 |
|
|
| |||||||||||||
|
|
Aotea Centre Located halfway up Queen Street is the Aotea Square, which is the site for the Aotea Centre. The Centre is Auckland’s new cultural complex built amidst much controversy for NZ$120 million. It has a 2,300 seat multipurpose theater, convention center, exhibition foyers, and a restaurant. Many art exhibitions, musicals, opera performances, and even the Auckland University’s annual convocations are held at this cultural center. Albert Park Just opposite the city’s main Auckland University campus is Albert Park, which was once a site of Albert Barracks. It was built in the 1840s to protect against attacks by Maori tribes. The remains of the barrack walls with musket holes can still be seen on the grounds of the university just behind the main library on the eastern side of the park. Many students enjoy frolicking at this park, especially in spring. K-Road Atop Queen Street is Karanghape Road or K-Road in short. The road is the mainstay of Auckland’s sex industry and alternative fashion scene. Many shops of the Pacific Island community - Samoans, Fijians, Tongans, Nuie and Cook Islanders - are situated along this stretch. Shops display brilliantly colored cloth, taro, yams, papaya, mangoes, green bananas, coconut products, and other tropical foods.
Situated on Parnell Road, this village is a favorite shopping area with quaint Victorian-style shops, restaurants and boutiques. Built by millionaire property developer Les Harvey, these old structures have been constantly restored. Newmarket Newmarket is another shopping haven in Auckland. It is about 400 meters (440 yards) to the south from the top of Parnell Rise. Many well-known boutiques are found along the street of Newmarket. The major mall is the Two Double Seven (277) on Broadway. Kelly Tarlton’s
Kelly Tarlton’s is on the waterfront between Okahu Bay and Mission Bay. Auckland’s largest aquarium houses myriad varieties of fishes, sharks, and sea creatures that can be viewed from the safety of a huge transparent tunnel. A new attraction is the Antartic section, which features King and Gentoo penguins in their own world of snow and ice. After a ride through the conveyor belt across the transparent tunnel, visitors can make souvenir purchases at the gift shop. Mount Eden
|
|
|
BROWSE Home
l Places
of Interest l Outdoor
Travel l Food
in Asia l General
Info l Entertainment DESTINATIONS Australia
l Bali
l Brunei
l China
l Hong
Kong l Japan
l Korea
l Macau
l Malaysia
l Myanmar
l New
Zealand Designed & Maintained by Marimari.com,
Inc. For feedback and comments, please email webmaster. |
Parnell
Village
East
from Parnell, along the Tamaki Drive seafront, are Judges Bay, Okahu and
Mission Bays, Kohimarama, and St Heliers. On weekends, the area becomes
a family hangout with many vendors setting up their stalls by the road,
cafes, soft-sand beaches, as well as bicycle, yacht and windsurf hire
centers.
South
of the city center is the 196 meter (643-ft) extinct volcanic cone of
Mount Eden, Auckland’s highest point, which affords a dramatic 360-degree
perspective of the region. In an old lava pit on the eastern side, Eden
Gardens provides a resplendent display of more than 500 camellias, rhododendrons,
and azaleas amidst 1,000 trees and shrubs.