"Kia ora!!! Welcome to Auckland, the City of Sails." Auckland by Robdaz

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Auckland City

Auckland my hometown since 2001, is the main gateway to the excitement ,the beauty of the land of the long white clouds.

Auckland's Maori name is Tamaki Makau Rau, the city of 100 lovers. A named earned because of it's conquests by many fighting for control over the area in the past.

The Auckland region have 48 volcanic cones and more than 50 islands. Several of these dormant volcanic cones dotted around the city provide great panoromic view of the city.

Auckland's population stands at 1.3 millions which is about 1/3 of the country populations. The city is the world’s largest Polynesian city. Around 62% of its residents are of European descent, 12% are Maori, 11% are of Pacific Island descent and there is a growing Asian population of around 9% mainly of chinese and indian descent.

With it's increasingly cosmopolitan population you get a great mixed of cultural festivals and cuisines. The word “Pacific Rim”, blending Asian and Pacific flavours.

This is my Auckland and as I'm living here I will be constantly updating informations and pictures so do come back often.

Beyond the City *

There are lots of Beautiful Beaches, Bays, islands, mountain ranges if you venture outside the city limits. Here are some of my favorites......Piha , Muriwai, Catheral Cove in the Coramandel , Tutukaka Coast in Northland....endless choice of white or dark sandy beaches, calm or surfing ones.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Beautiful beaches and Parks everywhere.
  • Cons:Poor Public transport
  • In a nutshell:More than just a gateway to NZ.
  • Intro Updated Jul 16, 2005
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  • JessH's Profile Photo
    Nov 28, 2006 at 9:16 PM

    Hi Rob. You are very fortunate to live in a country with such amazing natural beauty! I enjoyed your tips very much; my ratings are with you :-) Greetings from Dubai / Jess

  • AyurinHiro's Profile Photo
    Dec 28, 2005 at 8:15 PM

    Hi! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Your Japan Day photos look like as if they were really taken in Japan. Interesting !

  • Rodan44's Profile Photo
    Aug 4, 2005 at 5:32 PM

    Auckland seems like a great place to live. I definitely hope to go back some day. Thanks for stopping by my pages!

  • GillianMcLaughlin's Profile Photo
    Feb 17, 2005 at 1:00 PM

    great start - looks like a lovely corner of the world :-)

  • kiwi's Profile Photo
    Feb 10, 2005 at 3:11 AM

    Arrgghh, you missed our VT meeting with the founder, just last month!!! Great to have you here, and building pages!! regards, Pam.

  • dr.firas's Profile Photo
    Feb 10, 2005 at 3:06 AM

    One day I'm coming to that paradise on Earth NZ, for sure South Island is the most interesting for me ;-D

  • JetlagCity's Profile Photo
    Jan 17, 2005 at 2:09 PM

    Auckland looks beautiful! Thanks for stopping by my Venice page, and welcome to VT!

  • bijo69's Profile Photo
    Dec 8, 2004 at 1:50 PM

    Welcome to VT! Nice start!

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