Auckland

Auckland Travel Guide

Auckland is called the City of Sails, and visitors flying in will see why. On the East Coast is the Waitemata Harbour—a Maori word meaning sparkling waters—which is bordered by the Hauraki Gulf, an aquatic playground dotted with small islands where many Aucklanders can be found "mucking around in boats." Not surprising, Auckland City has some 70,000 boats. About one in four households in Auckland city has a seacraft of some kind and there are 102 beaches within an hour's drive; during the week many are quite empty. Even the airport is by the water; it borders the Manukau Harbour, which takes its name as well from the Maori language and means solitary bird. More »

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