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| Second day Auckland. Motor couch tour of city and walking tour of the Auckland Museum. |
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| Views of the city from the bridge connecting to 2 sides of the city. |
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| Local fishermen sitting under what's left of a huge dredging machine. |
Wish we had these cute cross walk signals in Toronto.
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| Almost perfect reflection of the Skytower in a car park. |
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| Local graffiti. |
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| World War 1 memorial in front of Auckland museum. |
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| View of skyline from museum. Beautiful grounds surround the museum. |
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| Memorial tower dedicated to World War 1 casualties. |
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| Museum is divided into several sections, including one on Maori history and World War. Ancient "chicken". One of this birds eggs is the equivalent of 40 of today's chickens. |
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| 3 different varieties of kiwi. |
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| New Zealand dinosaurs. |
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| Maori totems. |
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| Maori fishing canoe. |
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| Layout of typical Maori village. |
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| Exterior of storage hut. |
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| Mast head of warrior canoe that could be as long as 25 metres and hold 100 warriors. |
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| Paddles for warrior canoes. |
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| Decorative bailer to get water our of canoes. |
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| WWI stained glass window. |
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| WWI memorial hall. |
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| Random shots of Auckland. |
Beautiful sounding street musician on a main street.
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| Sculpture of Maori warrior. |
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| Some final shots of Auckland. |
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