Top 10 Beaches in Auckland
Auckland has a diverse range of glorious beaches to enjoy. From the rugged, black sand beaches on the west coast that include Piha, Muriwai and Karekare, to the golden sands of the north Auckland region and the Hauraki Gulf Islands. To help you decide which beaches to check out, our local team has created our guide to the 'Top 10 Auckland Beaches'.
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Auckland city guide, New Zealand - Lonely Planet travel videos
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand and boasts a cosmopolitan blend of European, Maori, Asian and Polynesian cultures, as well as a natural environment that encourages visitors to embrace the Great Outdoors. Visit for more information about Auckland.
Auckland - City Video Guide
Welcome to Auckland. The native Māori people named the area Tāmaki Makaurau, meaning desired by a hundred men. The attraction is still there today, because Auckland is now the most populous city in New Zealand.
In the City of Sails you are always surrounded by water, as becomes clear when you stand on the top of the top of Mount Eden. A nice inner-city beach is Mission Bay.
Other visitor attractions in Auckland include the stately Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland Domain park. Daredevils can base jump from the Sky Tower. Children will love the Rainbow's End theme park and the Auckland Zoo. Auckland has many diverse neighborhoods, such as hip Ponsonby and laid-back Devonport. From the city, you can set sail to the forest reserve of Rangitoto Island and Waiheke island with its wineries.
Auckland gives access to the scenic coastline of the country's volcanic North Island. On the other side of the Waitakere Ranges regional parkland is Piha Beach.
The city's unique Māori influence combined with its comfortable urban facilities and rugged nature make it worthwhile to travel to the far southwest of the Pacific Ocean to see Auckland.
Places to Eat in Auckland - NEW ZEALAND
Take a look at the best eating joints in Auckland city
Stunning Incredible Hilton Queenstown Luxury Hotel in Kawarau Village, New Zealand
Stunning Incredible Hilton Queenstown Luxury Hotel in Kawarau Village, New Zealand
Autumn in Auckland City 2018
EXPLORING beautiful MISSION BAY BEACH on a sunny day (AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND)
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's go for a walk around this beautiful beach, a favorite of mine located just East from the wonderful city of Auckland in spectacular New Zealand. Taped on a warm, sunny, autumn day. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga.
Best Restaurant and Cafe Areas in Auckland
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Auckland has a huge array of dining options (including Vegetarian and Vegan). Fortunately for the visitor, there are a number of distinct districts where the restaurants and eateries tend to be concentrated. Most are close to the center of the city and are easy to get to by bus or taxi.
Summer in South Island, New Zealand
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QUEEN STREET AUCKLAND GUIDE + I GOT ROBBED! NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL
G'Day Guys! I was robbed by a bird, who stole one of my chips! That could quite possibly be the most stereotypical kiwi thing that's happened to me so far!
Today i wanted to give you a tour and guide of Queen Street, Auckland including the little side streets and laneways. We also stumbled upon the harbour where they were holding an event for the World Masters Games.
See you guys next Friday for a new adventure - i promise i will be safe and guard my chips between now and then :)
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More info on Queen Street, Auckland taken from Wikipedia:
Queen Street is the major commercial thoroughfare in the Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand's main population centre. It starts at Queens Wharf on the Auckland waterfront, adjacent to the Britomart Transport Centre and the Downtown Ferry Terminal, and runs increasingly more steeply uphill for almost three kilometres in a mostly straight south-southwesterly direction towards the Karangahape Road ridge, and the residential suburbs in the interior of the Auckland isthmus.
Named after Queen Victoria, Queen Street was an early development of the new town of Auckland (founded in 1840), although initially the main street was intended to be Shortland Street, running parallel to the shore of Commercial Bay.
The early route of Queen Street led up the middle of a gully following the bank of the Waihorotiu Stream (later bounded in as the 'Ligar Canal'). This canal was culverted beneath the street from the 1870s onward, allowing for further development of the street to be undertaken. The course of the stream is still reflected today in the slight bend of lower Queen Street. From north of Shortland Street, Queen Street is built on land reclaimed from the sea in the late 19th century.
There are several other 'Queen Streets' in the greater Auckland area, mostly in suburbs that were separate towns before being absorbed by a growing central city. Auckland was also called the Queen City since before the turn of the 20th century, though that term is now overshadowed by the nickname City of Sails.
Settlement in the Queen Street area began in 1841 with a number of wooden buildings along the western side, following the general path of the Waihorotiu Stream according to the plans set out by surveyor Felton Mathew. While the street was metalled in 1843 ('metal' is a New Zealand term for gravel road), the natural stream still often overflowed its banks, and the area was still swampy. This led to canalisation and later covering-over of the stream.
After a fire in 1858 destroyed around 50 buildings in High Street and Shortland Street, the commercial district began to shift towards Queen Street instead, and the first brick and plaster buildings of the 1860s started to cement this move, with the Bank of New Zealand building (only the façade extant today) being one of the first examples. Fires however still continued to plague the new town, with one in 1873 wiping out another 54 buildings in the Queen Street area between Wellesley Street West and Grey Street (today Greys Avenue). The fires, amongst other things, led to the establishment of the Auckland Volunteer Fire Service.
In the 1880s, the first horse-drawn buses began connecting Queen Street with areas such as Ponsonby Road and Remuera. In 1900, the first motorcar was admired on the street, and in 1902 the street was finally asphalted, the first street in New Zealand. The same year the first electric trams also arrived, to provide services until 1956.
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a large number of imposing buildings constructed, such as the Smith & Caughey's building, the Auckland Town Hall and the General Post Office at the waterfront, later to become the Britomart Transport Centre. By that time, the street was popular for events such as parades and festivities, as well as for political activities such as the strike demonstrations of 1913. During the second half of the 20th century, many of the older buildings on Queen Street were demolished to make space for larger office buildings.
Hope you learnt something new guys! If you're still reading type Chur Bro into the comments! Catch you next Friday!