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For anyone wanting a beach day while in Auckland, be sure to explore Bethells Beach – or Te Henga, as it is known in the Maori language. One of my favourite beaches in New Zealand, it’s famous for black sand and wild coastline and is found on Auckland’s west coast. Nearby you will also find […]

Visiting Muriwai Beach is like visiting a battleground between environmental forces. Tawhirimatea (Lord of the elements), often battles his brothers Tangaroa (Lord of the Sea) and Tane (Lord of the Forest). This piece of black sand coastline in North West Auckland attracts surfers year round and is famous for it’s Takapu (Gannet) Colony. I have

The Barrier, as Great Barrier Island is affectionately known to locals is a well guarded secret and still sees few international visitors. In fact, I even thought twice about including it on my Top 45 Things to do in Auckland – I love a good secret destination as much as the next traveler. Below you

I recently wrote an article about the Top 45 Things to do in Auckland and of course I had to include the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The Museum is one New Zealand’s first museums. Construction started in 1925 and was completed by 1929. The building’s architects drew on inspiration from Greco-Roman temples with their neo-classical

Auckland is often dismissed very quickly by travelers. The cliché goes that it is basically just a transit point and therefore you shouldn’t linger here. Today, I’m here to tell you, as an Auckland native, that this is dead wrong. If you dig a bit deeper, you will discover: Auckland has some of the best