing New Zealand experience
Auckland Travel Guide - Amazing New Zealand experience
Auckland is a modern cosmopolitan city with a population of 1.45 million people — roughly one third of New Zealand's entire population reside in Auckland. In the centre, the iconic Sky Tower has views of Viaduct Harbour, which is full of superyachts and lined with bars and cafes. Auckland Domain, the city’s oldest park, is based around an extinct volcano and home to the formal Wintergardens. Near Downtown, Mission Bay Beach has a seaside promenade.
The city and suburbs have developed within the same time frame and similar urban patterns as California (Los Angeles and Auckland have shared urban planning designs and are sister cities). Today the city and suburbs sprawl over a large urban area, hemmed to the east and west by two large harbours (Waitemata and Manukau) and ocean (Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea) beyond.
Auckland is in a temperate climate zone and does not experience hot or cold extremes at any time of year. The summer months are December to March. The sun is very strong during this time and it is advisable to use sunscreen and cover skin from prolonged exposure. April to June brings cooler temperatures and rain toward the end of June which persists through winter until September and October.
If you want to explore Auckland's more distant suburbs, it's possible to take a service from the CBD to a hub where information and further connections are available. Hubs are located in larger suburban centres - retail malls, entertainment facilities and (depending on destination) beaches are never far away. The bigger hubs are (buses only unless otherwise indicated):
Albany
Orewa/Hibiscus Coast
Botany
Sylvia Park (buses and trains)
Henderson (buses and trains)
Otahuhu
Onehunga (train station nearby)
Manukau (buses and trains)
Newmarket (buses and trains)
New Lynn (buses and trains)
Takapuna
Highbury/Birkenhead
A lot to see in Auckland New Zealand such as :
Sky Tower
Waiheke Island
Rangitoto Island
Auckland War Memorial Museum
SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium
Auckland Zoo
Auckland Domain
Waitematā Harbour
Waitakere Ranges
Queen Street, Auckland
One Tree Hill
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Rainbow's End
Auckland Harbour Bridge
SKYCITY Auckland
AJ Hackett SkyWalk & SkyJump
Mudbrick Restaurant and Vineyard
Kitekite Falls
Auckland Botanic Gardens
Mount Victoria
Cornwall Park
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Piha
Museum of Transport and Technology
Auckland Ferry Terminal
North Head, New Zealand
Motutapu Island
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Albert Park, Auckland
Snowplanet
Rotoroa Island
Wild on Waiheke
Viaduct Basin
Arataki Visitor Centre
Butterfly Creek
North Shore
Day Street
Fullers Group Limited
Aotea Square
Whatipu
Silo Park
Long Bay Regional Park
Wynyard Quarter
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park
Parnell Rose Gardens
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium
Britomart Place
Tantalus Estate
Mount Eden Summit
( Auckland - New Zealand ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Auckland . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Auckland - New Zealand
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Welcome to Manukau City, the heartland of manufacturing
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New Zealand Travel Questions - New Zealand with a Disability + Thermal Parks in Rotorua
In today's New Zealand Q&A, we answer questions about activities in New Zealand with a disability, what are the best geothermal parks in New Zealand, how much do toiletries cost in New Zealand and much more!
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What are the Best Places for Mountain Biking in New Zealand?
Brandon101 asked: Any tips for mountain biking in New Zealand? What are the best places for mountain biking in New Zealand? We go through where to mountain bike in New Zealand.
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New Zealand-Auckland Part 1
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New Zealand-Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country. It has 1,397,300 residents, which is 32 percent of the country's population.Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world.In Māori, Auckland's name is Tāmaki Makaurau and the transliterated version of Auckland is Ākarana.
The Auckland urban area (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranges to Waiwera in the north, Kumeu in the northwest, and Runciman in the south. It is not contiguous -- the section from Waiwera to Whangaparaoa Peninsula is separate from its nearest neighbouring suburb of Long Bay. Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water.
The 2011 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Auckland 3rd equal place in the world on its list, while the Economist's World's most livable cities index of 2011 ranked Auckland in 9th place. In 2010, Auckland was classified as a Beta World City in the World Cities Study Group's inventory by Loughborough University.
Road and rail
Private vehicles are the main form of transportation within Auckland, with around 7% of journeys in the Auckland region being undertaken by bus (2006 data), and 2% undertaken by train and ferry.Usage is however heavily skewed towards travel to and from the Central Business District, where more than half of trips are undertaken by public transport.Auckland still ranks quite low in this regard, having only 46 public transport trips per capita per year, while Wellington has almost twice this number at 91, and Sydney has 114 trips.This strong roading focus results in substantial traffic congestion during peak times.
Bus services in Auckland are mostly radial, with few ring-routes, due to Auckland being on an isthmus. Late-night services (i.e. past midnight) are limited, even on weekends.
Regular trains operating along four lines travel between the CBD and the west, south and south-east of Auckland, with longer-distance options scarce. In 2007 approximately NZ$5.3 billion worth of large-scale projects were underway or planned (and budgeted for) in the Auckland area to improve rail and public transport patronage over the next decade, 31% of the transport budget.However, policy changes in early 2009 by the incoming National government have meant a shift in emphasis to more highway construction, and have removed the provision of a regional fuel tax that was to pay for ARTA's public transport upgrades. While the government has promised to fund the rail electrification, the process and associated tenders were delayed by approximately one year, and some rail station upgrades and the funding of the integrated ticketing upgrade were in doubt. The lack of future funding also forced ARTA to hand over the Auckland region's rail stations to government control. Electrification is now underway however, with electric trains scheduled to be running in the next 18 months.