Auckland Harbour Dinner Cruise 2019
So, to get away from the chaos at work, my friends and I decided to go on a Dinner Cruise to celebrate the start of the New Year (although it was a few days late) with a wonderful time in each other’s company while enjoying the scenery from the Explore. It was a lovely Wednesday evening — the 16th of January 2019. Everything just fell into place. Was definitely the first of many trips for this year!
Happy New Year!!!
Up the Creek to Riverhead
On the way to the Riverhead Tavern for Dinner.
Night ferry crossing from the Viaduct to Devonport, Auckland, NZ
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Auckland city view from dolphin watch boat
Oceania - New Zealand, Auckland
Arriving in NZ for a year. Starting from scratch, but hand in hand. Buying a car - the Fat Bertha. Getting a flat with the best flatmates ever in Parnell. Searching for a job. Applying for jobs. Working for six months in Auckland CBD. Learning a new trade. Making new friends from around the world. Spending after-works at Brew on Quay, Tabac or Shakespeare Brewery. Partying in Ponsonby and Mission Gay. Kayaking to Rangitoto Island and coming back by night. Roadtripping to cool beaches around Auckland. Hiking up a city volcano at Mt Eden. Walking on black sand at Piha and Whatipu Beach. Taking the ferry to Waiheke and cycling around the island, beach to beach. Watching the sunset from Devonport.
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Auckland CBD
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Bungalow 8 Auckland
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Auckland - Perfect for a Long Weekend
Only a three hour flight from many Australian cities, Auckland is the perfect weekend getaway! Plan your Auckland long weekend today
People Behaving badly in Auckland #36
Helmet Cam, dash cam and handheld video of bad driving and other stuff in Auckland, New Zealand
Queenstown Water Taxi Lake Wakatipu
New Zealand motor bike cruising: stratford taumauranui forgotten highway part 2
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 4 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway. It is under the jurisdiction of Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui Region.
It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kuiti and 55 km west of Turangi. Its population is 4,500 (2013 census, this is down 14% from the 2001 census), still making it the largest centre for a considerable distance in any direction.
The name Taumarunui is reported to be the dying words of the Māori chief Pehi Turoa - taumaru meaning screen and nui big, literally translated as Big Screen, being built to shelter him from the sun, or more commonly known to mean - The place of big shelter. There are also references to Taumarunui being known as large sheltered location for growing kumara.
In the 1980s publication Roll Back the Years there are some details on how Taumarunui got its name.[2] Extract: According to Frank T Brown, who wrote in the Taumarunui Press in 1926, the name Taumarunui is closely connected with the arrival of and conquering of that portion of the King Country by the Whanganui River natives during the 18th century . . . The war party that succeeded in capturing the principal pa and taking prisoner the chief of the district was headed by Ki Maru. His warriors, to show their appreciation of his prowess and the honour of the victory, acclaimed him Tau-maru-nui, which means Maru the Great, or Maru the Conqueror, that name was taken for the district and has been used ever since.
Taumarunui was originally a Maori settlement at the confluence of the Ongarue River with the Whanganui, important canoe routes linking the interior of the island with the lower Whanganui River settlements. Some places, notably the valley of the Pungapunga Stream, which joins the upper Wanganui near Manunui, were celebrated for the size and quality of totara, and large canoes were built there. The area is a border area between a number of iwi including Whanganui, Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, who lived together in relative harmony.[5]
Late in December 1843 Bishop Selwyn travelled from the district south of Taupo to a point on the Whanganui River about six miles downstream from Taumarunui and thence continued his journey to the coast by canoe. Towards the end of 1869 Te Kooti was at Taumarunui before his march through the western Taupo district to Tapapa. In the early 1880s the first surveys of the King Country commenced and by the early 1890s the Crown had begun the purchase of large areas of land.
In 1874 Alexander Bell set up a trading post, and became the first European settler. The town has a road called Bell Road.
During the New Zealand Land Wars a resident named William Moffatt manufactured and supplied Maori with a coarse kind of gunpowder. He was afterwards expelled from the district. Despite warnings he returned in 1880, ostensibly to prospect for gold, and was executed.
The Whanganui River long continued to be the principal route serving Taumarunui. Traffic was at first by Maori canoe, but by the late 1880s regular steamship communication was established. Taumarunui Landing (Image) was the last stop on Alexander Hatrick's steam boat service from Wanganui. The river vessels maintained the services between Wanganui and Taumarunui until the late 1920s, when the condition of the river deteriorated.
Later Taumarunui gained importance with the completion of the North Island Main Trunk Line in 1908-09 (celebrated in a ballad by Peter Cape about the station refreshment room). The line south of Taumarunui caused considerable problems due to the terrain, and has several high viaducts and the famous Raurimu Spiral. The Stratford - Okahukura Line to Stratford connected just north of Taumarunui. In more recent times, the town's economy has been based on forestry and farming. It has gained in importance as a tourism centre, especially as an entry point for voyagers down the scenic Wanganui River and as the possessor of a high quality golf course.
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Auckland | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:18 1 History
00:03:27 1.1 Early history
00:07:30 1.2 Modern history
00:09:32 2 Geography
00:09:41 2.1 Scope
00:11:19 2.2 Harbours, gulf and rivers
00:12:48 2.3 Climate
00:15:09 2.4 Volcanoes
00:17:08 3 Demographics
00:18:43 3.1 Nationalities and migration
00:20:07 3.2 Religion
00:21:03 3.3 Future growth
00:22:06 4 Culture and lifestyle
00:23:02 4.1 Leisure
00:25:09 4.2 Arts
00:26:56 4.3 Parks and nature
00:28:14 4.4 Sport
00:28:23 4.4.1 Locations
00:30:50 4.4.2 Teams
00:32:31 4.4.3 Major events
00:34:29 5 Economy
00:36:42 6 Housing
00:38:54 6.1 Housing crisis
00:39:43 7 Government
00:39:52 7.1 Local
00:41:26 7.2 National
00:42:37 7.3 Other
00:42:52 8 Education
00:43:01 8.1 Primary and secondary
00:43:53 8.2 Tertiary
00:44:51 9 Transport
00:47:05 9.1 Travel modes
00:51:24 10 Infrastructure and services
00:51:35 10.1 Electricity
00:54:50 10.2 Natural gas
00:55:38 11 Tourism
01:00:35 12 Sister cities
01:00:49 13 See also
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Auckland ( AWK-lənd) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country, Auckland has an urban population of around 1,628,900 (June 2018). It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,695,900. Auckland is a diverse, multicultural and cosmopolitan city, home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. A Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki ([ˈtaːmaki]) or Tāmaki-makau-rau, meaning Tāmaki with a hundred lovers, in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions.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 surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.
The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land. The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans. After a British colony was established in 1840, William Hobson, then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, chose the area as his new capital. He named the area for George Eden, Earl of Auckland, British First Lord of the Admiralty. Māori–European conflict over land in the region led to war in the mid-19th century. Auckland was replaced as the capital in 1865 by Wellington, but the influx of immigration stayed strong, and it has remained the nation's largest city. Today, Auckland's central business district is New Zealand's leading economic hub.
Auckland is classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network as a Beta + world city because of its importance in commerce, the arts, and education. The University of Auckland, founded in 1883, is the largest university in New Zealand. The city's varied cultural institutions—such as the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Museum of Transport and Technology, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki—and national historic sites, festivals, performing arts, and sports activities are significant tourist attractions. Architectural landmarks include the Harbour Bridge, the Town Hall, and the Sky Tower. The city is served by Auckland Airport, which handles around one million international passengers a ...
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Auckland
00:02:52 1 History
00:03:01 1.1 Early history
00:06:52 1.2 Modern history
00:08:48 2 Geography
00:08:57 2.1 Harbours, gulf and rivers
00:10:23 2.2 Climate
00:12:44 2.3 Volcanoes
00:14:36 2.4 Cityscape
00:14:44 3 Demographics
00:16:14 3.1 Nationalities and migration
00:17:34 3.2 Religion
00:18:26 3.3 Future growth
00:19:27 4 Lifestyle
00:20:47 4.1 Leisure
00:22:47 4.2 Arts and culture
00:24:28 4.3 Parks and nature
00:25:42 4.4 Sport
00:25:50 4.4.1 Locations
00:28:07 4.4.2 Teams
00:29:40 4.4.3 Major events
00:31:30 5 Economy
00:33:33 6 Education
00:33:42 6.1 Primary and secondary
00:34:23 6.2 Tertiary
00:35:18 7 Housing
00:38:02 8 Government
00:38:11 8.1 Local
00:39:38 8.2 National
00:40:44 8.3 Other
00:40:59 9 Transport
00:41:08 9.1 Travel modes
00:45:03 9.2 Infrastructure
00:47:10 10 Infrastructure and services
00:47:20 10.1 Electricity
00:50:23 10.2 Natural gas
00:51:09 11 Tourism
00:55:44 12 Sister cities
00:55:57 13 See also
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Auckland ( AWK-lənd) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around 1,628,900 (June 2018). It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,695,900. A diverse and multicultural city, Auckland is home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki (pronounced [ˈtaːmaki]) or Tāmaki-makau-rau, meaning Tāmaki with a hundred lovers, in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions.The Auckland urban area (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranges to Waiwera in the north, Kumeu in the north-west, and Runciman in the south. 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 surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.
The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land. The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans. After a British colony was established in 1840, William Hobson, then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, chose the area as his new capital. He named the area for George Eden, Earl of Auckland, British First Lord of the Admiralty. It was replaced as the capital in 1865 by Wellington, but immigration to Auckland stayed strong, and it has remained the country's most populous city. Today, Auckland's central business district is the major financial centre of New Zealand.
Auckland is classified as a Beta + World City because of its importance in commerce, the arts, and education. The University of Auckland, established in 1883, is the largest university in New Zealand. Landmarks such as the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Harbour Bridge, the Sky Tower, and many museums, parks, restaurants, and theatres are among the city's significant tourist attractions. Auckland Airport handles around one million international passengers a month. Despite being one of the most expensive cities in the world, Auckland is ranked third on the 2016 Mercer Quality of Living Survey, making it one of the most liveable cities.